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42-922: Tauron was established in December 2006 as Energetyka Południe . In 2007, the Ministry of State Treasury of Poland transferred to the company 85% of shares in Południowy Koncern Energetyczny, 85% of shares in Enion, 85% of shares in EnergiaPro, 85% of shares in Elektrownia Stalowa Wola, 95.5% of shares in Elektrociepłownia Tychy, and 95.66% stake in Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej. As a result,

84-426: A (2–3) record, to advance into the second round. There, the team lost two of their three games before exiting the event. Belgium qualified for EuroBasket 2015 , after finishing (5–1) during qualifying. Entering the finals, Belgium split their first two games of the competition, before earning a buzzer-beating win over Lithuania 74–76. Belgium would finish the group stage with a (3–2) record to advance. Although in

126-462: A 2–1 record. They then went 1–2 in their semi-final group, falling to the gold medal Soviet Union team and bronze medal Egypt . This put Poland in a 5th/6th place playoff against France , who had been 1–2 in the opposite semi-final group. France went on to win, 62–29. After an 8-year hiatus, Poland returned at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest . They quickly showed that they could still play with

168-417: A complete reversal of their results in the quarter-final round, losing all three of their matches and being sent into the classification phase to finish out the tournament. At the 1952 Olympic Games , Belgium made their third appearance in the competition, losing two out of their three matches, and failing to make it past the tournament's first round. Heading to EuroBasket 1953 , the struggles for Belgium on

210-405: A disappointing tournament, losing all five of their preliminary round matches to be eliminated. Two years later, the team made it back to the competition for EuroBasket 2013 . Following a 57–58 loss to Ukraine in their first game of the tournament, Belgium displayed resilience in their second game, in a 73–77 overtime victory against Germany . Belgium went on to finish the preliminary phase with

252-518: A global event since 1980 Olympics in Moscow. During the 2019 FIBA World Cup , Poland was put into a group with group favourite China , Ivory Coast, and Venezuela. After a convincing win over Venezuela, Poland upset the hosts 79-76 in front of a max-capacity crowd in Beijing. Poland was down 72-69 with 15 seconds left before Chinese NBA center Zhou Qi made 2 straight turnovers allowing Poland to send

294-521: A win over Ukraine by 93-86. In the quarter-finals, they stunned Slovenia by winning 90-87. But in the semi-finals they were unable to catch up and lost to France by 54-95. In the third place match, Poland fell behind to co-host Germany and lost by 69-82. Poland finished fourth in the final standings, it became Poland's strong finish for the first time since 1967. Poland will co-host the EuroBasket 2025 after being able to step in for Ukraine. Poland

336-511: A win over co-host Czech Republic by 99-84. But in their second match, they fell back to Finland by 89-59. They later went back strong with their second win over Israel by 85-76. They won in their fourth match against the Netherlands 75-69. But in the fifth and final preliminary match, lost to Serbia by 96-69. In the knockout stage, they started their Final Phase campaign in the Round of 16 with

378-502: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Poland%27s national basketball team The Poland men's national basketball team ( Polish : Reprezentacja Polski w koszykówce ) represents Poland in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Polish Basketball Federation (PZKosz). Poland has competed at the EuroBasket on 28 occasions, with their best performance at

420-5003: Is currently playing in the qualifiers despite already earning an automatic qualification as co-host. Matches will be held at the Spodek in Katowice .    Win    Loss Roster for the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament . 1936 Olympic Games : finished 4th among 21 teams 1 Zdzisław Filipkiewicz , 2 Florian Grzechowiak , 3 Zdzisław Kasprzak , 4 Jakub Kopf , 5 Ewaryst Łój , 6 Janusz Patrzykont , 7 Andrzej Pluciński , 8 Zenon Różycki , 9 Paweł Stok , 10 Edward Szostak (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko ) 1937 EuroBasket : finished 4th among 8 teams 3 Michał Czajczyk, 4 Stefan Gendera, 5 Florian Grzechowiak , 6 Zdzisław Kasprzak , 7 Janusz Patrzykont , 8 Andrzej Pluciński , 9 Zbigniew Resich, 10 Zenon Różycki , 11 Jarosław Śmigielski, 12 Paweł Stok (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko ) 1939 EuroBasket : finished 3rd [REDACTED] among 8 teams 4 Jerzy Gregołajtis, 5 Bohdan Bartosiewicz, 6 Jarosław Śmigielski, 7 Zbigniew Resich, 8 Florian Grzechowiak , 9 Stanisław Pawłowski, 10 Paweł Stok , 11 Jerzy Rossudowski, 12 Zdzislaw Kasprzak , 13 Ewaryst Loj , 14 Włodzimierz Pławczyk (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko ) 1946 EuroBasket : finished 9th among 10 teams 3 Zbigniew Resich, 4 Rościsław Iwanow-Ruszkiewicz, 5 Jacek Arlet, 6 Jarosław Śmigielski, 7 Franciszek Szymura , 8 Florian Grzechowiak , 9 Edward Jarczyński, 10 Paweł Stok , 12 Zdzisław Kasprzak , 14 Władysław Maleszewski (Coach: Józef Pachla) 1947 EuroBasket : finished 6th among 14 teams 3 Józef Żyliński, 4 Ludwik Barszczewski, 5 Bohdan Bartosiewicz, 6 Jacek Arlet, 7 Jerzy Dowgird, 8 Edward Jarczyński, 9 Henryk Jaźnicki , 10 Paweł Stok , 11 Romuald Markowski, 12 Zbigniew Resich, 13 Tadeusz Ulatowski , 14 Władysław Maleszewski (Coach: Józef Pachla) 1955 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 18 teams 3 Leszek Kamiński, 4 Witold Zagórski , 5 Wincent Wawro, 6 Jerzy Sterenga, 7 Mieczysław Feglerski, 8 Jerzy Mlynarczyk , 9 Bohdan Przywarski , 10 Sławomir Złotkiewicz, 11 Jędrzej Bednarowicz, 12 Stefan Wojcik, 13 Andrzej Nartowski , 14 Tadeusz Pacuła , 16 Władysław Pawlak, 17 Ryszard Olszewski (Coach: Władysław Maleszewski) 1957 EuroBasket : finished 7th among 16 teams 3 Wincent Wawro, 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Andrzej Nartowski , 7 Mieczysław Feglerski, 8 Ryszard Olszewski , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Władysław Pawlak, 11 Jerzy Młynarczyk , 12 Stefan Wojcik, 13 Zdzisław Skrzeczkowski, 14 Tadeusz Pacuła (Coach: Władysław Maleszewski) 1959 EuroBasket : finished 6th among 17 teams 3 Jerzy Piskun , 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Andrzej Nartowski , 7 Bohdan Przywarski , 8 Ryszard Olszewski , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Władysław Pawlak, 11 Jerzy Młynarczyk , 12 Zbigniew Dregier , 13 Zenon Matysik, 14 Tadeusz Pacuła (Coach: Zygmunt Olesiewicz) 1960 Olympic Games : finished 7th among 16 teams 3 Jerzy Piskun , 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Andrzej Nartowski , 7 Jerzy Młynarczyk , 8 Ryszard Olszewski , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Mieczysław Łopatka , 11 Bohdan Przywarski , 12 Zbigniew Dregier , 13 Dariusz Świerczewski , 14 Tadeusz Pacuła (Coach: Zygmunt Olesiewicz) 1961 EuroBasket : finished 9th among 19 teams 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Jerzy Piskun , 7 Jerzy Młynarczyk , 8 Ryszard Olszewski , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Władysław Pawlak, 11 Zygmunt Wysocki, 12 Ryszard Niewodowski, 13 Leszek Arent, 14 Andrzej Nartowski , 15 Stanisław Olejniczak (Coach: Witold Zagórski ) 1963 EuroBasket : finished 2nd [REDACTED] among 16 teams 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Leszek Arent, 7 Wiesław Langiewicz, 8 Stanisław Olejniczak , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Jerzy Piskun , 11 Bohdan Likszo , 12 Mieczysław Łopatka , 13 Kazimierz Frelkiewicz , 14 Andrzej Nartowski , 15 Zbigniew Dregier , (Coach: Witold Zagórski ) 1964 Olympic Games : finished 6th among 16 teams 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Tadeusz Blauth , 7 Andrzej Perka , 8 Stanisław Olejniczak , 9 Krzysztof Sitkowski , 10 Jerzy Piskun , 11 Bohdan Likszo , 12 Mieczysław Łopatka , 13 Kazimierz Frelkiewicz , 14 Krystian Czernichowski , 15 Zbigniew Dregier (Coach: Witold Zagórski ) 1965 EuroBasket : finished 3rd [REDACTED] among 16 teams 4 Janusz Wichowski , 5 Andrzej Pstrokoński , 6 Czesław Malec , 7 Andrzej Perka , 8 Stanisław Olejniczak , 9 Wiesław Langiewicz, 10 Jerzy Piskun , 11 Bohdan Likszo , 12 Mieczysław Łopatka , 13 Kazimierz Frelkiewicz , 14 Edward Grzywna, 15 Zbigniew Dregier (Coach: Witold Zagórski ) Belgium national basketball team The Belgium men's national basketball team has represented Belgium in international basketball since 1928. The supervising body for

462-478: Is nicknamed and also represents itself as Belgian Lions . Belgium played in their first official match on 6 May 1928, a 17–31 loss against France in Brussels. Belgium became a member of FIBA in 1933. In 1935 , Belgium participated in the first European Basketball Championship . In their first game of the tournament, Belgium was defeated by Spain 25–17. Following the loss, Belgium was unable to advance into

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504-561: The 2019 FIBA World Cup , as the team was ousted from the qualifiers following a (1–5) record. Belgium entered Pre-Qualifiers for the EuroBasket 2022 , where the national team went undefeated at (4–0), to move closer to clinching qualification. In the Qualifiers , Belgium completely dominated Lithuania at home in their first game 86–65. Following the victory, Belgium would go on to finish top of their qualifying group, to reach their fifth consecutive Euro finals. Drawn into Group A at

546-403: The EuroBasket 2009 , making it the first time the national team qualified for consecutive EuroBasket tournaments since the mid 1980s. They got off to an impressive start putting away Bulgaria in the first game 90–78. The team followed that up with another strong performance versus Lithuania 86–75, before dropping their final game in preliminary play against Turkey . With an 2–1 record the team

588-509: The EuroBasket 2022 qualification , Jeremy Sochan became the youngest player to ever play for Poland's national team. In his very first game, he led Poland over Romania 88-81. He played 29 minutes in which he scored 18 points, including a four-point play (3 pointer plus foul and free throw) at the end and a game-deciding block. The Orly played in Group D held in Prague . Poland started off with

630-461: The Round of 16 , Belgium would be eliminated by Greece 75–54. To reach EuroBasket 2017 , Belgium once again went (5–1) during their qualifying campaign to make the finals. However, Belgium failed to sustain the momentum achieved during their qualification period, and were eliminated after a (1–4) record in the group stage. The struggles for Belgium would continue during European Qualifiers for

672-598: The Soviet Union in their next match. But, eventually ran the table the rest of the way in their preliminary round group to finish with an 6–1 record to advance. In the semi-finals the Poles defeated Yugoslavia , to get within a win of the gold medal. There they met up against the Soviet Union again, and were dominated 61–45 to instead take silver. As vice champion of the EuroBasket , at the 1964 Summer Olympics ,

714-546: The EuroBasket at the 2007 tournament . It was quite an unexpected achievement for the Poles. But, overall they did not make much noise. Because of injury, many key players including Michał Ignerski and Maciej Lampe did not compete at the event. The Poles lost all 3 games, but even in defeat they remained competitive losing by only 8 to a well-regarded French team and by 9 to the Italian squad . The White and Red hosted

756-577: The European field, winning all four of their preliminary round games to advance to the final round. Despite their mediocre 3–4 record in that round, the Poles had demonstrated that they could be effective against the best of the European pool with a 72–68 win over eventual runners-up Czechoslovakia . They eventually finished 5th overall of the 18 teams in the tournament. Two years later in Sofia , Poland competed at EuroBasket 1957 . Despite being seeded into

798-470: The Poles came off an impressive start as they finished 3rd out of 8 in the preliminary round. Overall, they finished 6th out of 16, ahead of SFR Yugoslavia , Uruguay and Mexico , which were all major players at the global stage at that time. The 1967 World Cup was the first appearance for the national team to compete at the global tournament. The team finished 2–1 in their preliminary group, with victories against Paraguay and Puerto Rico to advance to

840-493: The Poles. With Lithuania undefeated and Poland and Latvia tied with a record of 5–2, the loss to Latvia was decisive in pushing Poland to third place and the bronze. Due to World War II , the next European basketball championship was at EuroBasket 1946 in Geneva . The Poles started well, with a victory over Luxembourg . They then lost their next two preliminary round matches to Italy , and Hungary to finish in third place of

882-570: The Tauron Group became one of the largest companies in Poland. The company was the official jersey sponsor of Poland's national basketball team at the 2015 EuroBasket . The company is also the strategic sponsor of Polish football club Raków Częstochowa . This article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Polish corporation or company article

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924-414: The classification phase. There, Belgium earned a victory against Poland 22–39. The team would pick up one more victory, over Luxembourg , to finish the event in seventh place. A year later, Belgium was back on the continental level for EuroBasket 1947 . After dropping their first game of the tournament to Egypt , the national team turned around to heavily defeat Albania 114–11. In their final match of

966-407: The classification round to complete the event. In 1950, Belgium participated in a European qualifying tournament for the inaugural FIBA World Cup . Ultimately, the team missed out on the competition, after narrow losses to Spain and Yugoslavia . The following year, Belgium entered the EuroBasket 1951 , where the team went undefeated in the preliminary round at (3–0). However, the team would endure

1008-499: The classification round. Belgium would lose their first two matches of the phase, before earning their first win of the competition against Austria 58–70. Following the victory, Belgium prevailed in three out of their next four games, including a 90–48 win over Albania in their final game of the tournament. That was where national team guard Eddy Terrace scored (63 points), which set a single game EuroBasket record to that point. Two years later, Belgium made their seventh appearance in

1050-399: The competition for EuroBasket 1959 , where they garnered a (2–1) record in the preliminary stage to qualify for the semi-final round. Although after losing two of the three games in the round, Belgium's chances for a medal finish were gone. Heading into the 1960s, Belgium's first competition of the decade came at the EuroBasket 1961 . After finishing second in their preliminary round group,

1092-401: The competition in the classification stage. Two years later, Belgium's disastrous performance at the EuroBasket in 1979 , culminated with the team going winless (0–7); and completing the tournament in last place. Following the event, Belgium failed to qualify for every major international competition during the 1980s. Fourteen years after competing in their last EuroBasket, Belgium qualified for

1134-580: The event, in the then 23 team tournament. The EuroBasket 1937 in Riga , marked the first ever appearance for the national team at the European Basketball Championship . In the preliminary round the Poles dropped their first match to France , but rebounded with victories against Latvia and Czechoslovakia . They finished with an 2–1 record, and moved on to the semi-finals where they played Lithuania . There they were defeated by

1176-519: The eventual champion Lithuanian squad 31–25, relegating them to the bronze medal match. For the bronze, the team was defeated again by France to end their maiden run at the Eurobasket. Two years later at EuroBasket 1939 in Kaunas , the competition format was a single round-robin without playoffs. Latvia and Lithuania both defeated Poland whereas the other five teams in the competition fell to

1218-580: The final round. There they finished their first ever trip to the World Cup with an subpar 2–4 record, placing 5th in the event. Just like at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo , the Poles finished the preliminary round at the 1968 event in Mexico City with a winning record. Overall, they finished 6th out of 16. Just like at the EuroBasket 1967 , Poland won against Bulgaria for its closest victory of

1260-406: The four-team group. That result put them in the 7th–10th place classification semi-final, where they lost again, this time to Belgium . In the 9th/10th place playoff, Poland defeated England . The EuroBasket returned to the odd-year schedule with EuroBasket 1947 in Prague . Poland placed second in their preliminary group, losing only to eventual silver medallist Czechoslovakia en route to

1302-416: The game into overtime. Aaron Cel made a driving layup to put Poland up 78-76 and the upset was sealed when Yi Jianlian missed the game-tying shot. Poland finished 3-0 in their group and moved onto the next round, where they defeated Russia 79-74 before losing to Argentina. In the quarterfinals they faced eventual champions Spain and narrowly lost 90-78, eventually finishing the tournament in 8th place. At

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1344-412: The international stage continued, as the national team posted a (1–2) record in the preliminary round and was sent into the classification phase to closeout the event. After a disappointing tournament for Belgium, the team declined to enter the competition in 1955, and instead entered the event in 1957 . However, Belgium would once again compile subpar preliminary phase results at (0–3), and relegated to

1386-547: The national team is Basketball Belgium . Belgium has qualified for the EuroBasket 18 times throughout their history, achieving their best result at the event in 1947 , where they finished in fourth place. Moreover, Belgium has competed at the Olympic Games on three occasions, in 1936 , 1948 , and 1952 . However, Belgium is still in pursuit of making their first appearance at the FIBA World Cup . The team

1428-409: The preliminary round, Belgium won again, this time against Italy to advance. Belgium opened up the second group phase of the competition with a win over France 26–27. However, the team would go (2–2) for the rest of the event, including the classification round, for a fourth place finish. At the 1948 Olympic Games , Belgium failed to advance past the preliminary phase, and was once again relegated to

1470-514: The same preliminary pool as the Soviet Union , the Poles went 2–1 in the round-robin and advanced to the final round. There they lost their first six of seven games in that round, getting their first win in the last game of the round, against France to finish the tournament in 7th place. Five years later the national team hosted EuroBasket 1963 in Wroclaw . They got off to a fast start winning their first match against Spain 79–76. They fell to

1512-413: The semi-finals, and completed the rest of the competition in the classification round. At the 1936 Olympic Games , Belgium was quickly eliminated, after posting an (0–2) record during their tournament stint. Ten years later, Belgium reappeared on the international stage at EuroBasket 1946 . Entering the competition, the national team lost their only two games of the preliminary round, which sent them into

1554-417: The team advanced into the second group phase. However, even after winning three out of their four games in the round, Belgium was eliminated from medal contention. Two years later, at the EuroBasket 1963 , Belgium won their opening match of the competition against Turkey 71–52. Although they would only manage to split their next six games in the round (3–3), and sent into the classification bracket to finish

1596-481: The tournament coming in 1963 , as hosts, finishing as runners-up. Poland has competed six times at the Olympic Games , with their best finish being fourth place at the first edition of the event in 1936 . Poland have also made two appearances at the FIBA World Cup , with their first coming in 1967 , and their second occurring 52 years later in 2019 . The 1936 Summer Olympics was the first tournament Poland took part in. They eventually placed an impressive fourth at

1638-458: The tournament in 1993 . In Belgium's first game of the event, the national team defeated Slovenia 61–82. Ultimately, the victory for Belgium turned out to be their only one of the tournament, as they lost their next five games before being eliminated. After the turn of the century, the arrival of Belgium at the EuroBasket in 2011 , marked the first time the national team qualified for the continental stage in 18 years. However, they would endure

1680-424: The tournament. From 1987 to 1997, the national team only managed to qualify for the European Basketball Championship three times out of a possible six. They finished in seventh place in each tournament in 1987 , 1991 , and 1997 . Although after 1997 Poland would fail to qualify for the top European basketball event for the next decade. After years of failed qualifications, Poland finally made their way back to

1722-469: The tournament. In the ensuing years for Belgium, frustration continued to mount, as they would only qualify for the Euros once ( 1967 ), over the next fourteen years. At EuroBasket 1977 , Belgium hosted the event for the first time, and won their opening game 107–98 against Finland . However, the national team would lose three of their next four games in the preliminary round, and once again have to finish

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1764-479: Was able to advance to the second round. There, the team came up short in group play with an 1–4 record and a 9th place finish overall at the event. After 2009, the national team qualified for every EuroBasket in the 2010s. But they could only manage to finish in the top half of the tournament once, that being in 2015 . In 2019, the national team qualified for the World Cup . It was their first qualification to

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