Portugal

FIBA ranking	55 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA	1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FPB
Coach	Mário Gomes
Nickname(s)	A Seleção das Quinas (Selection of the Quinas)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	3
Medals	None
Home Away
First international
Portugal 9–32 France  (Porto, Portugal; 24 May 1931)
Biggest win
Portugal 126–43 Macau  (São Lázaro, Macau; 13 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 115–46 Portugal  (Szombathely, Hungary; 6 May 1973)

The Portugal men's national basketball team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Basquetebol) represents Portugal in international basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Basketball Federation.

Portugal doesn't have much history on the international stage, although they have qualified for the EuroBasket three times (1951, 2007, 2011). While Portugal has made multiple appearances at the continental level, they continue their quest to qualify for the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

The Portuguese Basketball Federation was founded in 1927, with the national team playing in their first match on 24 May 1931, a 9–32 defeat to France. Portugal would become a co-founder of FIBA in 1932. Three years later, in 1935, Portugal played in the only qualifying game for the first European Basketball Championship. The Portuguese lost the game 33–12 against Spain, which eliminated the team from qualification.^[2]

After Portugal's failed attempt to qualify for the European Championship in 1935, and declining to enter the competition multiple times thereafter, Portugal made their debut at the Euros for EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team got off to a lethargic start to begin the tournament, as they lost 35–81 in their first ever match in the event to Greece.^[3] In Portugal's final two games of the preliminary round, the team would fall once again to Bulgaria, but would pick up their first official victory in the competition with a walkover win after Romania withdrew. With a record of (1–2), and sitting in third place in the group, Portugal could not progress any further; and was relegated to the classification rounds. In the classification phase, Portugal lost its first two matches against West Germany and Austria, but would pullout a close win over Switzerland 49–52.^[4] Finishing with a duplicate record of (1–2) once again, Portugal was sent to the classification play-offs to determine 13th–16th place. The national team would go on to lose their match to Denmark, before turning around to defeat Scotland, to end the event placing 15th overall out of the 18 teams.^[5]

At the conclusion of Portugal's first appearance at the European Championship in 1951, the national team would fail to make it back to the competition for the next five decades. However, Portugal would end their drought when they made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 2007 (first time through qualification) by finishing first in their group during the qualifiers.

Entering the preliminary round, Portugal's first match of the tournament came against the hosts Spain, where the team suffered a heavy defeat 56–82.^[6] After dropping their second game of the competition to Croatia, Portugal earned a crucial victory in their final preliminary phase match against Latvia 77–67.^[7] The important win over Latvia ultimately was enough to propel the team into the second round of the tournament for the first time.

Portugal began the second round with a loss against Russia, who eventually went on to become champions of the competition; before picking up a solid victory in their second game of the round versus Israel 94–85.^[8] Although with an opportunity to advance to the quarter-finals all but gone, Portugal would easily be defeated by Greece 85–67 in their final game of the event.^[9] Nevertheless, the performance displayed by Portugal throughout the tournament was their best showing at the Euros ever to that point; which ensured the national team a top ten finish.^[10]

After missing out on qualification for the EuroBasket in 2009, Portugal was successful during the qualifiers for EuroBasket 2011. Portugal was placed into Group A to begin the tournament, where they would meet Turkey in their first match. However, the team was outplayed from start to finish, in a 79–56 loss.^[11] At a record of (0–1), Portugal's task of winning their next match would be even tougher, with a date against Spain. Even with a valiant effort put up by the national team, Spain were just too much to overcome in the 73–87 defeat.^[12] For Portugal's final three group stage matches, the team was unable to put together an efficient stretch of basketball for a full game, which resulted in three more losses to prevent the team from advancing.^[13]

In the attempt for Portugal to reach the European Championship once again, after failed opportunities to qualify in 2013 and 2015; the national team was placed into Group D during the qualifying process. However, Portugal struggled in their first five matches in the qualifiers (0–5), to come away with their only win against Belarus 77–62 before being eliminated.^[14]

During qualification for Portugal to advance toward making their first appearance in the FIBA World Cup, the team first had to make it through European Pre-Qualifiers in order to realize their chance. Unfortunately, the national team was unable to improve on their performance they would display during qualifying for the prior EuroBasket, and would fail to progress further with a record of (1–3).^[15]

After Portugal's failure to qualify for the EuroBasket on multiple occasions after their last appearance in 2011, the team began the procedure to try to qualify for EuroBasket 2022. Portugal began their journey with the Pre-Qualifiers, being drawn into Group C for the first round. In their opening game, the team would lose in a narrow contest to Cyprus, before defeating Luxembourg. With two games left to go in the first round, Portugal put away Cyprus in the rematch before cruising past Luxembourg once again to advance into the second phase of pre-qualifiers at (3–1).^[16] In the second round, however, Portugal's fortunes would completely be reversed as the team went (1–3) in this phase, to need the third and final round to determine their fate. There, Portugal would only manage to achieve slightly better results at (2–2), but still finished at the bottom of their group again to be eliminated.^[17]

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 Did not enter Did not enter 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1978 1982 1986 Did not enter Did not enter 1990 1994 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 4 1 3 2023 16 8 8 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 0/19 20 9 11 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 Did not enter 1948 1952 1956 1960 Did not enter 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 Did not qualify 5 1 4 1996 Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 3 1 2 Total 0/21 8 2 6 Lusofonia Games Lusofonia Games Year Position Pld W L 2006 7 7 0 2009 4 3 1 Total 11 10 1

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 Did not qualify 1 0 1 1937 Did not enter 1939 1946 1947 1949 1951 15th 8 3 5 1953 Did not enter 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 Did not enter 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 Did not qualify 7 0 7 1975 Did not enter Did not enter 1977 Did not qualify 5 1 4 1979 4 2 2 1981 9 5 4 1983 5 0 5 1985 4 2 2 1987 4 2 2 1989 Did not enter Did not enter 1991 Did not qualify 4 2 2 1993 10 3 7 1995 5 2 3 1997 16 7 9 1999 13 5 8 2001 15 4 11 2003 16 6 10 2005 10 3 7 2007 9th 6 2 4 6 4 2 2009 Did not qualify 10 3 7 2011 21st 5 0 5 12 3 9 2013 Did not qualify 8 0 8 2015 10 2 8 2017 6 1 5 2022 12 6 6 2025 To be determined To be determined Total 3/41 19 5 14 192 63 129

  Win   Loss

Portugal  v  Israel

22 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Portugal	70–72	Israel	Odivelas, Portugal
19:15 (UTC±0)	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 17–19, 17–18, 17–16
	Pts: Williams 18 Rebs: Queiroz 9 Asts: Ventura 5	Boxscore	Pts: Ginat 17 Rebs: Segev 7 Asts: Madar 5	Arena: Pavilhão Multiusos de Odivelas Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Ivor Matějek (CZE)

Ukraine  v  Portugal

25 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Ukraine	77–79	Portugal	Riga, Latvia
21:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 16–21, 27–15, 18–17
	Pts: Kovliar 17 Rebs: Bobrov 8 Asts: Kovliar 10	Boxscore	Pts: Queiroz 21 Rebs: Queiroz 6 Asts: Williams 5	Arena: Arena Riga Attendance: 900 Referees: Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)

Portugal  v  Slovenia

22 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Portugal	82–74	Slovenia	Almada, Portugal
19:00 (UTC±0)	Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 27–14, 15–24, 18–26
	Pts: Brito, Delgado 16 Rebs: Delgado 9 Asts: Amarante 4	Boxscore	Pts: Prepelič 23 Rebs: Mirtič 5 Asts: Padjen 7	Arena: Complexo Municipal de Desportos Cidade de Almada Attendance: 2,453 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

Slovenia  v  Portugal

25 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Slovenia	83–82	Portugal	Koper, Slovenia
18:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–32, 22–19, 17–14
	Pts: Prepelič 31 Rebs: Blažič 8 Asts: Prepelič 6	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Queiroz 13 Asts: Lisboa, Queiroz 4	Arena: Arena Bonifika Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Can Mavisu (TUR)

Israel  v  Portugal

20 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Israel	vs.	Portugal	Israel
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Portugal  v  Ukraine

23 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Portugal	vs.	Ukraine	Portugal
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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 November 2024 against Slovenia.^[18][19]

Portugal men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 0 Diogo Brito 27 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Ourense F 2 Vladyslav Voytso 25 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Estela C 3 Ricardo Monteiro 27 – (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Vitória SF 5 Travante Williams 31 – (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Oradea C 8 Gonçalo Delgado 26 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Porto G 9 Diogo Ventura 30 – (1994-06-24)24 June 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Sporting CP PF 11 Miguel Queiroz 33 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Porto PG 13 Diogo Gameiro 29 – (1995-08-13)13 August 1995 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Benfica G/F 16 Francisco Amarante 24 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Oviedo PG 17 Anthony Da Silva 23 – (2001-05-26)26 May 2001 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Évreux SF 21 André Cruz 22 – (2002-04-23)23 April 2002 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Sporting CP PG 28 Rafael Lisboa 24 – (1999-11-27)27 November 1999 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Ourense C 29 Cândido Sá 32 – (1992-11-07)7 November 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Cáceres	Head coach Mário Gomes Assistant coach(es) Nuno Tavares Sérgio Ramos Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 22 November 2024

1951 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 18 teams

3 Mário Almeida, 4 Bernardo Leite, 5 Rui Duarte, 6 Avelino Carmo, 7 Máximo Couto, 8 Lenine Santos, 9 José Oliveira,
10 Antonio Cardoso, 11 César Cardoso, 12 Domingos Diogo, 14 José Almeida, 15 João Coutinho (Coach: Fernando Amaral)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Miguel Minhava, 5 Mário Gil Fernandes, 6 Sérgio Ramos, 7 Paulo Cunha, 8 Francisco Jordão, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 João Gomes,
11 Jorge Coelho, 12 Paulo Simão, 13 Elvis Évora, 14 Miguel Miranda 15 João Santos (Coach: Valentin Melnychuk)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 António Tavares, 5 José Costa, 6 Miguel Minhava, 7 Fernando Sousa, 8 Cláudio Fonseca, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 Carlos Andrade,
11 José Silva, 12 Elvis Évora, 13 Marco Goncalves, 14 Miguel Miranda, 15 João Santos (Coach: Mário Palma)

• 2012: Reebok^[20]
• 2020–present: Dhika

• 2012: Montepio^[20]

• Sport in Portugal
• Portugal women's national basketball team
• Portugal men's national under-20 basketball team
• Portugal men's national under-18 basketball team
• Portugal men's national under-16 basketball team

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Portugal FIBA profile
• Portugal National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com

• Portugal v Sweden – Full Game – 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers Youtube.com video