Austria men's national basketball team

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

Austria
FIBA ranking65 Increase 1 (3 March 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
MedalsGold medal Gold: (1992, 1996)
First international
 Bulgaria 56–13 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
 Algeria 63–119 Austria 
(Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 France 100–6 Austria 
(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

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.

Austria national team before game

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

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

22 February 2024 Austria  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 Albania  63–99  Austria 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 Armenia  80–129  Austria 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 Austria  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 Netherlands  65–64  Austria 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 Austria  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 Austria  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 Bulgaria  87–78  Austria 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)
28 November 2025 Poland  90–78  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  68–86  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

27 February 2026 Austria  71–81  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  87–88  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 9
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  vs.  Poland Austria
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Boxscore
6 July 2026 Latvia  vs.  Austria Latvia
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Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 February and 1 March 2026 against Netherlands.[2][3]

Austria men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 0 Elvir Jakupović 24 – (2001-10-09)9 October 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Flyers Austria
PG 2 Miro Zapf 22 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Swans Austria
SG 5 Bogić Vujošević 33 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) SCM Timișoara Romania
PG 6 Daniel Friedrich 34 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Swans Austria
SF 9 Edi Patekar 26 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Gunners Austria
C 13 Fynn Schott 19 – (2006-04-13)13 April 2006 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Gran Canaria Spain
C 14 Daniel Köppel 25 – (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Swans Austria
PF 16 Renato Poljak 28 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Gunners Austria
G/F 17 Erol Ersek 26 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Heidelberg Germany
F/C 33 Benjamin Schuch 19 – (2006-06-04)4 June 2006 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Zentro Spain
F 63 Aron Stazić 18 – (2007-09-22)22 September 2007 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Vienna Austria
G 77 Timo Lanmüller 24 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Artland Dragons Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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 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

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

Sponsor

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  2. ^ "GROSSKADER FÜR DIE WM-QUALIFIKATIONSSPIELE GEGEN DIE NIEDERLANDE". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in February 2026". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  4. ^ "ARAMIS NAGLIC IST NEUER NATIONALTEAMTRAINER DER HERREN". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Videos

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