Austria men's national basketball team

The Austria men's national basketball team () 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 CupQualificationYearPosition 1950Did not qualify505 1954Did not enterDid not enter 1959Did not qualifyDid not qualify 1963Did not enterDid not enter 1967Did not qualifyEuroBasket servedas qualifiers 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986Did not enterDid not enter 1990Did not qualifyEuroBasket servedas qualifiers 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 20191037 2023Did not enterWithdrew 2027Did not qualify1468 2031To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/20 29 9 20

Olympic Games Olympic GamesQualifyingYearPosition 1936Did not enter 1948 1952 1956Did not qualify 1960514 1964Did not enterDid not enter 1968Did not qualify945 1972413 1976Did not enterDid not enter 1980Did not qualify413 1984303 1988Did not enterDid not enter 1992 1996Did not qualifyDid not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/21 25 7 18

Championship for Small Countries FIBA European Championship for Small CountriesYearPosition 1992550 1996550Total10100

EuroBasket EuroBasketQualificationYearPosition 1935Did not enter 1937 1939 1946 194712th514 1949Did not enter 195111th954 1953Did not enter 195513th1046 195714th1028 195916th716 1961Did not enter 1963Did not qualify211 1965312 1967312 1969431 1971413 1973624 1975422 197712th70715114 1979Did not qualify505 1981431 1983532 1985532 1987945 1989413 1991312 1993624 1995514 1997615 1999312 200116511 2003633 2005Division B853 2007Division B835 2009Division B844 2011Division B642 2013Did not qualify835 20151284 2017624 2022 1037 202516610 2029To be determinedIn progressTotal6/42481335200 88 112

Results and fixtures

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2026

2027

Team Current roster Roster for the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 27 and 30 August 2026 against Cyprus and North Macedonia.

Depth chart

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 2015–2017: SpaldingFIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Sponsor 2015–2017: Admiral (Sportwetten)

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