Moldova men's national basketball team

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] There, the team would lose in a tightly contested match to Azerbaijan 78–80 to come away with the silver medal.[5] For Moldova's next four appearances at the tournament, their best result would be another silver medal finish at the 2012 competition.[6]

• Alexandru Sestopal – (2010–2014)
• Vladimir Polyakh – (2015–2016)
• Oleg Pravdiuk – (2017–2018)

2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries: finished 5th among 8 teams[8]

Moldova men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 3 Nicolai Cojuhari 24 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Trojans-Speranța C 5 Alexei Onila 27 – (1989-03-30)30 March 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) UASM G 7 Casian Statnic 20 – (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) UASM F/C 8 Evgheni Nartov 28 – (1987-09-02)2 September 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Donbasket SG 9 Sergiu Chiriac 22 – (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UASM F/C 10 Vladimir Colesnicov 35 – (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Gama-Sind C 12 Emil Ostafiiciuc 21 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) William Jewell SG 13 Anton Rulevski 28 – (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Donbasket F 14 Eugen Melnic 37 – (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Donbasket F 21 Vitalie Oprea 30 – (1986-02-15)15 February 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Donbasket F 22 Egor Nistor 23 – (1993-06-06)6 June 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Trojans-Speranța PG 27 Denis Melniciuc 23 – (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) UASM	Head coach Vladimir Polyakh Assistant coach(es) Oleksii Beskov Ruslan Varzari Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 28 June 2016

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