Armenia men's national basketball team

Armenia (Հայաստան)

FIBA ranking	93 7 (7 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA	1991
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	BFA
Coach	Rex Kalamian
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	1
Medals	(1) 2016
Home Away
First international
Armenia 83–64 Moldova  (Ciorescu, Moldova; 28 June 2016)
Biggest win
Armenia 92–40 Wales  (Ciorescu, Moldova; 30 June 2016)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 90–64 Armenia (Copenhagen, Denmark; 28 July 2018)

The Armenian national basketball team (Armenian: Հայաստանի բասկետբոլի ազգային հավաքական, Hayastani basketboli azgayin havak'akan) is the national basketball team representing Armenia. The national team is directed by the Basketball Federation of Armenia. Since 2006, the President of the federation is Hrachya Rostomyan.

History[]

In December 2015, it was announced that the men's national team would play in its first official tournament ever in Summer 2016, after joining the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.^[2] The team won the tournament by beating Moldova national basketball team in the gold medal game 79–71.

Armenia's debut in major competition was in the 2019 World Cup qualification, where despite achieving three wins in six matches, it was eliminated in the first round. In 2018, after qualifying to the EuroBasket 2021 second round of the pre-qualifiers, the team withdrew due to financial constraint.^[3]

Armenia will come back to the competition in 2020, to play in the European Championship for Small Countries.

Competitive record[]

At EuroBasket[] Main round Qualification Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L 2021 Withdrew 4 2 2 Total 0/1 4 2 2

At World Cup[] Main round Qualification Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L 2019 Did not qualify 6 3 3 At Championship for Small Countries[] Year Position Pld W L 2016 5 4 1 2020

Current roster[]

The official training hall of the team at the Olympic complex in Yerevan

Armenia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 1 25 – (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Free Agent PG 3 Amiran Amirkhanov 30 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Urartu BC PG 5 22 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) PF 7 22 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Śląsk Wrocław G 9 21 – (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Urartu BC SF 11 18 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artsakh BC F 23 22 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PF 26 26 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artik BC C 33 29 – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Urartu BC PG 34 17 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Aragats BT SG 35 22 – (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Wisconsin Herd C 40 Luke Fischer 21 – (1994-10-29)29 October 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Nanterre 92	Head coach Rex Kalamian Assistant coach(es) Vardan Khachatryan Mikael Pogosian Physical trainer Sargis Stepanyan Legend Club – describes roster for the tournament Age – describes age for the tournament

Depth chart[]

See also[]

• Armenia women's national basketball team
• Armenia national under-19 basketball team
• Armenia national under-17 basketball team
• Sport in Armenia

References[]

External links[]

• Armenia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Presentation on Eurobasket.com
• Armenia Basketball Federation Presentation on Facebook