Moldova men's national basketball team

The Moldova men's national basketball team (Romanian: Echipa națională de baschet a Moldovei, Russian: Сборная Молдовы по баскетболу) represents Moldova in international basketball. The team is governed by the Basketball Federation of Moldova.

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

Moldova
FIBA ranking136 1 (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Federation of Moldova
CoachVacant
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances7
Medals Silver: (2008, 2012)
First international
 Latvia 110–64 Moldova 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Moldova 100–54 Gibraltar 
(Durrës, Albania; 29 May 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Czech Republic 126–69 Moldova 
(Wrocław, Poland; 31 May 1993)

In the past, Moldova has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won silver medals in 2008 and 2012.

History

The Basketball Federation of Moldova was founded in 1991, and joined FIBA in 1992. Moldova would play in their first international match after gaining independence from the Soviet Union a year later. A qualifier for the 1993 EuroBasket, in which the national team would lose to Latvia.

Throughout the rest of the 1990's, 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 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 semi-finals after going undefeated (3–0) in the group stage for the second consecutive tournament. This time around 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]

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.[7]

Moldova men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 1 Denis Melniciuc 25 – (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ribnita
PG 2 Alic Tonciu 22 – (1996-05-18)18 May 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Basco
G 3 Nicolai Cojuhari 26 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Ribnita
G/F 4 Denis Savca 19 – (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Speranca
PG 5 Nicolae Grubii 17 – (2000-08-20)20 August 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Speranca
F 6 Petru Romanov 20 – (1997-09-24)24 September 1997 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Gama-Sind
PG 7 Stanislav Cocorev 17 – (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Speranca
G/F 8 Vadim Raducan 18 – (2000-06-23)23 June 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Speranca
G/F 10 Pavel Romanov 20 – (1997-09-24)24 September 1997 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gama-Sind
F/C 13 Egor Nistor 25 – (1993-06-06)6 June 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Ribnita
F/C 74 Vladislav Solopa 22 – (1995-07-16)16 July 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Unirea
C 91 Victor Legosin 18 – (2000-04-01)1 April 2000 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Speranca
Head coach
  • Oleg Pravdiuk
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 June 2018

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

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

Past rosters

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

Moldova men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 3 Nicolai Cojuhari 24 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 5 Alexei Onila 27 – (1989-03-30)30 March 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
G 7 Casian Statnic 20 – (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F/C 8 Evgheni Nartov 28 – (1987-09-02)2 September 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
SG 9 Sergiu Chiriac 22 – (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F/C 10 Vladimir Colesnicov 35 – (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
C 12 Emil Ostafiiciuc 21 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
SG 13 Anton Rulevski 28 – (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 14 Eugen Melnic 37 – (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 21 Vitalie Oprea 30 – (1986-02-15)15 February 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 22 Egor Nistor 23 – (1993-06-06)6 June 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
PG 27 Denis Melniciuc 23 – (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
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

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Moldova at the 2002 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Archive.fiba.com. 15 June 2002.
  3. "Moldova at the 2006 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Archive.fiba.com. 3 June 2006.
  4. "Moldova v Andorra – 2008 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries game results". Archive.fiba.com. 21 June 2008.
  5. "Moldova at the 2008 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Archive.fiba.com. 22 June 2008.
  6. "Moldova at the 2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Archive.fiba.com. 7 July 2012.
  7. "Moldova at the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  8. "Moldova at the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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