Russia national basketball team
Russia | |||
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FIBA ranking | 9 2 | ||
Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | RBF | ||
Coach | Sergei Bazarevich | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 3 | ||
Medals | Bronze: 2012 | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 | ||
Medals | Silver: 1994, 1998 | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 13 | ||
Medals |
Gold: 2007 Silver: 1993 Bronze: 1997, 2011 | ||
Uniforms | |||
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The Russian national basketball team represents Russia in international basketball matches. It is organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation. (Russian: Россия Федерация Баскетбола)
The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its powerful basketball team.
It has won 2 silver medals at the FIBA World Cup. Its most recent success was winning bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
History
As the heir of the immensely successful USSR national basketball team, Russia still produces many elite basketball players and celebrated international titles on several occasions. Yet, the team sometimes struggles to live up to its enormous expectations.
At the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, after a bitter struggle with the Macedonian national team, Russia won the bronze medal. Overall, the Russian team finished the tournament having suffered only one defeat in 11 matches, which was against France in the semifinals. Standout player Andrei Kirilenko was honored as one of the tournament's best players.
Because of this result, the Russian team did not win the right to qualify directly for the Olympic tournament in London but had to take part in the 2012 qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in Venezuela 2–8 July. Russia won all the qualifying matches and booked its ticket to London.
At the Olympic Games in 2012, the Russians won their first Olympic medal. The team was able to get out of the group from the first place, having suffered only one defeat in an already insignificant match against Australia (80:82). In the quarterfinals they played against the Lithuanians (83:74), but in the semifinals, the Russian team lost to Spain (59:67). In the match for third place, the Russians beat Argentina, the winners of the Olympics 2004, (81:77) and won the bronze medal. Andrei Kirilenko, leader of the team in scoring and rebounding, entered the first 'Team Olympiad', awarded by the TV channel ESPN.
30 October 2012, David Blatt decided to leave the post of head coach of Russia.
Blatt's departure caused some struggles for Russia, which had to go through a complete revamp but managed to qualify for the 2015 EuroBasket.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
World Cup
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EuroBasket
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Team
Current roster
Russian National Team head coach Sergey Bazarevich named 11 players for Eurobasket 2017 Qualification Round.
Six more players will be added through the training camp, where 22 players have been invited.
The 11 players named are:
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starter | Bench | Bench |
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C | Sasha Kaun | Timofey Mozgov | |
PF | Andrey Vorontsevich | Evgeny Valiev | |
SF | Nikita Kurbanov | Sergei Monia | |
SG | Sergey Karasev | Alexey Shved | Maksim Grigoryev |
PG | Dmitri Khvostov | Andrey Mateyunas | |
Notable players
- Sergei Panov: 2006 Euroleague champion.
- Jon Robert Holden: FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion.
- Andrei Kirilenko: Was the youngest European basketball player to be drafted, FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion and MVP; FIBA Europe Player of the Year in 2007. Flag bearer at 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony for Russia.
- Victor Khryapa: Portland Trail Blazers and Chicago Bulls (NBA), FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion.
Past rosters
1993 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Sergei Bazarevich, Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Dimitri Chakulin, Maksim Astanin, Vladislav Kondratov, Dimitri Sukharev, Vladimir Gorin (Coach: Yuri Selikhov)
1994 FIBA World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Vasili Karasev, Sergei Bazarevich, Mikhail Mikhailov, Sergei Babkov, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Evgeni Kisurin, Igor Grachev, Dimitri Domani, Evgeni Pashutin, Sergei Ivanov (Coach: Sergei Belov)
1995 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 7th among 14 teams
Vasili Karasev, Sergei Bazarevich, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Igor Kudelin, Dimitri Domani, Evgeni Kisurin, Evgeni Pashutin, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov (Coach: Sergei Belov)
1997 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Evgeni Kisurin, Vitali Nosov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Dimitri Chakulin, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov)
1998 FIBA World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Vasili Karasev, Valeri Tikhonenko, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Igor Kudelin, Zakhar Pashutin, Evgeni Kisurin, Dimitri Domani, Nikita Morgunov, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov)
1999 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
Vasili Karasev, Valeri Tikhonenko, Sergei Babkov, Igor Kudelin, Ruslan Avleev, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Aleksander Petrenko, Evgeni Kisurin, Evgeni Pashutin, Igor Kurashov, Zakhar Pashutin (Coach: Sergei Belov)
2000 Summer Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Bazarevich, Evgeni Kisurin, Sergei Chikalkin, Nikita Morgunov, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Ruslan Avleev, Sergei Panov, Valentin Kubrakov, Aleksander Bashminov (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)
2001 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, Nikita Morgunov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Sergei Chikalkin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Anton Yudin, Aleksei Savrasenko, Aleksander Bashminov, Aleksander Miloserdov, Petr Samoylenko (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)
2002 FIBA World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, Victor Khryapa, Vasili Karasev, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Aleksander Bashminov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Sergei Chikalkin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Ruslan Avleev (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)
2003 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, Victor Khryapa, Vasili Karasev, Sergei Monya, Aleksei Savrasenko, Dimitri Domani, Zakhar Pashutin, Denis Ershov, Fedor Likholitov, Mikhail Solovev, Valentin Kubrakov, Petr Samoylenko (Coach: Marco Antonio de Venetis)
2005 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Victor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Sergei Monya, Zakhar Pashutin, Anton Ponkrashov, Fedor Likholitov, Vitaly Fridzon, Petr Samoylenko, Andrei Ivanov (Coach: Sergei Babkov)
2007 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Victor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Zakhar Pashutin, Petr Samoylenko, Sergei Monya, Anton Ponkrashov, Nikolay Padius, Nikita Shabalkin, Sergei Bykov (Coach: David Blatt)
2008 Summer Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams
Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Victor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Sergei Monya, Zakhar Pashutin, Petr Samoylenko, Sergei Bykov, Viktor Keirou, Andrey Vorontsevich, Vitaly Fridzon (Coach: David Blatt)
Kit
Manufacturer
Sponsor
2015: Norilsk Nickel[2]
See also
Notes
References
- ↑
- 1 2 Russia | EuroBasket 2015 - PHOTO GALLERY, eurobasket2015.org, Retrieved 12 October 2015.