The Czechoslovak era Until 1993,
Slovakia was a part of
Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born players taking part on the
Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was
Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the
EuroBasket, in
1977,
1981, and
1985.
After independence After gaining
independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts during their early years strived to qualify for EuroBasket, but ultimately came up short. In qualification to reach
EuroBasket 2017, Slovakia was slotted into
Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia, however, would go on to struggle to a (1–5) record and missing their chance to qualify. For qualification to the
2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in
European Pre-Qualifiers, but were eventually eliminated after amassing a (1–5) record in their group. Slovakia later went through
EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers, but were once again denied of making it to the continental stage, after finishing with a (3–5) record during pre-qualifying. ==Competitive record==