Poland's national basketball team
Poland 
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| FIBA ranking | 38 
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| Joined FIBA | 1934 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Polski Związek Koszykówki (PZKosz.) | ||
| Coach | Mike Taylor | ||
| Nickname(s) |
Biało-czerwoni ("The-white-and-red") Orły ("The Eagles") |
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| Appearances | 6 | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 28 | ||
| Medals |
 Silver: (1963) Bronze: (1939, 1965, 1967) |
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The Polish national basketball team is administered by the Polski Związek Koszykówki (Polish Basketball Association). Their biggest successes are the silver medal in the 1963 European Championships at home in Poland and fourth place at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The Poles took fourth place with an overall record of 2–3 at the second European basketball championship, the EuroBasket 1937 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They took first place in their four-team preliminary group on a three-way tie-breaker after France and Latvia both matched the Polish team's 2–1 record. They then lost to eventual champions Lithuania in the semifinals and were defeated a second time by France in the bronze medal game.
Bronze medal Poland won the bronze medal in their second EuroBasket competition. 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 the Poles. With Lithuania undefeated and Poland and Latvia tied at 5–2, the loss to Latvia was decisive in pushing Poland to third place.
Due to World War II, the next European championship was EuroBasket 1946. The Poles started well, with a victory over Luxembourg. They lost their next two preliminary games to Italy and Hungary to finish in third place of the four-team group. This put them in the 7th–10th place classification semifinal, where they lost again, this time to Belgium. In the 9th/10th playoff, Poland defeated England.
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