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Austria men's national basketball team

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Austria
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FIBA ranking 66 Steady (1 September 2026)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Austria
CoachAramis Naglić
Nickname(s)Das Team
(The Team)
Unsere Burschen
(Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances6
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances2
Medals1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold: (1992, 1996)
First international
Image Bulgaria 56–13 Austria Image
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
Image Algeria 63–119 Austria Image
(Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
Image France 100–6 Austria Image
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 April 1947)

The Austria men's national basketball team (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

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EuroBasket 1947

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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.

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Austria national team before game

EuroBasket 1951

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2025

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28 November 2025 Poland Image 90–78 Image Austria Gdynia, Poland
20:45 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 21–21, 26–21, 21–18
Pts: Harding 32
Rebs: Ponitka 9
Asts: Harding 5		 Boxscore Pts: Landesberg 20
Rebs: Ogunsipe 8
Asts: Vujošević 6		 Arena: Gdynia Arena
Attendance: 3,828
Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Carsten Straube (GER), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)
1 December 2025 Austria Image 68–86 Image Latvia Vienna, Austria
20:20 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 13–20, 17–29, 14–17
Pts: Vujošević 27
Rebs: Vujošević 8
Asts: three players 3		 Boxscore Pts: Lomažs 24
Rebs: Šiliņš 5
Asts: Leimanis 6		 Arena: Sport Arena Wien
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Viola Györgyi (NOR)

2026

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27 February 2026 Austria Image 71–81 Image Netherlands Vienna, Austria
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–23, 19–15, 18–26
Pts: Vujošević 23
Rebs: Schott 15
Asts: Vujošević 6		 Boxscore Pts: Van der Vuurst 25
Rebs: D. N'Guessan 13
Asts: Van der Vuurst 6		 Arena: Sport Arena Wien
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Geert Jacobs (BEL), Çisil Güngör (TUR), Andrea Bongiorni (ITA)
1 March 2026 Netherlands Image 87–88 Image Austria The Hague, Netherlands
14:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 27–25, 17–18, 20–27
Pts: Franke,
Van der Vuurst 17
Rebs: Kruithof 10
Asts: Van der Vuurst,
Ververs 5		 Boxscore Pts: Schott 19
Rebs: Schott 11
Asts: Vujošević 13		 Arena: Sportcampus Zuiderpark
Attendance: 3,455
Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Alberto Sánchez (ESP), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
3 July 2026 Austria Image 77–123 Image Poland Vienna, Austria
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 12–29, 29–28, 20–42
Pts: Zeleznik 14
Rebs: Kapic 5
Asts: Jakupović 5		 Boxscore Pts: Kolenda 23
Rebs: Olejniczak 8
Asts: Łączyński 7		 Arena: Sport Arena Wien
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Ilias Kounellis (CYP), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)
6 July 2026 Latvia Image 112–66 Image Austria Riga, Latvia
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 32–20, 30–9, 28–15
Pts: Laksa 20
Rebs: Ķilps 6
Asts: Skuja 10		 Boxscore Pts: Kapic 19
Rebs: Kapic 6
Asts: Friedrich 5		 Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 9,219
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)
27 August 2026 Cyprus Image 77–72 Image Austria Limassol, Cyprus
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 20–21, 20–14, 21–17
Pts: F. Tigkas 25
Rebs: Pasiali 10
Asts: Michail 8		 Boxscore Pts: Mbemba 19
Rebs: Mbemba 10
Asts: Friedrich 4		 Arena: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Branimir Galić (CRO), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)
30 August 2026 Austria Image 59–91 Image North Macedonia Vienna, Austria
16:05 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 16–19, 14–16, 15–26
Pts: three players 9
Rebs: Dietz, Kapic 7
Asts: Vujošević 7		 Boxscore Pts: Efremovski 17
Rebs: Dimitrijević 14
Asts: Dimitrijević 11		 Arena: Sport Arena Wien
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Ilias Karapanos (GRE), Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Viktor Nagy (HUN)

2027

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Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 27 and 30 August 2026 against Cyprus and North Macedonia.[2]

Austria men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 0 Elvir Jakupović 24 – (2001-10-09)9 October 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Flyers Austria
G/F 1 Starlin Inoa 23 – (2003-05-28)28 May 2003 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Flyers Austria
PG 3 Nico Zeleznik 19 – (2006-10-05)5 October 2006 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Klosterneuburg Austria
SG 5 Bogić Vujošević 34 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hercegovac Croatia
PG 6 Daniel Friedrich 34 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Swans Austria
SF 8 Florian Köppel 25 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Gunners Austria
SF 9 Edi Patekar 26 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Gunners Austria
C 11 Erik Dietz 18 – (2007-09-30)30 September 2007 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Traiskirchen Austria
G/F 17 Erol Ersek 27 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Heidelberg Germany
PG 21 Guylain Mbemba 22 – (2003-10-15)15 October 2003 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Colorado State United States
SG 22 Jakob Löhr 24 – (2002-08-23)23 August 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Swans Austria
F 24 Nordin Kapic 22 – (2003-09-30)30 September 2003 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) South Carolina United States
G 77 Timo Lanmüller 25 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Vechta Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 August 2026

Depth chart

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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

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Notable players

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

Past rosters

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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)

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Austria during the 2029 EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers in August 2026". Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "ARAMIS NAGLIC IST NEUER NATIONALTEAMTRAINER DER HERREN". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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