Moldova men's national basketball team

The Moldova men's national basketball team (, ) represents Moldova in international basketball. The team is governed by the Basketball Federation of Moldova.

In the past, Moldova has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won silver medals in 2008 and 2012.

History The Basketball Federation of Moldova was founded in 1991, after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. In 1992, Moldova became members of FIBA, with the national team playing in their first international match against Latvia a year later. A qualifier for the 1993 EuroBasket, in which they would lose 110–64.

Throughout the rest of the 1990s, Moldova wouldn't take part in any tournament until 2002, when the team entered the 2002 European Championship for Small Countries. Moldova went on to place fifth overall in the competition which featured eight teams. In 2006, Moldova entered the tournament for the second time, making it to the semi-finals before losing to Azerbaijan. After the loss, the team was relegated to the bronze medal match where they would fall once again, this time to Andorra.

Two years later, at the 2008 tournament, Moldova made it back to the semi-finals after going undefeated (3–0) in the group stage for the second consecutive tournament. This time, Moldova would prove too much for Andorra in an 85–74 victory to reach the final. There, the team would lose in a tightly contested match to Azerbaijan 78–80 to come away with the silver medal. For Moldova's next four appearances at the tournament, their best result would be another silver medal finish at the 2012 competition.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World CupQualificationYearPosition1950 to 1990Part of Soviet Union 1994Did not qualifyDid not qualify 1998Did not enterDid not enter 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023 2027 2031To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/9

Championship for Small Countries FIBA European Championship for Small CountriesYearPosition 20025th541 20064th532 2008541 20104th514 2012422 20165th532 20187th505Total341717

EuroBasket EuroBasketQualificationYearPosition1935 to 1939Part of Romania1947 to 1991Part of Soviet Union 1993Did not qualify303 1995Did not enterDid not enter 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2022 2025 2029Total0/16 3 0 3

Team Current roster Roster for the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

Depth chart

Head coach position Alexandru Sestopal – (2010–2014) Vladimir Polyakh – (2015–2016) Oleg Pravdiuk – (2017–2018)

Past rosters 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries: finished 5th among 8 teams

Moldova men's national basketball team

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