Switzerland men's national basketball team

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

Switzerland
FIBA ranking61 Steady (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSwiss Basketball
CoachIlias Papatheodorou
Nickname(s)Nati
(National Team)
Rossocrociati
(Red Crosses)
Olympic Games
Appearances3
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone
First international
  Switzerland 19–39 France 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 5 March 1932)
Biggest win
  Switzerland 68–19 Scotland 
(Paris, France; 11 May 1951)
Biggest defeat
  Switzerland 53–130 Spain 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 24 November 1988)

The Switzerland men's national basketball team (French: Équipe de Suisse de basketball, German: Schweizer Basketballnationalmannschaft, Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro della Svizzera, Romansh: Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland in international basketball. The managing body for the national team is Swiss Basketball.

Switzerland has competed at five EuroBasket tournaments (1935, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1955) in their history. The national team has also made three appearances at the Olympic Games (1936, 1948, 1952). However, Switzerland has struggled over the past decades to once again qualify to international competitions. They also continue their pursuit to clinch their debut trip to the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1935

Switzerland hosted the first European Basketball Championship in Geneva at EuroBasket 1935. The national team finished fourth in the ten team tournament, defeating Romania and Italy in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to Latvia, resulting in a playoff for third place against Czechoslovakia which the Swiss lost 25–23.

EuroBasket 1946

Switzerland did not play in the European championship again until the post-war, at EuroBasket 1946, which they hosted. There, they placed second in their three-team preliminary group after losing to the eventual champions Czechoslovakia 20–17, but defeating Belgium 38–33. That preliminary round finish put the Swiss into a 5th/6th place playoff against the Netherlands, which Switzerland won 36–25.

EuroBasket 1951

The next Swiss entry into the European Basketball Championship was at the EuroBasket 1951 tournament in Paris. Switzerland finished the preliminary round with a 1–3 record, 4th in their group. They fared little better in the first classification, taking 3rd in the group with a 1–2 record. In the second classification round, the Swiss won the classification 13-16 and 13/14 games to finish in 13th place of 18 teams, with a 4–5 record.

EuroBasket 1953

EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was the fourth appearance of the Swiss. The tournament began poorly for the team, as they finished last in their preliminary pool at 0–3. It got somewhat better for them after that, as they took second in their first classification pool with 2 wins and a loss. They dropped their 9-12 semifinal to Belgium, but defeated Finland in the 11/12 final to take 11th of 17 overall.

EuroBasket 1955

Switzerland competed next at the EuroBasket 1955 tournament in Budapest. Their 2–2 record in preliminary round put them in 3rd of the five-team group and relegated them to the classification rounds. They had similar results there, again taking a 2–2 record and 3rd of 5 teams. They won their classification 13-16 semifinal, but lost to Austria in the 13/14 game to finish 14th of 18 teams.

Later years

The 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1955 EuroBasket are the last major international basketball tournaments that the country qualified for. Since then, it lost its international significance despite occasional strong showings at qualification games. E.g. Switzerland surprisingly beat former European Champion Russia at the qualification for the 2015 EuroBasket.

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

22 February 2024 Switzerland  72–53  Azerbaijan Fribourg, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 19–8, 21–15, 22–10
Pts: Fofana 19
Rebs: Nzege 10
Asts: Fofana, Zinn 5 		Boxscore Pts: LeDay 22
Rebs: Donat, LeDay 6
Asts: Mammadov 4 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)
25 February 2024 Ireland  63–86   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
15:00 (UTC±0) Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 15–19, 14–22, 20–23
Pts: Flood 15
Rebs: Buivydas 7
Asts: Blount 4 		Boxscore Pts: Anabir 15
Rebs: Jurkovitz 8
Asts: Fofanfa 6 		Arena: National Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Javier Torres (ESP), Chess van Looy (BEL)
21 November 2024 Switzerland  75–43  Kosovo Bern, Switzerland
19:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 22–6, 20–22, 19–3
Pts: Mbala 15
Rebs: Mbala 12
Asts: Fofana, Kazadi 4 		Boxscore Pts: Tmušić 9
Rebs: Morina 8
Asts: Morina 4 		Arena: Mobiliar Arena
Attendance: 585
Referees: Joaquin García (ESP), Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Domen Krajnc (SVN)
24 November 2024 Azerbaijan  55–85   Switzerland Baku, Azerbaijan
14:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–22, 8–24, 12–24
Pts: Aydın 15
Rebs: Aydın 12
Asts: Mammadov 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ročak 19
Rebs: Granvorka 7
Asts: Fofana 11 		Arena: Baku Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Tolga Edis (TUR), Kirile Tvauri (GEO), Vlad-Theodor Cotrobas-Dascălu (ROU)

2025

20 February 2025 Switzerland  85–54  Ireland Fribourg, Switzerland
19:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 18–15, 19–9, 18–14
Pts: Mbala 19
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Fofana 10 		Boxscore Pts: N. Quinn 18
Rebs: N. Quinn 9
Asts: Flood 3 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA), Arnau Padros (ESP), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)
23 February 2025 Kosovo  73–81   Switzerland Pristina, Kosovo
19:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 16–23, 15–13, 28–22
Pts: Berisha 20
Rebs: Kapiti 11
Asts: Myles 4 		Boxscore Pts: Ducommun 21
Rebs: Granvorka 10
Asts: George 5 		Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA), Polat Parlak (TUR), Jan Baloun (CZE)
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)
6 August 2025 Switzerland  66–64  Ukraine Fribourg, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–13, 15–20, 21–17
Pts: Fofana 18
Rebs: T. Ročak 7
Asts: Fofana 6 		Boxscore Pts: Tkachenko 13
Rebs: Sanon 7
Asts: Kovliar 10 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
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)
16 August 2025 Ukraine  73–64   Switzerland Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 13–19, 21–24, 11–9
Pts: Sanon 15
Rebs: Lypovyy 6
Asts: Sanon 5 		Boxscore Pts: three players 11
Rebs: N. Ročak 10
Asts: five players 2 		Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 600
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Petar Pešić (SRB), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
27 November 2025 Serbia  90–86   Switzerland Belgrade, Serbia
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 14–27, 25–13, 31–16
Pts: Ristić 24
Rebs: Miljenović 8
Asts: Miljenović 9 		Boxscore Pts: Schumacher 19
Rebs: T. Ročak 5
Asts: Fofana 5 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA)
30 November 2025 Switzerland  60–85  Turkey Fribourg, Switzerland
17:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 8–18, 17–24, 18–20
Pts: Fofana 17
Rebs: Mambo 6
Asts: Fofana 4 		Boxscore Pts: Saybir 19
Rebs: Yurtseven 5
Asts: Sipahi 6 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)

2026

27 February 2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina  84–60   Switzerland Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 21–15, 23–16, 20–17
Pts: Vrabac 15
Rebs: Sulejmanović 9
Asts: Atić 9 		Boxscore Pts: Schumacher 19
Rebs: Mambo 10
Asts: Schumacher 3 		Arena: SKPC Mejdan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)
2 March 2026 Switzerland  60–91  Bosnia and Herzegovina Kriens, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 20–29, 18–24, 8–17
Pts: Mbala 9
Rebs: Granvorka 10
Asts: Schumacher 9 		Boxscore Pts: Musa 25
Rebs: Kamenjaš 8
Asts: Talić 6 		Arena: Pilatus Arena
Attendance: 3,820
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Ilias Kounellis (CYP)
2 July 2026 Switzerland  vs.  Serbia Switzerland
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Boxscore
5 July 2026 Turkey  vs.   Switzerland Turkey
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Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 February and 2 March 2026 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Switzerland men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 0 Boris Mbala 30 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
SG 1 Alex Schumacher 25 – (2001-02-21)21 February 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Valley Suns United States
SF 3 Yoan Granvorka 28 – (1997-06-09)9 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pully Switzerland
PG 5 Lukas Keredzin 21 – (2005-02-02)2 February 2005 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Union Neuchâtel Switzerland
F/C 6 Paul Gravet 30 – (1995-12-18)18 December 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
F/C 8 Toni Ročak 26 – (1999-04-22)22 April 1999 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Civdale Italy
SF 9 Alois Leyrolles 21 – (2004-09-07)7 September 2004 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fribourg Switzerland
SG 10 Lucas Maniema 19 – (2006-03-06)6 March 2006 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gran Canaria Spain
PF 13 Killian Martin 27 – (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Nyon Switzerland
PG 18 Jamal George 23 – (2002-11-28)28 November 2002 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Pully Switzerland
F 19 Noé Anabir 30 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
PG 34 Matteo Picarelli 24 – (2001-05-26)26 May 2001 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) San Vendemiano Italy
F/C 43 Yasmin Mambo 23 – (2002-09-24)24 September 2002 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Blois France
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • France Hervé Coudray
  • Switzerland Patrick Pembele
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 February 2026

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Toni Ročak Killian Martin
PF Yasmin Mambo Nico Ročak
SF Yoan Granvorka Boris Mbala Noé Anabir
SG Dylan Ducommun Yuri Solcà Noah Burrell
PG Selim Fofana Jamal George Matteo Picarelli

Head coach position

Notable players

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 10 teams

3 René Karlen, 4 Raymond Lambercy, 5 Mottier, 6 Jean Pare, 7 Radle, 8 Sidler, 9 Marcel Wuilleumier (Coach: ?)

1936 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 21 teams

1 Fernand Bergmann, 2 Pierre Carlier, 3 René Karlen, 4 Georges Laederach, 5 Raymond Lambercy, 6 Jean Pollet, 7 Jean Pare, 8 Marcel Wuilleumier (Coach: ?)

1946 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 10 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Fernand Keller, 5 Theo Winkler, 7 Georges Gallay, 8 Henry Gujer, 10 Robert Geiser, 12 Jean Pollet, 13 Jean Pare, 15 René Wohler, 20 Louis Sanguin (Coach: ?)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 21st among 23 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Henry Gujer, 5 Jean Pollet, 6 Maurice Chollet, 7 Claude Chevalley, 8 Pierre Albrecht, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 Robert Geiser, 11 Jean Tribolet, 12 Claude Landini, 13 Jean Pare, 14 Bernard Dutoit, 15 Henri Baumann, 16 Gérald Piaget (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Henry Gujer, 5 Theo Winkler, 6 Arthur Bugna, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 Roger Domenjoz, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 René Wohler, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Bernard Dutoit, 13 Albert Hermann, 14 Roger Prahin, 15 Francis Perroud (Coach: ?)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 20th among 23 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Gérald Cottier, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 Roger Domenjoz, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 René Wohler, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Marcel Moget, 13 Maurice Chollet, 14 Roger Prahin, 15 Bernard Schmied, 16 Jean-Pierre Voisin (Coach: ?)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 André Laverniaz, 4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Henri Devaud, 7 Albert Hermann, 8 René Hofmann, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 Gérald Cottier, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Jean Emery, 13 Pierre Wittwer, 14 Michel Currat, 15 Jean-Pierre Voisin, 16 Ruggero Balmelli (Coach: ?)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 18 teams

4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Michel Currat, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 V Bally, 9 C Sevelley, 10 Gérald Cottier, 11 Marcos Bossy, 12 René Chiappino, 13 M Etter, 14 C Lambrecht, 15 Jean-Pierre Voisin, 16 P Worte, 17 M Robert (Coach: ?)

Kit

Manufacturer

Sponsor

2017: Tissot[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Switzerland during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in February 2026". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Un entraîneur de renom à la tête de l'équipe de Suisse". Lematin.ch. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021. (in French)
  4. ^ a b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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