Romania men's national basketball team

The Romania men's national basketball team (Romanian: Echipa națională de baschet a României) represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Romania women's national basketball team.

Romania
FIBA ranking61 Decrease 4 (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFRB
CoachMickey Gorka
Nickname(s)Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (1952)
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances18
MedalsNone
First international
  Switzerland 42–9 Romania 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 2 May 1935)
Biggest win
 Wales 50–164 Romania 
(Hagen, West Germany; 15 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 115–45 Romania 
(Moscow, Russia; 28 February 1998)

Romania has qualified for the EuroBasket 18 times throughout their history. Their best tournament results occurred in 1957 and 1967 respectively, where they finished fifth. The national team has also appeared at the Olympic Games once, in 1952. However, Romania has yet to clinch qualification for their first trip to the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1935

At the first European Championship in Geneva, the Romania national team finished in last place in the then ten team tournament. Losing all three of their matches; 42-9 to Switzerland, 66-23 to France, and 24-17 to Hungary.

EuroBasket 1947

Romania returned to the European championship twelve years later in Prague, for the EuroBasket 1947. Romania finished with a record of 1-2 after the preliminary round, which eliminated them from championship contention but they earned their first ever EuroBasket victory against the Netherlands. The Romanians added two more in the classification semifinal, as they defeated Austria and Albania. This put them in a classification match against Italy for 9th and 10th place, which Romania lost 55-39. The national team thus placed tenth again, but this time they had outranked four teams to do so, due to the expansion of the tournament to 14.

EuroBasket 1951

The Romanian national team entered the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris, but withdrew before any games were played, so official records gave them three preliminary round losses, each with a score of 2-0.

1952 Summer Olympics

Romania managed to qualify for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where the national team finished 23rd. It was the first and only time they qualified for the Olympic Basketball Tournament.

EuroBasket 1953

The EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was the next European tournament in which the Romanians actually played. They finished in 3rd place in their preliminary round group with a 1-2 record and advanced to the classification rounds. They won 3 of their 4 games there, finishing in a three-way tie for the top spot of the group. They lost out on the tiebreaker though and were relegated to the 13th-16th place semifinals. Winning that game and their next, the Romanians finished in 13th place of the 17 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

Romania was much more successful two years later, at the EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. A preliminary round loss to the global power house Soviet Union mattered little, as the national team won their other three preliminary matches against Sweden, Switzerland and Luxembourg to take second place in the group behind the Soviets to advance to the final round. There, they won games against Poland and Yugoslavia to finish 2-5 in the final round to take 7th place in the 18-team tournament.

EuroBasket 1957

Romania came within a single point of winning their preliminary pool at EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, losing to Hungary in the narrow match. They beat their other two opponents Belgium and Finland to finish in second place in the pool to advance into the final round. There, they matched up again with Hungary, but the game wasn't as close as the Hungarians cruised to a 76-61 victory. The national team also lost to the other three pool winners, to finish with a 3-4 record to end the tournament in 5th place.

Later years

The team repeated its most successful campaign at the EuroBasket 1967 when it finished 5th again. The following years, the team had some successful performances but after 1987, it ceded completely from Europe's elite events. After 30 years of absence, Romania returned to the EuroBasket in 2017 when the country gained hosting rights alongside Finland, Israel and Turkey. However, the national team ended its participation with five losses in its five games played.[2]

EuroBasket 2022 qualification

After defeating both Slovakia and Cyprus twice, the Tricolorii advanced to the final qualification round where they came short of their second EuroBasket qualification since 1987. The team was coached by Tudor Costescu.[3]

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023
23 February 2023 Romania  61–62  Bulgaria Pitești, Romania
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 13–15, 19–13, 17–18
Pts: Torok 12
Rebs: Cățe 7
Asts: Richard, Tohătan 4		 Boxscore Pts: P. Ivanov 14
Rebs: Minchev, Kostov 9
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 12		 Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 3,089
Referees: Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Péter Praksch (HUN), Łukasz Jankowski (POL)
26 February 2023 Romania  75–50  Cyprus Pitești, Romania
16:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 16–20, 18–6, 17–13
Pts: P. Richard 15
Rebs: Cățe, Olah 8
Asts: P. Richard, Tohătan 5		 Boxscore Pts: Stylianou 12
Rebs: Mantovani, Stylianou 6
Asts: three players 2		 Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Valentin Oliot (FRA), Alfred Jovović (CRO)
19 July 2023 Albania  83–87  Romania Durrës, Albania
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–23, 22–25, 19–18
Pts: Lekndreaj 20
Rebs: Lekndreaj 11
Asts: Dusha 4		 Boxscore Pts: Richard 18
Rebs: Diculescu 9
Asts: Richard 8		 Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace
Referees: Kerem Baki (TUR), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Martin Vulić (CRO)
22 July 2023 Romania  65–69  Slovakia Pitești, Romania
18:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 19–13, 24–23, 12–15
Pts: Olah 22
Rebs: Olah 10
Asts: Richard 6		 Boxscore Pts: Brodziansky 32
Rebs: Mokráň 8
Asts: Krajčovič 6		 Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 1,005
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Alberto Sánchez (ESP), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)
29 July 2023 Romania  72–63  Albania Pitești, Romania
18:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 26–16, 20–16, 16–8
Pts: Popa 17
Rebs: Diculescu 9
Asts: three players 5		 Boxscore Pts: Lekndreaj 16
Rebs: Lekndreaj 11
Asts: Dusha 7		 Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Haris Bijedić (BIH), Petar Pešić (SRB), Nermin Hodžić (BIH)
2 August 2023 Slovakia  83–58  Romania Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–18, 23–16, 22–11
Pts: Mokráň 22
Rebs: Brodziansky 10
Asts: Krajčovič 7		 Boxscore Pts: Olah 11
Rebs: Măciucă 7
Asts: Richard 4		 Arena: Športová hala Levice
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)

2024
22 February 2024 Romania  vs.  Luxembourg Romania
Boxscore
21 November 2024 Norway  vs.  Romania Norway
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Luxembourg  vs.  Romania Luxembourg
Boxscore

2025
23 February 2025 Romania  vs.  Norway Romania
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches in July/August 2023 against Albania and Slovakia.[4]

Romania men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 0 Kris Richard 34 – (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oradea Romania
PF 2 George-Cristian Cotoara 21 – (2002-03-23)23 March 2002 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Ludwigsburg Germany
SF 3 Dragoș Diculescu 23 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Landstede Netherlands
PG 7 Tudor Gheorghe 26 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Oradea Romania
G/F 8 Nandor Kuti 26 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Cluj-Napoca Romania
SF 9 Amedeo Casale 25 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Craiova Romania
C 10 Andrei Calenic 24 – (1998-08-04)4 August 1998 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Galați Romania
F/C 12 Bogdan Popa 26 – (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Ploiești Romania
C 21 Bogdan Țibîrnă 32 – (1991-06-07)7 June 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Craiova Romania
C 22 Alexandru Olah 29 – (1993-10-15)15 October 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Rapid Romania
PF 25 Rolland Torok 32 – (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Voluntari Romania
PG 55 Mirel Dragoste 28 – (1995-01-24)24 January 1995 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Sibiu Romania
SF 77 Mihai Măciucă 23 – (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Argeș Piteşti Romania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Romania Vlad Pora
  • Romania Mihaita Alin Saftel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 July 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Alexandru Olah Bogdan Țibîrnă Andrei Calenic
PF Rolland Torok Bogdan Popa George-Cristian Cotoara
SF Mihai Măciucă Dragoș Diculescu
SG Nandor Kuti Amedeo Casale
PG Kris Richard Mirel Dragoste Tudor Gheorghe

Head coach position

Notable players

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams

3 Nae Alexandrescu, 4 Balteanu, 5 O.Belitoreanu, 6 M.Bercus, 7 E.Dumitrescu, 8 Nicu Grozavescu, 9 Samy Grunstein, 10 C.Riegler (Coach: C. O. Lecca)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 14 teams

3 Constantin Herold, 4 N.Badulescu, 5 H.Dlugos, 6 S.Ferencz, 7 H.Kevorkian, 8 P.Marossi, 9 Alexandru Popescu, 10 S.Sadeanu, 11 Gh.Teodorescu, 12 I.Vulescu, 13 Vasile Popescu, 14 A.Neagu, 21 C.Babaliescu (Coach: C.Virgolici)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 23rd among 23 teams

3 Cornel Călugăreanu, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Emanoil Răducanu, 7 Andrei Folbert, 8 Ladislau Mokos, 9 Liviu Naghy, 10 Mihai Nedef, 11 Cezar Niculescu, 12 Dan Niculescu, 13 Adrian Petroșanu, 15 Vasile Popescu, 16 Gheorghe Constantinide (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Mihai Nedef, 4 Cezar Niculescu, 5 Trajan Lita, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Adrian Petroșanu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Corneliu Calugareanu, 12 Mihai Erdogh, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 18 teams

3 E.Ganea, 4 R.Popovici, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Marian Spiridon, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar, 15 Corneliu Calugareanu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

3 Grigore Costescu, 4 A.Borbely, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Alexandru Berecky, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Armand Nováček, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 A Koukouch (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams

3 Feodor Nedelea, 4 Armand Nováček, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Emeric Vizi, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Ludovic Toth, 14 Jzidor Milelman (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 19 teams

4 Aurel Popovici, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Horatiu Giurgiu, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Viciu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Pavel Visner, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Horia Demian, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Mihai Kiss, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Horatiu Giurgiu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Pavel Visner, 14 Mircea Cimpeanu, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Ionescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Alin Savu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Ekehardt Jekely, 15 Aurel Popovici (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Adolf Cernea, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Gheorghe Barau, 11 Nicolae Birsan, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Radu Diaconescu, 15 Horia Demian (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Francisc Dikay, 5 Matei Ruhring, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Constantin Dragomirescu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Petru Czmor, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Mihai Dimancea, 15 Adolf Cernea (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Constantin Dragomirescu, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Nicolae Manaila, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Dan Georgescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Georghe Mihuta, 6 Vasile Zdrenghea, 7 Dan Moisescu, 8 Nicolae Pirsu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Mihai Nedef)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Attila Szabó, 6 Viorel Constantin, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Doru Rădulescu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Roman Opsitaru, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Victor Jacob, 14 Marian Marinache, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Sorin Ardeleanu, 6 Robert Reisenbuchler, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Petre Brănișteanu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Andrei Constantin, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Constantin Popa, 14 Gabriel David, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams

4 Andrei Mandache, 6 Catalin Petrisor, 8 Radu Paliciuc, 9 Vlad Moldoveanu, 10 Bogdan Nicolescu, 11 Octavian Calota, 13 Alexandru Olah, 14 Titus Nicoara, 15 Emanuel Cățe, 25 Rolland Torok, 26 Catalin Baciu, 32 Nandor Kuti (Coach: Marcel Tenter)

Kit

Manufacturer

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. "Romania at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. JAKUB WOJCZYŃSKI (15 February 2021). "13 zawodników w składzie Rumunii przed meczem z Polską. Brakuje lidera". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "Romania during the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers in July/August 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. Men's Basketball ROMANIA's National Team Competition Set, Ancada.com, Retrieved 22 May *2016.
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