In the first of five championship game matches between the European titans, Czechoslovakia lost 56–37 to finish with a silver medal.

There, they faced the dominant Soviet Union, losing their second game of the tournament and again finishing second of four in the pool with a 2–1 record.

Consultation with another referee eventually resulted in the point being allowed, and Czechoslovakia lost its second championship game to the Soviet Union 45–44.

After placing in the top two in each of their last three appearances, the fourth-place finish that Czechoslovakia earned at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was somewhat of a disappointment.

This put Czechoslovakia on an equal footing with Hungary, France national basketball team, and Italy in a tie for second behind the Soviets.

In Budapest for the EuroBasket 1955 competition, the Czechoslovakia team found itself slaying giants but falling to less vaunted opponents.

A third-round loss to Poland made the round robin look bleak for the Czechoslovak team, as they were already down to 1–2 and had yet to face the Soviet Union, which had yet to lose a game in 4 tournaments and 31 matches.

They then won their next three games, finishing in second place with the silver medal and a 5–2, edging out the Soviets who were also 5–2 after losing to Hungary in their sixth match.

1935 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams Jiří Čtyřoký, Jan Feřtek, Josef Franc, Josef Klíma, Josef Moc, František Picek, Václav Voves 1936 Summer Olympic Games: finished 11th among 21 teams Jiří Čtyřoký, Josef Klíma, František Picek, Josef Moc, Karel Kuhn, Ladislav Prokop, Ladislav Trpkoš, Hubert Prokop 1937 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams Jan Kozák, Josef Klíma, Ladislav Prokop, Josef Bartoníček, Ludvík Dvořáček, Silverius Labohý, Zdeněk Scholler, Bertan Štorkán (Head coach: František Marek) 1939 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate 1946 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 1st among 10 teams Ivan Mrázek, Gustáv Hermann, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, Ján Hluchý, Josef Křepela, Pavel Nerad, Ladislav Šimáček, František Stibitz, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, Emil Velenský, Miroslav Vondráček (Head coach: František Hájek) 1947 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 14 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Drvota, Gustáv Hermann, Miloš Bobocký, Jan Kozák, Josef Ezr, Karel Bělohradský, Miroslav Dostál, Milan Fráňa, Václav Krása, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, Emil Velenský, Miroslav Vondráček (Head coach: Josef Fleischlinger) 1948 Summer Olympic Games: finished 7th among 23 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jan Kozák, Josef Ezr, Jiří Drvota, Karel Bělohradský, Ctirad Benáček, Zdeněk Chlup, Jozef Kalina, Václav Krása, Zoltán Krenický, Josef Křepela, Jiří Siegel, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš 1949 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate 1950 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1951 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík, Jiří Baumruk, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Zoltán Krenický, Karel Belohradsky, Jindřich Kinský, Jiří Matoušek, Miloš Nebuchla, Arnošt Novák, Karel Sobota, Stanislav Vykydal (Head coach: Josef Andrle) 1952 Summer Olympic Games: finished 10th among 23 teams Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík, Jiří Baumruk, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Jiří Matoušek, Eugen Horniak, Jaroslav Tetiva, Josef Ezr, Lubomír Kolář, Miloslav Kodl 1953 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Miroslav Škeřík, Zdeněk Rylich, Radoslav Šíp, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jaroslav Šíp, Jindřich Kinský, Eugen Horniak, Rudolf Stanček, Lubomir Kolář (Head coach: Lubomír Dobrý) 1954 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1955 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 18 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, Radoslav Sís, Eugen Horniak, Jan Kozák, Lubomír Kolář, Dušan Lukášik, Jiří Matoušek, Milan Merkl (Head coach: Josef Fleischlinger) 1956 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1957 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams Jiří Baumruk, Miroslav Škeřík, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Rylich, Lubomír Kolář, Dušan Lukášik, Jaroslav Chocholáč, Milan Merkl, Nikolaj Ordnung, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jiří Tetiva (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann) 1959 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička, Bohumil Tomášek, Jaroslav Křivý, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Boris Lukášik, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Rylich, Jiří Šťastný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann) 1959 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1960 Summer Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Bohumil Tomášek, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jiří Tetiva, Boris Lukášik, Jiří Šťastný, Bohuslav Rylich, Jan Kinský, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Konečný (Head coach: Ivan Mrázek) 1961 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 5th among 19 teams František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Bohumil Tomášek, Bohuslav Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, František Pokorný, Zdeněk Konečný, Jiří Marek, Miloš Pražák, Vladimír Lodr (Head coach: L. Krnáč) 1963 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Růžička, Robert Mifka, Boris Lukášik, Bohuslav Rylich, Zdeněk Konečný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Miloš Pražák (Head coach: Ivan Mrázek) 1963 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1964 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1965 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, František Konvička, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Růžička, Vladimír Pištělák, Robert Mifka, Jiří Zedníček, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Šťastný, Karel Baroch, Zdeněk Hummel (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1967 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, Vladimír Pištělák, František Konvička, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Ammer, Robert Mifka, Karel Baroch, Jiří Marek, Celestýn Mrázek (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1967 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1968 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1969 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Jiří Ammer, Robert Mifka, Jiří Růžička, Karel Baroch, Jiří Konopásek, Petr Novický, Jan Blažek (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung) 1970 FIBA World Championship: finished 6th among 13 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, Robert Mifka, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Petr Novický, Jaroslav Kovář, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Milan Voračka, Zdeněk Douša (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung) 1971 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zídek, Zdeněk Kos, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Karel Baroch, Petr Novický, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Bronislav Sako (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung) 1972 Summer Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Petr Novický, Jiří Konopásek, Zdeněk Douša, Jiří Pospíšil, Jan Blažek, Jiří Balaštík (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1973 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovský, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Petr Novický, Josef Klíma, Jiří Pospíšil, Jan Blažek, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Balaštík, Gustav Hraška (Head coach: Vladimir Heger) 1974 FIBA World Championship: finished 10th among 14 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Zdeněk Douša, Vojtěch Petr, Jaroslav Skála, Jaroslav Beránek, Pavel Pekárek, Zdeněk Hummel, Gustav Hraška (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1975 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Jaroslav Skála, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Jaroslav Beránek, Jaroslav Kantůrek, Josef Nečas, Jiří Štauch (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1976 Summer Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Vojtěch Petr, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Jaroslav Kantůrek, Vladimír Ptáček, Justin Sedlák, Vladimír Padrta (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1977 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Josef Nečas, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Konopásek, Vladimír Ptáček, Pavol Bojanovský (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1978 FIBA World Championship: finished 9th among 14 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Zdeněk Douša, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Vladimír Ptáček, Vlastimil Havlík, Pavol Bojanovský, Marian Kotleba (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1979 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Stanislav Kropilák, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Pospíšil, Vlastimil Klimeš, Gustav Hraška, Zdeněk Douša, Jaroslav Skála, Vlastimil Havlík, Zdeněk Böhm, Peter Rajniak (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1980 Summer Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jaroslav Skála, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Havlík, Pavol Bojanovský, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Douša, Dušan Žáček, Peter Rajniak (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1981 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Zdeněk Kos, Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jaroslav Skála, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Peter Rajniak, Juraj Žuffa, Justin Sedlak (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1982 FIBA World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Zdeněk Kos, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Jaroslav Skála, Vlastimil Havlík, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Klimeš, Juraj Žuffa, Peter Rajniak, Vladimír Ptáček, Dušan Žáček (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1983 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Jaroslav Skála, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Juraj Žuffa, Vladimír Ptáček, Peter Rajniak, Blažej Mašura, Jiří Jandák (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1984 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1985 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Jaroslav Skála, Juraj Žuffa, Oto Matický, Peter Rajniak, Igor Vraniak, Vladimír Vyoral, Leoš Krejčí (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1986 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1987 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Oto Matický, Vlastimil Havlík, Jaroslav Skála, Juraj Žuffa, Peter Rajniak, Josef Jelínek, Jozef Michalko, Leoš Krejčí, Štefan Svitek (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1988 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1989 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate 1990 FIBA World Championship: did not participate 1991 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 8 teams Jiří Okáč, Richard Petruška, Václav Hrubý, Jozef Michalko, Leoš Krejčí, Július Michalík, Pavel Bečka, Jan Svoboda, Vladimír Vyoral, Štefan Svitek, Michal Ježdík, Stanislav Kameník (Head coach: Jan Bobrovský) Media related to Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons