Estonia men's national basketball team
The Estonia men's national basketball team represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association. The team competed in their first international tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games. Estonia has also qualified for the EuroBasket six times overall, with their best results coming in 1937 and 1939. However, after 1939, Estonia halted national team activities due to the occupation of the Baltic states during World War II. Estonia would later rejoin FIBA in 1991, after regaining independence from the Soviet Union.
Game between Estonia and Lithuania at EuroBasket 1937.
Tiit Sokk coached Estonia from 2004 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2019.
Jukka Toijala, current head coach of Estonia.
Image: Gregor Arbet, Estonia Latvia, 2006
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed.
The Berlin Arena for the 1936 Basketball Olympics
Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball