Poland Basketball Team Roster, Schedule, Matches FIBA World Cup 2019
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Poland Basketball Team Roster & Schedule for FIBA World Cup 2019 China. Find Basketball Men’s Poland world cup matches schedule, players & National basketball team squad for FIBA 2019.
The Poland national basketball team also known as Polska Basketball team is the official team FIBA team that is controlled by the Polish Basketball Association. The team has a very old history. They have some strongest players. They have reached European Basketball Championship so many times. They won their first medal in 1963.
The national team have qualified for the Summer Olympics 6. In 1967 tournament, they entered in the FIBA World Cup tournament. In 2019 they qualified for the FIBA World Cup for the first time in 52 years.
Poland Basketball team is in the Group A of Fiba 2019 Championship in which total 6 matches is to be played & 3 matches will be played by each team in the group stages. The other 3 teams are Ivory Coast, Venezuela & Tournament Host Team China.
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Poland Basketball Team History
Poland national basketball team started their career in 1936. They come to fourth place. In EuroBasket 1937, they were defeated by champion Lithuanian and won the bronze medal.
The 1967 World Cup was the first time when the national team is going to play on the global platform. The national team qualified for every EuroBasket tournament after 2009.
1936, 1964, and 1968 Olympic Games were the best platform for Poland Basketball Team. In 2019 the national team have qualified for the World Cup. So let’s see who will win and who will win gold.
Medals
- Silver : (1963)
- Bronze : (1939, 1965, 1967)
History Of Poland Basketball Team
| Events | Final standing |
| 2000 Paralympic Games Intellectual Disability Basketball Tournament | 3rd |
| 1976 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men | 3rd |
| 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament | 1st |
| 1968 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men | 3rd |
| 1968 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament | 2nd |
| 1967 European Championship for Men – Final Round | 3rd |
| 1965 European Championship for Men – Final Round | 3rd |
| 1963 European Championship for Men – Final Round | 2nd |
| 1939 European Championship for Men – Final Round | 3rd |
Head Coaches
- 1993 – 1998 : Eugeniusz Kijewski
- 1998 – 2000 : Piotr Langosz
- 2000 – 2003 : Dariusz Szczubiał
- 2003 – 2004 : Andrzej Kowalczyk
- 2004 – 2006 : Veselin Matić
- 2006 – 2008 : Andrej Urlep
- 2008 – 2010 : Muli Katzurin
- 2010 – 2011 : Igor Griszczuk
- 2011 – 2013 : Aleš Pipan
- 2013 – 2014 : Dirk Bauermann
- 2014 : Mike Taylor
Poland Basketball Team Roster & Matches for Basketball World Cup 2019
*Updated Poland Team Squad & Roster for FIBA Basketball World Championship 2019
| Players | Position | Height(Feet-Inch) | Birthdate | NBA Draft |
| Aleksander Balcerowski | C | 7-1 | Nov 19, 2000 | CB Gran Canaria Junior Team (Spain) |
| Aaron Cel | SF | 6-8 | Mar 4, 1987 | Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) |
| Tomasz Gielo | PF | 6-9 | Jan 4, 1993 | Ole Miss |
| Karol Gruszecki | G | 6-4 | Nov 4, 1989 | Texas-Arlington |
| Adam Hrycaniuk | C | 6-9 | Mar 15, 1984 | Cincinnati |
| Przemek Karnowski | C | 7-1 | Nov 8, 1993 | Gonzaga |
| Lukasz Kolenda | SG | 6-5 | Jul 28, 1999 | Trefl Sopot (Poland) |
| Lukasz Koszarek | PG | 6-2 | Jan 12, 1984 | – |
| Damian Kulig | SF | 6-9 | Jun 23, 1987 | – |
| Kamil Laczynski | G | 6-0 | Apr 17, 1989 | – |
| Maciej Lampe | FC | 6-11 | Feb 5, 1985 | Complutense University (Spain) |
| Filip Matczak | PG | 6-2 | Sep 18, 1993 | Stelmet Zielona Gora (Poland) |
| Michal Nowakowski | SF | 6-8 | Jun 18, 1988 | – |
| Dominik Olejniczak | C | 7-0 | Jul 1, 1996 | Florida State |
| Marcel Ponitka | SG | 6-5 | Aug 28, 1997 | Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland) |
| Mateusz Ponitka | SG | 6-6 | Aug 29, 1993 | Telenet BC Oostende (Belgium) |
| A.J. Slaughter | G | 6-4 | Aug 3, 1987 | Western Kentucky |
| Michal Sokolowski | SG | 6-5 | Dec 11, 1992 | BC Anwil (Poland) |
| Krzysztof Sulima | SF | 6-9 | Jan 5, 1990 | LKS Lodz (Poland) |
| Adam Waczynski | GF | 6-6 | Oct 15, 1989 | Trefl Sopot (Poland) |
| Mikolaj Witlinski | PF | 6-10 | Dec 2, 1995 | Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland) |
| Jakub Wojciechowski | C | 6-10 | Jan 9, 1990 | Universo De’Longhi Treviso (Italy) |
| Dariusz Wyka | PF | 6-10 | Dec 3, 1991 | Siarka Tarnobrzeg (Poland) |
| Przemyslaw Zamojski | SG | 6-4 | Dec 16, 1986 | – |
| Jaroslaw Zyskowski | SF | 6-7 | Jul 16, 1992 | Kotwica Kolobrzeg (Poland) |
FIBA World Cup 2019 Poland Basketball Team Matches within GROUP A
| Date | Matches |
| August 31, 2019 (Saturday) | (4:00PM) Poland vs. Venezuela |
| September 2, 2019 (Monday) | (8:00PM) China vs. Poland |
| September 4, 2019 (Wednesday) | (4:00PM) Cote d’Ivoire vs. Poland |
- Venue: Cadillac Arena, Beijing
| 31 August 2019 | |||||
Poland  |
– |  Venezuela |
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Ivory Coast  |
– |  China |
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| 2 September 2019 | |||||
| Venezuela |
– | Ivory Coast |
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| China |
– | Poland |
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| 4 September 2019 | |||||
| Ivory Coast |
– | Poland |
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| Venezuela |
– | China |
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