At Eurobasket 1999 in France, marked the first official tournament the Czech Republic qualified for after independence. The national team got off to a fast start, winning their first two preliminary roundmatches against Lithuania, and Greece, before falling to Germany. Finishing with a 2-1 record was enough for them to advance to the second round. The next round wasn't as kind to the Czech side though, as they finished last in their Group, with a 2-4 record getting thoroughly dominated in matches against Croatia, and eventual champions Italy. In all, the Czech finished their maiden voyage at the European Basketball Championship in 12th place. While Luboš Bartoň took the honor of being the second best scorer of the tournament.
Later years
The Czech Republic made the EuroBasket four times after 1999, in 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Their best finish at any of those tournaments was 7th place at EuroBasket 2015. In 2016 the Czech Republic qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament but failed to reach the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2019 marked another first for the national team, where they have qualified for the FIBA World Cup. In 2021 Czech Republic will co-host the EuroBasket 2021 and qualified to Eurobasket for the sixth successive time. They automatically qualify for the 2021 event as co-host. It will host several group phase matches in Prague.
1999 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams 4 Petr Czudek, 5 Petr Welsch, 6 Vladan Vahala, 7 Marek Stuchlý, 8 Jiří Welsch, 9 David Klapetek, 10 Jiří Okáč, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 Petr Treml, 13 Martin Ides, 14 Kamil Novák, 15 Pavel Bečka ---- 2007 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams 4 Štěpán Vrubl, 5 Pavel Beneš, 6 Maurice Whitfield, 7 Michal Křemen, 8 Lukáš Kraus, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Ladislav Sokolovský, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 Radek Nečas, 13 Petr Benda, 14 Jakub Houška, 15 Ondřej Starosta ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 24 teams 4 Petr Benda, 5 Ondřej Balvín 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Kudláček, 14 Kamil Švrdlík, 15 Jan Veselý ---- 2015 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams 4 Petr Benda, 5 Patrik Auda, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský ', 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Blake Schilb, 24 Jan Veselý ---- 2017 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams 1 Patrik Auda, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský ', 9 Jiří Welsch, 11 Lukáš Palyza, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Kamil Švrdlík, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromir Bohačík, 23 Adam Pecháček, 31 Martin Kříž, 71 Tomáš Kyzlink ---- 2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 32 teams 1 Patrik Auda, 4 Tomáš Vyoral, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 11 Blake Schilb, 12 Ondřej Balvín, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromír Bohačík, 23 Lukáš Palyza, 31 Martin Kříž
