Albania national basketball team

bk|Albania 11 - 114 bk|Belgium

bk|Albania 19 - 104 bk|Egypt

Semi-Final Round

bk|Albania 19 - 73 bk|Romania

bk|Albania 27 - 44 bk|Austria

Final Round

bk|Albania 13 - 90 bk|Yugoslavia

Eurobasket 1957

Ten years later, at Eurobasket 1957 in Sofia, the Albanians fared no better. They lost three matches out of ten played, going 0-1 in the preliminary round and 0-2 in the classification round to finish 7th of 16.

Preliminary Round

bk|Albania 57 - 89 bk|Yugoslavia

bk|Albania 37 - 71 bk|Czechoslovakia

bk|Albania 24 - 62 bk|Scotland

Classification Round

bk|Albania 42 - 91 bk|Finland

bk|Albania 42 - 82 bk|Italy

bk|Albania 64 - 97 bk|Turkey

bk|Albania 45 - 58 bk|Austria

bk|Albania 48 - 90 bk|Belgium

bk|Albania 43 - 72 bk|Germany

EuroBasket 2005 (qualification)

The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. The FIBA European Basketball Championship is a bi-annual basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sports governing body in Europe. This is the third time that championship is hosted by city of Belgrade (previously in 1961 and 1975).

Group C standings:

September 11, 2004
*19:00 Tirana, Albania: Albania 72 - 84 BelarusSeptember 15, 2004
*18:00 Gmunden, Austria: Austria 83 - 66 Albania"September 18, 2004"'
*19:00 Tirana, Albania: Albania 67 - 76 CyprusSeptember 3, 2005
*17:00 Gomel, Belarus: Belarus 110 - 58 AlbaniaSeptember 7, 2005
*19:00 Tirana, Albania: Albania 82 - 90 AustriaSeptember 10, 2005
*18:15 Nicosia, Cyprus: Cyprus 96 - 75 Albania

Placments

Men competitions

= European Promotion Cup =

* 2002: European Promotion Cup - 6th place
* 2004: European Promotion Cup - 5th place
* 2006: European Promotion Cup - 2nd place

European Championship

* 1947: European Championship - 14th place
* 1957: European Championship - 16th place
* 1995: European Championship - Qualifying Round
* 1997: European Championship - Qualifying Round
* 1999: European Championship - Preliminary Round
* 2005: Eurobasket - Division B
* 2007: Eurobasket - Division B

European Olympic Qualifying Tournament

* 1972: European Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Preliminary Round
* 1992: European Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Preliminary Round

Women competitions

European Promotion Cup

* 1996: European Promotion Cup - 2nd place
* 2002: European Promotion Cup - 1st place

European Championship

* 1997: European Championship - Qualifying Round

Youth competitions

* 1999: European Promotion Cup for Junior Men - 7th place
* 2001: European Promotion Cup for Junior Men - 4th place
* 2003: European Promotion Cup for Junior Men - 1st place
* 2005: U18 European Promotion Cup Women - 3rd place