Poland Basketball Team Roster, Schedule, Matches FIBA World Cup 2019

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
Ivory Coast		–		China
2 September 2019
Venezuela		–		Ivory Coast
China		–		Poland
4 September 2019
Ivory Coast		–		Poland
Venezuela		–		China

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