Portugal men's national basketball team

The Portugal men's national basketball team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Basquetebol) represents Portugal in international basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Basketball Federation.

Portugal
FIBA ranking58 (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFPB
CoachMário Gomes
Nickname(s)A Seleção das Quinas
(Selection of the Quinas)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
First international
 Spain 33–12 Portugal 
(Madrid, Spain; 15 April 1935)
Biggest win
 Portugal 126–43 Macau 
(São Lázaro, Macau; 13 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 115–46 Portugal 
(Szombathely, Hungary; 6 May 1973)

Portugal doesn't have much history on the international stage, although they have qualified for the EuroBasket three times (1951, 2007, 2011). While Portugal has made multiple appearances at the continental level, they continue their quest to qualify for the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

Early years

The Portuguese Basketball Federation was founded in 1927, and would become a co-founder of FIBA in 1932. Three years later, in 1935, Portugal played its first match in the only qualification game for the first ever European Basketball Championship. The Portuguese lost the game 33–12 against Spain, which eliminated the team to qualify.[2]

EuroBasket 1951

After Portugal's failed attempt to qualify for the European Championship in 1935, and declining to enter the competition multiple times thereafter; Portugal made their debut at the Euros for EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team got off to a lethargic start to begin the tournament, as they lost 35–81 in their first ever match in the event to Greece.[3] In Portugal's final two games of the preliminary round, the team would fall once again to Bulgaria, but would pick up their first official victory in the competition with a walkover win after Romania withdrew. With a record of (1–2) and sitting in third place in the group, Portugal could not progress any further and was relegated to the classification rounds. In the classification phase, Portugal lost its first two matches against West Germany and Austria, but would pullout a close win over Switzerland 49–52.[4] Finishing with a duplicate record of (1–2) once again, Portugal was sent to the classification play-offs to determine 13th–16th place. The national team would go on to lose their match to Denmark, before turning around to defeat Scotland to end the event placing 15th overall out of the 18 teams.[5]

EuroBasket 2007

At the conclusion of Portugal's first appearance at the European Championship in 1951, the national team would fail to make it back to the competition for the next five decades. However, Portugal would end their drought when they made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 2007 (first time through direct qualification) by finishing first in their group during the qualifiers.

Entering the preliminary round, Portugal's first match of the tournament came against the hosts Spain, where the team suffered a heavy defeat 56–82.[6] After dropping their second game of the competition to Croatia, Portugal earned a crucial victory in their final preliminary phase match against Latvia 77–67.[7] The important win over Latvia ultimately was enough to propel the team into the second round of the tournament for the first time.

Portugal began the second round with a loss against Russia, who eventually went on to become champions of the competition; before picking up a solid victory in their second game of the round versus Israel 94–85.[8] Although with an opportunity to advance to the quarter-finals all but gone, Portugal would easily be defeated by Greece 85–67 in their final game of the event.[9] Nevertheless, the performance displayed by Portugal throughout the tournament was their best showing at the Euros ever to that point; which ensured the national team a top ten finish.[10]

EuroBasket 2011

After missing out on qualification for the EuroBasket in 2009, Portugal was successful during the qualifiers for EuroBasket 2011. Portugal was placed into Group A to begin the tournament, where they would meet Turkey in their first match. However, the team was outplayed from start to finish, in a 79–56 loss.[11] At a record of (0–1), Portugal's task of winning their next match would be even tougher, with a date against Spain. Even with a valiant effort put up by the national team, Spain were just too much to overcome in the 73–87 defeat.[12] For Portugal's final three group stage matches, the team was unable to put together an efficient stretch of basketball for a full game; which resulted in three more losses to prevent the team from advancing.[13]

EuroBasket 2017 qualification

In the attempt for Portugal to reach the European Championship once again, after failed opportunities to qualify in 2013 and 2015; the national team was placed into Group D during the qualifying process. However, Portugal struggled in their first five matches in the qualifiers (0–5), to come away with their only win against Belarus 77–62 before being eliminated.[14]

2019 World Cup qualification

During qualification for Portugal to advance toward making their first appearance in the FIBA World Cup, the team first had to make it through European Pre-Qualifiers in order to realize their chance. Unfortunately, the national team was unable to improve on their performance they would display during qualifying for the prior EuroBasket, and would fail to progress further with a record of (1–3).[15]

EuroBasket 2022 qualification

After Portugal's failure to qualify for the EuroBasket on multiple occasions after their last appearance in 2011, the team began the procedure to try to qualify for EuroBasket 2022. Portugal began their journey with the Pre-Qualifiers, being drawn into Group C for the first round. In their opening game, the team would lose in a narrow contest to Cyprus, before defeating Luxembourg. With two games left to go in the first round, Portugal put away Cyprus in the rematch before cruising past Luxembourg once again to advance into the second phase of pre-qualifiers at (3–1).[16] In the second round, however, Portugal's fortunes would completely be reversed as the team went (1–3) in this phase to need the third and final round to determine their fate. There, Portugal would only manage to achieve slightly better results at (2–2), but still finished at the bottom of their group again to miss out on qualification.[17]

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2020

20 February 2020 Portugal  7062  Albania Albufeira, Portugal
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 22–13, 13–16, 26–15
Pts: Fonseca 16
Rebs: Fonseca, Queiroz 6
Asts: Lisboa, Ventura 4
Boxscore Pts: Taflaj 18
Rebs: Lekndreaj 9
Asts: Shestani 7
Arena: Pavilhão Desportivo de Albufeira
Referees: Can Mavisu (TUR), Raúl Zamorano (ESP), James Dominique (GIB)
24 February 2020 Belarus  7256  Portugal Minsk, Belarus
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 15–11, 19–18, 19–9
Pts: Salash 19
Rebs: Veremeenko 9
Asts: Stabrouski 6
Boxscore Pts: Wilson 15
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Ventura 4
Arena: Minsk Sports Palace
Referees: Marek Kúkelčík (SVK), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Kristaps Konstantinovs (LAT)
26 November 2020 Portugal  7456  Cyprus Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1]
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 27–12, 14–11, 16–12
Pts: Fonseca 12
Rebs: Fonseca 6
Asts: Lisboa 5
Boxscore Pts: Koumis 15
Rebs: Koumis, Mantovani 7
Asts: Michail 5
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos
Referees: Mart Uuehendrik (EST), Nikola Perlić (CRO), Maxime Boubert (FRA)
28 November 2020 Albania  7088  Portugal Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1]
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 21–26, 25–21, 8–19
Pts: Shima 18
Rebs: Lekndreaj 7
Asts: Lekndreaj 7
Boxscore Pts: Bastos 16
Rebs: Queiroz 8
Asts: Lisboa, Ventura 7
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos
Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE), Guido Giovannetti (ITA), Alberto Sánchez (ESP)

2021

18 February 2021 Portugal  7557  Belarus Nicosia, Cyprus* [note 1]
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 25–11, 17–6, 19–28
Pts: Amarante 14
Rebs: Queiroz, Ventura 6
Asts: Ventura 6
Boxscore Pts: Blizniuk, Vikentsyeu 12
Rebs: Vikentsyeu 6
Asts: Blizniuk 5
Arena: Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)
20 February 2021 Cyprus  5284  Portugal Nicosia, Cyprus* [note 1]
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 9–24, 16–17, 14–22
Pts: Stylianou 15
Rebs: Maragkos 7
Asts: three players 2
Boxscore Pts: Borovnjak 21
Rebs: Borovnjak 11
Asts: Barbosa 6
Arena: Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Ilya Putenko (RUS)
12 August 2021 Sweden  7779  Portugal Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 18–22, 21–23, 24–18
Pts: Czerapowicz 16
Rebs: Birgander 11
Asts: Håkanson 11
Boxscore Pts: Borovnjak 20
Rebs: Borovnjak, Queiroz 6
Asts: Barbosa, Silva 6
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Erez Gurion (ISR), Martin Vulić (CRO), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
13 August 2021 Portugal  8374  Luxembourg Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 26–16, 20–26, 16–20
Pts: Brito 20
Rebs: Delgado, Queiroz 8
Asts: Barbosa 7
Boxscore Pts: Laurent 14
Rebs: Laurent 10
Asts: Rugg 4
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Tanel Suslov (EST)
16 August 2021 Portugal  6079  Sweden Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 20–15, 12–23, 16–25
Pts: Brito 12
Rebs: Delgado 8
Asts: Barbosa 3
Boxscore Pts: Andersson 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Håkanson 7
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Tanel Suslov {EST), Martin Vulić (CRO)
17 August 2021 Luxembourg  7480  Portugal Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 27–25, 7–13, 21–19
Pts: Rugg 20
Rebs: Rugg 6
Asts: Melcher 6
Boxscore Pts: Borovnjak 17
Rebs: Queiroz 7
Asts: three players 3
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Erez Gurion (ISR), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE)
26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) Portugal  7581  Hungary Matosinhos
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 19–18, 16–23, 26–20
Pts: Borovnjak 16
Rebs: Monteiro 6
Asts: Ventura 5
Boxscore Pts: Perl 19
Rebs: Keller 7
Asts: Váradi 6
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU)
Note:
29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) Montenegro  8369  Portugal Podgorica
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 17–22, 23–20, 19–13
Pts: Cobbs 22
Rebs: Nikolić 11
Asts: three players 3
Boxscore Pts: Relvão 16
Rebs: Queiroz 9
Asts: Barbosa 6
Arena: Bemax Arena
Attendance: 1
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Sergei Beliakov (RUS)
Note:

2022

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) France  9456  Portugal Dijon
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 22–16, 27–11, 30–12
Pts: Labeyrie 15
Rebs: Tarpey 10
Asts: Cordinier 7
Boxscore Pts: Brito 15
Rebs: Queiroz 4
Asts: Brito, Ventura 4
Arena: Palais des Sports de Dijon
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Geert Jacobs (BEL)
Note:
27 February 2022 (2022-02-27) Portugal  5669  France Matosinhos
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 19–17, 8–15, 13–20
Pts: Lisboa 14
Rebs: Borovnjak 7
Asts: Barbosa 5
Boxscore Pts: M'Baye 16
Rebs: Lessort, Tarpey 6
Asts: Julien 5
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB)
Note:

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 24 and 27 February 2022 against France.[20][21]

Portugal men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 0 Diogo Brito 24 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Morón
F 2 Vladyslav Voytso 22 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Porto
PG 6 José Barbosa 31 – (1990-10-18)18 October 1990 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Benfica
PG 9 Diogo Ventura 27 – (1994-06-24)24 June 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Sporting CP
PF 11 Miguel Queiroz 30 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Porto
PF 12 João Guerreiro 31 – (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Oliveirense
G 15 Pedro Bastos 27 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ovarense
G/F 16 Francisco Amarante 21 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Porto
F/C 20 Gonçalo Delgado 24 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Girona
F 27 Diogo Araújo 24 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Sporting CP
C 33 Daniel Relvão 25 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sporting CP
C 41 Saša Borovnjak 32 – (1989-07-30)30 July 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Saint-Chamond
Head coach
  • Nuno Tavares
    (Interim)
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 February 2022

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Saša Borovnjak Daniel Relvão
PF Miguel Queiroz Gonçalo Delgado João Guerreiro
SF Diogo Araújo Vladyslav Voytso
SG Diogo Brito Pedro Bastos Francisco Amarante
PG Diogo Ventura José Barbosa

Head coach position

Notable players

Past rosters

1951 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 18 teams

3 Mário Almeida, 4 Bernardo Leite, 5 Rui Duarte, 6 Avelino Carmo, 7 Máximo Couto, 8 Lenine Santos, 9 José Oliveira, 10 Antonio Cardoso, 11 César Cardoso, 12 Domingos Diogo, 14 José Almeida, 15 João Coutinho (Coach: Fernando Amaral)


2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Miguel Minhava, 5 Mário Gil Fernandes, 6 Sérgio Ramos, 7 Paulo Cunha, 8 Francisco Jordão, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 João Gomes, 11 Jorge Coelho, 12 Paulo Simão, 13 Elvis Évora, 14 Miguel Miranda 15 João Santos (Coach: Valentin Melnychuk)


2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 António Tavares, 5 José Costa, 6 Miguel Minhava, 7 Fernando Sousa, 8 Cláudio Fonseca, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 Carlos Andrade, 11 José Silva, 12 Elvis Évora, 13 Marco Goncalves, 14 Miguel Miranda, 15 João Santos (Coach: Mário Palma)

Kit

Manufacturer

2012: Reebok[22]

2020–present: Dhika

2012: Montepio[22]

See also

Notes

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.[18]
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played in a single location in select host cities.[19]

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Spain v Portugal EuroBasket 1935 qualification results".
  3. "Portugal v Greece EuroBasket 1951 game results".
  4. "Switzerland v Portugal EuroBasket 1951 game results".
  5. "EuroBasket 1951 tournament results".
  6. "Portugal v Spain EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 3 September 2011.
  7. "Portugal v Latvia EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 5 September 2011.
  8. "Portugal Surprise Israel". fibaeurope.com. 9 September 2007.
  9. "Greece Send Valiant Portugal Home". fibaeurope.com. 11 September 2007.
  10. "Portugal at the EuroBasket 2007". Archive.fiba.com. 11 September 2007.
  11. "Turkey v Portugal EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 31 August 2011.
  12. "Portugal v Spain EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 1 September 2011.
  13. "Portugal at the EuroBasket 2011". Archive.fiba.com. 5 September 2011.
  14. "Portugal during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  15. "Portugal during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. "Portugal avoid drama against Luxembourg, sail through to the Second Round". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  17. "Portugal during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  18. "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  19. "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  20. "Convocatória da Seleção Nacional de seniores masculinos". fpb.pt. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  21. "Portugal during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in Feb. 2022". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  22. 2015 Elvis Evora Photos - Standard Life Team GB Men v Portugal - Basketball, Zimbio.com, Retrieved 8 July 2016.

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