Luxembourg national basketball team

Luxembourg
FIBA ranking T-88th
Joined FIBA 1946
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Luxembourg Basketball Federation
Coach Ken Diederich
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances 3
Medals None
Uniforms
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The Luxembourgian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Luxembourg in international competitions.

History

A match against Netherlands in 1959
Against Ireland in 2009
Against Poland in 2014

EuroBasket 1946

Luxembourg's first European championship appearance was at the EuroBasket 1946. They found themselves heavily over-matched in the preliminary round, being outscored by 113 points over three games. They ranked last place in the group of four. The semifinal round, which was essentially a 7th–10th place classification round for Luxembourg, saw their first win. They defeated England 50–27. This advanced them to a playoff for 7th and 8th places; they were defeated by Belgium to finish 8th out of the ten team competition.

EuroBasket 1951

Luxembourg competed at the EuroBasket 1951 competition in Paris. They lost all four of their preliminary round games, putting them fifth place in their group of 5. Since they were seeded into a group of five teams rather than a group of four teams (the 18 teams were divided into 4 groups, 2 groups with 5 teams and 2 groups with 4 teams), Luxembourg had to play an elimination game against Denmark for the right to advance into the classification rounds. The winner could potentially place as high as 9th; the loser was relegated to 17th place.

Luxembourg was able to get a final half-court shot off before time expired, but the ball bounced off the rim and the team was served their fifth and final loss of the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

The EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest was where Luxembourg next appeared. They lost all four preliminary round games, and were relegated to the classification rounds. In the first round, Luxembourg was able to win 2 games, finishing third in the group. They lost their 13–16 semifinal, but won the 15/16 final to finish 15th out of 18 teams.

Competitive record

At EuroBasket

FIBA EuroBasket Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Switzerland 1935 Did not enter Did not enter
Latvia 1937
Lithuania 1939
Switzerland 1946 8th 5 1 4
Czechoslovakia 1947 Did not enter Did not enter
Egypt 1949
France 1951 17th 5 0 5
Soviet Union 1953Did not enter Did not enter
Hungary 1955 15th 10 3 7
Bulgaria 1957 Did not enter Did not enter
Turkey 1959
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1961
Poland 1963
Soviet Union 1965 Did not qualify 312
Finland 1967 303
Italy 1969 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1971
Spain 1973
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1975 Did not qualify 505
Belgium 1977 514
Italy 1979 312
Czechoslovakia 1981 Did not enter Did not enter
France 1983
West Germany 1985 Did not qualify 532
Greece 1987 413
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1991
Germany 1993 Did not qualify 606
Greece 1995 606
Spain 1997 514
France 1999 514
Turkey 2001 606
Sweden 2003 11110
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Division B 606
Spain 2007 Division B 808
Poland 2009 Division B 808
Lithuania 2011 Division B 606
Slovenia 2013 Did not qualify 808
Croatia France Germany Latvia 2015 12012
Finland Israel Romania Turkey 2017 615
Total20 4 16

At Promotion Cup

Promotion Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Malta 1988 Fourth place 5 2 3
Wales 1990 Third place 5 3 2
Cyprus 1992 Runners-up 5 3 2
Republic of Ireland 1994 Fourth place 5 2 3
Andorra 2004 Runners-up 5 4 1
Total 25 14 11

At the Games of the Small States

Games of the Small States of Europe
Year Position Pld W L
Luxembourg 1995 Runners-up 4 2 2
San Marino 2001 5th place 3 1 2
Malta 2003 Third place 4 2 2
Andorra 2005 Third place 4 2 2
Monaco 2007 Runners-up 5 4 1
Cyprus 2009 Runners-up 5 3 2
Luxembourg 2013 Runners-up 4 3 1
Iceland 2015 Third place 3 1 2

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Luxembourg men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 5 Kostner, Pitt 24 – (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Soleuvre Luxembourg
SF 8 Grun, Thomas 21 – (1995-02-28)February 28, 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Gladiators Trier Germany
PG 10 Arbaut, Patrick 28 – (1987-12-21)21 December 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Basket Esch Luxembourg
PF 11 Kox, Jean 26 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Musel Pikes Luxembourg
C 12 Kalmes, Joe 20 – (1995-11-24)November 24, 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Musel Pikes Luxembourg
PF 13 Picard, Samy 28 – (1988-06-08)8 June 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Amicale Steinsel Luxembourg
PF 14 Gint, Dean 25 – (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg
SG 21 Biernbaum, Raul 26 – (1989-09-28)September 28, 1989 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) AB Contern Luxembourg
PG 22 Melcher, Bob 21 – (1994-12-09)9 December 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Amicale Steinsel Luxembourg
SG 23 Delgado Ferreira, Jairo 31 – (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg
SF 25 Welter, Tom 22 – (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Musel Pikes Luxembourg
PF 31 Laurent, Alex 23 – (1993-06-06)6 June 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Amicale Steinsel Luxembourg
Head coach
  • Luxembourg Ken Diederich
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States Mike Smith
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015
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