Belarus men's national basketball team

Before 1992, Belarus was occupied by the Soviet Union, with Belarusian born players taking part on the Soviet Union national team.

After Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union, their first attempt to qualify for the premier European basketball tournament came in 1993. They ultimately came up short in their attempt. Throughout the rest of the 1990s and 2000s, Belarus were unsuccessful at securing qualification. During qualifying for the EuroBasket 2017, Belarus was stationed into Group D with another opportunity to reach the EuroBasket finals. The team began the qualifiers with two loses, before earning their first victory at home against Portugal.[3] Belarus went on to win twice more to conclude the qualifiers at a record of (3–3), but it wasn't enough as the team was eliminated.[4]

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Belarus first went through European Pre-Qualifiers. Belarus would finish with a (1–3) record in their pre-qualifying group, but would advance to the first round of the qualifiers; due to owning the point difference in their head-to-head against Portugal.[5] There, they were placed in Group A, and right away the national team were overwhelmed in their first two matches by dominant performances from Slovenia and Montenegro respectively. They eventually notched their first win in the group in a rematch against Slovenia, but to no avail. Belarus finished with a (1–5) record and failed to advance.[6]

Belarus later went on to compete in EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated in a match to Denmark, in the final pre-qualifying window 69–66.[7]

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 25 and 28 November 2021 against Turkey and Greece.[9]

Belarus men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 1 Darol Ernandez 32 – (1989-11-15)15 November 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minsk F 3 Benjamin-Pavel Dudu 30 – (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Minsk PG 4 Uladzislau Blizniuk 22 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Minsk SF 5 Aliaksei Trastsinetski 35 – (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Minsk PF 7 Maksim Salash 25 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Burgos C 9 Artsiom Parakhouski 34 – (1987-10-06)6 October 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Parma SG 11 Uladzislau Mikulski 23 – (1998-04-11)11 April 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Borisfen F 12 Yauheni Beliankou 26 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Minsk C 17 Vadzim Stubeda 21 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Minsk SG 30 Kiryl Sitnik 32 – (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo PG 31 Andrei Stabrouski 23 – (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Minsk G 95 Ivan Aladka 26 – (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Rusichi	Head coach Rostislav Vergun Assistant coach(es) Andrei Krivonos Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 25 November 2021

• Aliaksandr Papkou – (2008–2009)
• Mikhail Feiman – (2010)
• Andrei Krivonos – (2011–2012)
• Ruslan Baidakov – (2013–2014)
• Dušan Gvozdić – (2014)
• Aleksander Krutikov – (2015–2019)
• Rostislav Vergun – (2019–present)[10]