Slovakia men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovakia women's national basketball team.

Slovakia
FIBA ranking65 2 (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBA
CoachOliver Vidin
Nickname(s)Repre
(The Representatives)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home
Away
First international
 Bosnia 97–69 Slovakia 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Slovakia 100–39 Malta 
(Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 102–59 Slovakia 
(Mons, Belgium; 30 June 2022)

The Slovakia men's national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA).

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia following the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first international match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Slovakia to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for major tournaments such as EuroBasket and the FIBA World Cup, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czechoslovak era

Until 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born players taking part on the Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the EuroBasket, in 1977, 1981, and 1985.

After independence

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts during their early years strived to qualify for EuroBasket, but ultimately came up short. In qualification to reach EuroBasket 2017, Slovakia was slotted into Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia, however, would go on to struggle to a (1–5) record and missing their chance to qualify.[2]

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in European Pre-Qualifiers, but were eventually eliminated after amassing a (1–5) record in their group.[3] Slovakia later went through EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers, but were once again denied of making it to the continental stage, after finishing with a (3–5) record during pre-qualifying.[4]

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers match on 27 November 2025 against Albania.[5][6]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 1 Peter Kováčik 20 – (2005-03-15)15 March 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Handlová
SG 4 Mário Ihring 27 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Krka
PF 12 Milán Szabó 27 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Slovan
G/F 15 Boris Bojanovský 32 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Patrioti
F 21 Marek Doležaj 27 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ármann
SG 22 Dalibor Hlivák 30 – (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Prievidza
G/F 24 Samuel Volárik 25 – (2000-01-18)18 January 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Komárno
G/F 41 Thomas Stanko 17 – (2007-11-28)28 November 2007 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Nymburk
SF 47 Alex Krajčovič 21 – (2004-03-04)4 March 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Patrioti
G/F 51 Maroš Golian 18 – (2007-10-06)6 October 2007 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Slovan
PG 55 Šimon Krajčovič 31 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Gießen
SG 77 Lukáš Bolek 28 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Nitra Blue Wings
Head coach
  • Oliver Vidin
Assistant coach(es)
  • Wojciech Walich
  • Maroš Helmecy
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 November 2025

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Tomáš Pavelka Michael Fusek Maroš Zelizňák Marek Dolezaj
PF Vladimír Brodziansky Jakub Mokráň Jakub Merešš Milan Szabó
SF Timotej Malovec Dávid Abrhám Samuel Kincel Sebastián Rančík
SG Mário Ihring Dalibor Hlivák Matúš Malovec Lukáš Bolek
PG Šimon Krajčovič Peter Kováčik Matej Majerčák Samuel Volárik

Head coach position

  • Milan Černický – (2004–2010)
  • Peter Bálint – (2011–2012)
  • Miroslav Grznár – (2012–2013)
  • Milan Černický – (2014–2015)
  • Ivan Rudež – (2016–2018)
  • Žan Tabak – (2019–2021)
  • Oleg Meleshchenko – (2021–2022)
  • Aramis Naglić – (2022–2025)
  • Oliver Vidin – (2025–present)[7]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2025

20 February 2025 Belgium  93–63  Slovakia Charleroi, Belgium
20:15 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 25–13, 23–10, 24–16
Pts: Obasohan 21
Rebs: Obasohan 8
Asts: Obasohan 8 		Boxscore Pts: Brodziansky 19
Rebs: Ihring, Malovec 7
Asts: Ihring 8 		Arena: Dôme
Attendance: 2,889
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Alexandre Deman (FRA), Can Mavisu (TUR)
23 February 2025 Slovakia  68–89  Latvia Bratislava, Slovakia
17:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–19, 18–30, 17–20
Pts: Ihring, Mokráň 13
Rebs: Malovec 7
Asts: Ihring 7 		Boxscore Pts: Šiliņš 19
Rebs: Laksa 5
Asts: A. Kurucs, Zoriks 5 		Arena: Gopass Arena
Attendance: 2,460
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
2 August 2025 Slovakia  73–60   Switzerland Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 28–16, 19–7, 13–20
Pts: Malovec 21
Rebs: Malovec 9
Asts: Krajčovič 5 		Boxscore Pts: T. Ročak 13
Rebs: T. Ročak 7
Asts: Fofana 5 		Arena: Gopass Arena
Attendance: 1,826
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Martin Vulić (CRO), Geert Jacobs (BEL)
9 August 2025 Ukraine  80–71  Slovakia Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 21–14, 17–14, 18–19
Pts: Sanon 23
Rebs: Bobrov, Lypovyy 8
Asts: Sanon 6 		Boxscore Pts: Malovec 19
Rebs: Pavelka 9
Asts: Krajčovič 4 		Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 500
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
13 August 2025 Switzerland  85–72  Slovakia Winterthur, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 28–15, 14–17, 26–19
Pts: Fofana 24
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Fofana 8 		Boxscore Pts: Malovec 22
Rebs: Pavelka 13
Asts: Kováčik 4 		Arena: AXA Arena
Attendance: 1,432
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Alberto Sánchez (ESP)
20 August 2025 Slovakia  86–98  Ukraine Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–32, 27–20, 19–29
Pts: Malovec 28
Rebs: Pavelka 9
Asts: Krajčovič 9 		Boxscore Pts: Kovliar 33
Rebs: Lypovyy 8
Asts: Kovliar 6 		Arena: Gopass Arena
Attendance: 2,376
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Péter Praksch (HUN), Siniša Prpa (SRB)
27 November 2025 Slovakia  73–63  Albania Prievidza, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 22–12, 16–17, 16–11
Pts: Kováčik 13
Rebs: Golian 8
Asts: Ihring 5 		Boxscore Pts: Tola 16
Rebs: Hamati 10
Asts: Dusha, Hysa 3 		Arena: Športová Hala Prievidza
Attendance: 1,764
Referees: Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Viktor Nagy (HUN), Nermin Hodžić (GER)

2026

27 February 2025 Kosovo  vs.  Slovakia Kosovo
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Boxscore
2 March 2026 Albania  vs.  Slovakia Albania
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Boxscore
5 July 2026 Slovakia  vs.  Kosovo Slovakia
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Boxscore

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Slováci v Prievidzi s navrátilcom Ihringom: Som z toho regiónu, bude to špeciálne. V nominácii mladíci Golian a Stanko" (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers in November 2025". Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Štartuje éra mužskej reprezentácie s novým trénerom a bez viacerých opôr. Oliver Vidin: Prvoradý je postup do kvalifikácie". slovakbasket.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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