Austria men's national basketball team

Austria
FIBA ranking	67 2 (25 February 2025)
Joined FIBA	1934
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Austria
Coach	Chris O'Shea
Nickname(s)	Das Team; (The Team); Unsere Burschen; (Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	6
Medals	None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	2
Medals	Gold: (1992, 1996)
Home	Away
First international
	Bulgaria 56–13 ; (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
	Algeria 63–119 ; (Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
	France 100–6 ; (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 April 1947)

The Austria men's national basketball team (Austrian German: Österreichische Basketballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in international basketball competition. The team is controlled and organised by Basketball Austria.

Austria has competed at the EuroBasket six times throughout their history. Their best performance overall came at the 1951 tournament. However, the team is still seeking qualification to their first appearance on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1947

Austria first competed in the European Basketball Championship at EuroBasket 1947, placing 12th of 14 teams. Initially, the team struggled and lost both of their preliminary round matches, along with their first semifinal round match. Then they defeated Albania to place second in the group and set up a match against the Netherlands for 11th and 12th place, which Austria lost after a long battle.

EuroBasket 1951

Austria made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team was eliminated from championship contention after finishing 1–3 in pool play and fourth in their group. They won all three of their first round classification games, however, advancing to the 9th–12th place classification semifinals. A loss to the Netherlands, but a win over West Germany propelled Austria into 11th place of the 18 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

Austria's appearance at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest began with a 2–2 showing in preliminary round play. This was good enough for third place in the pool, and Austria was pushed to classification play. There, they were able to win only 1 out of 4 games (the win coming against West Germany), placing fourth of the five teams in the group. Playing against Luxembourg and then Switzerland in classification for the 13th–16th place playoffs, Austria won both games to finish 13th of the 18 teams.

EuroBasket 1957

In Sofia for the EuroBasket 1957 competition, Austria was defeated three times in the preliminary round. Their 0–3 record put them last in their group and sent them to the classification pool. The team won two games there, finishing at a record of 2–5 to take an overall 14th place in the 16 team tournament.

Later years

Austria went on to qualify to the EuroBasket two more times in 1959 and 1977. But since then it has been a struggle for the national team to qualify for major international basketball tournaments.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950	Did not qualify				5	0	5
1954	Did not enter				Did not enter
1959	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
1963	Did not enter				Did not enter
1967	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Did not enter				Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019					10	3	7
2023	Did not enter				Withdrew
2027	To be determined				In progress
Total	0/19				15	3	12

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936	Did not enter
1948
1952
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Did not qualify				5	1	4
1964	Did not enter				Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify				9	4	5
1972	Did not qualify				4	1	3
1976	Did not enter				Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify				4	1	3
1984	Did not qualify				3	0	3
1988	Did not enter				Did not enter
1992	Did not enter				Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be determined				To be determined
Total	0/21				25	7	18

Championship for Small Countries

FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1992		5	5	0
1996		5	5	0
Total		10	10	0

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935	Did not enter
1937
1939
1946
1947	12th	5	1	4
1949	Did not enter
1951	11th	9	5	4
1953	Did not enter
1955	13th	10	4	6
1957	14th	10	2	8
1959	16th	7	1	6
1961	Did not enter
1963	Did not qualify				2	1	1
1965					3	1	2
1967					3	1	2
1969					4	3	1
1971					4	1	3
1973					6	2	4
1975					4	2	2
1977	12th	7	0	7	15	11	4
1979	Did not qualify				5	0	5
1981					4	3	1
1983					5	3	2
1985					5	3	2
1987					9	4	5
1989					4	1	3
1991					3	1	2
1993					6	2	4
1995					5	1	4
1997					6	1	5
1999					3	1	2
2001					16	5	11
2003					6	3	3
2005	Division B				8	5	3
2007	Division B				8	3	5
2009	Division B				8	4	4
2011	Division B				6	4	2
2013	Did not qualify				8	3	5
2015					12	8	4
2017					6	2	4
2022					10	3	7
2025					16	6	10
2029	To be determined				To be determined
Total	6/42	48	13	35	200	88	112

Results and fixtures

Win Loss

2024

22 February 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round		106–91	Armenia	Vienna, Austria
19:15 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 31–19, 25–20, 27–23
	Pts: Mahalbašić 27 Rebs: Mahalbašić 8 Asts: Diggs 5	Boxscore	Pts: Jones 30 Rebs: Tavitian 7 Asts: Jones 8	Arena: Hallmann Dome Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Christian Theis (GER), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH)

21 November 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Albania	63–99		Durrës, Albania
19:30 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–23, 12–32, 16–17
	Pts: Hamati 16 Rebs: Hamati 6 Asts: Dusha 4	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 23 Rebs: Brajkovic 7 Asts: Vujošević 4	Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace Attendance: 250 Referees: Arnau Padros (ESP), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)

24 November 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Armenia	80–129		Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 6–29, 25–36, 27–25
	Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Chizhenok 5 Asts: Jones 7	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 25 Rebs: Schott 12 Asts: Vujošević 11	Arena: Karen Demirchyan Complex Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE)

2025

23 February 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round		67–78	Albania	Schwechat, Austria
16:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–16, 17–22, 19–21
	Pts: Suljanovic 11 Rebs: Brajkovic 9 Asts: Hahn 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hysa 17 Rebs: Tola 9 Asts: Hysa, Topalli 5	Arena: Multiversum Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Branimir Galić (CRO), Viktor Nagy (HUN), Elvis Binders-Čoders (LAT)

2 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Netherlands	65–64		The Hague, Netherlands
14:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 13–23, 18–14, 13–15
	Pts: Enaruna 11 Rebs: Enaruna 7 Asts: Van der Vuurst, Ververs 4	Boxscore	Pts: Pöltl 16 Rebs: Pöltl 11 Asts: Güttl 3	Arena: Sportcampus Zuiderpark Attendance: 2,555 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN), Ilias Kounellis (CYP)

6 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round		88–76	Bulgaria	Schwechat, Austria
19:20 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 24–14, 28–25, 12–23
	Pts: Landesberg 26 Rebs: Pöltl 11 Asts: three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Mladenov 25 Rebs: Mladenov 7 Asts: Young 5	Arena: Multiversum Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

13 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round		83–70	Netherlands	Schwechat, Austria
19:20 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 20–21, 30–17, 14–22
	Pts: Landesberg 14 Rebs: Pöltl 6 Asts: Friedrich 7	Boxscore	Pts: Leons 15 Rebs: Leons 8 Asts: Ververs 6	Arena: Multiversum Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

16 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Bulgaria	87–78		Botevgrad, Bulgaria
18:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 15–20, 24–22, 25–19
	Pts: Mladenov 30 Rebs: Mladenov 8 Asts: Alipiev, K. Toshkov 5	Boxscore	Pts: Pöltl 23 Rebs: Pöltl 13 Asts: Friedrich 10	Arena: Arena Botevgrad Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Kerem Baki (TUR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches in August 2025 against Netherlands and Bulgaria.^[2]^[3]

Austria men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	2	Miro Zapf	21 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Swans
SG	5	Bogić Vujošević	32 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	SCM Timișoara
PG	6	Daniel Friedrich	33 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Swans
SG	8	Aleksej Kostić	19 – (2005-08-16)16 August 2005	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	BYU Cougars
SF	9	Edi Patekar	25 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Gunners
C	12	Jakob Pöltl	29 – (1995-10-15)15 October 1995	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Toronto Raptors
F/C	13	Fynn Schott	19 – (2006-04-13)13 April 2006	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Gran Canaria
SF	15	Sylven Landesberg	35 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hapoel Haifa
PF	16	Renato Poljak	28 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Gunners
PG	21	Benedikt Güttl	31 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Traiskirchen
G	22	Jakob Löhr	22 – (2002-08-23)23 August 2002	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Swans
F/C	26	Marvin Ogunsipe	29 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Merlins
G	77	Timo Lanmüller	24 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Artland Dragons

Head coach

Chris O'Shea

Assistant coach(es)

Benedikt Danek
Stefan Grassegger

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 2 August 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jakob Pöltl	Marvin Ogunsipe
PF	Fynn Schott	Renato Poljak
SF	Sylven Landesberg	Edi Patekar	Aleksej Kostić
SG	Bogić Vujošević	Timo Lanmüller	Jakob Löhr
PG	Benedikt Güttl	Daniel Friedrich	Miro Zapf

Head coaches

Miodrag Stefanović – (1951)
Janos Gerdov – (1955)
Herbert Haselbacher – (1957–1959)
Jan Hluchý – (1977)
Hubert Schreiner – (1986–2000)
Neno Ašćerić – (2008–2012)
Werner Sallomon – (2013–2016)
Kęstutis Kemzūra – (2016–2017)
Matthias Zollner – (2017–2018)
Mike Coffin – (2018–2019)
Raoul Korner – (2020–2022)
Chris O'Shea – (2022–present)

Notable players

Jakob Pöltl – First Austrian-born player to get drafted and play in the NBA.

Past rosters

1947 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams

3 Frankl, 4 Hans Bohman, 5 Eder, 6 Ganglberger, 7 Franz Gluck, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 9 Paulin, 10 Konrad Pitsch, 12 Helmut Schmidt, 13 Richard Pollak, 15 Otto Schreiweiss, 16 Vostatek, 17 Hans Zsak, 29 Walter Ledl (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 Hans Zsak, 5 Gerhard Puschner, 6 Peter Vecernik, 7 Richard Pollak, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 10 Walter Ledl, 13 Felix Schober, 15 Franz Gluck, 16 Hans Bohman, 17 Benno Binder, 18 Ewald Polansky, 19 Hans Praschl (Coach: Miodrag Stefanović)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 18 teams

3 Gunter Brousek, 4 Karl Hackl, 5 Franz Gebhard, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Helmut Schmidt, 9 Karl Thiering, 10 Helmut Schurer, 11 Baczinsky, 12 Johann Karall, 13 Karl Machek, 14 Peter Vecernik, 15 Karl Privoznik, 17 Alfred Probst (Coach: Janos Gerdov)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Nikolaus Waldingbrett, 4 Gunter Brousek, 5 Johann Karall, 6 Friedrich Walz, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Werner Grohs, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Waschkau, 12 Helmut Schurer, 14 Franz Vranitzky, 15 Alfred Probst (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Friedrich Walz, 4 Peter Kotas, 5 Franz Havlicek, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Walter Ledl, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Probst, 12 Heinz Vybiral, 13 Ernst Tutschek, 15 Karl Privoznik (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Wolfgang Vlk, 5 Friedrich Miklas, 6 Bernhard Slavicek, 7 Peter Bilik, 8 Peter Poiger, 9 Herbert Watzke, 10 Erich Tecka, 11 Werner Meisinger, 12 Helmut Zimmel, 13 Walter Fuchs, 14 Peter Wolf, 15 Herbert Haselbacher (Coach: Jan Hluchy)

Kit

Manufacturer

2015–2017: Spalding^[4]

2015–2017: Admiral (Sportwetten)^[4]

References

^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
^ "14-MANN-KADER MIT PÖLTL UND LANDESBERG". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2025.
^ "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in August 2025". Retrieved 2 August 2025.
^ ^a ^b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

Official website (in German)
Austria FIBA profile
Austria National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com

Videos

Great Britain v Austria - Full Game - EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers Youtube.com video

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.

[2] "14-MANN-KADER MIT PÖLTL UND LANDESBERG". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[3] "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in August 2025". Retrieved 2 August 2025.

[kit-4] FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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