The national team had its best years between the 1940s and the 1960s, where it won several medals on the continental stage (1946, 1953, 1955), and qualified for the Olympic Games on four out of five occasions. However, after that era, Hungary has only been able to qualify for the EuroBasket twice (1999, 2017) since 1969. Hungary is still vying for their debut appearance to the FIBA World Cup.