Armenia men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Armenia women's national basketball team.

Armenia (Հայաստան)

File:Logo of the Armenia national basketball team.jpg
FIBA ranking	84 1 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1991
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	BFA
Coach	Vacant
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. The head of the federation is Hrachya Rostomyan since 2006.

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. 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.

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

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

Roster invited for 25 February 2018 game vs. Albania.

Armenia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 1 Aragad Abramian 25 – (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) BC Barsy Atyrau PG 3 Amiran Amirkhanov 30 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Urartu BC PG 5 Albert Tatevosyan 22 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Yerevan BC PF 7 Andrew Chrabascz 22 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Śląsk Wrocław G 9 Edgar Babayan 21 – (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Urartu BC SF 11 Georgi Podkolzin 18 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artsakh BC F 23 Andrey Konstantinov 22 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) MBK Bars PF 26 Arman Hakobyan 26 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artik BC C 33 Ararat Kochinyan 29 – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Urartu BC PG 34 Davit Khachatryan 17 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Aragats BT SG 35 A.J. Hess 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) s.Oliver Würzburg	Head coach Vacant Assistant coach(es) Areg Vatyan Vardan Khachatryan Mikael Pogosian Physical trainer Sargis Stepanyan Legend Club – describes roster for the tournament Age – describes age for the tournament

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Luke Fischer	Ararat Kochinyan
PF	Andrew Chrabascz	Arkadiy Mkrtychyan	Mikayel Pogosyan
SF	A.J. Hess
SG
PG	Amiran Amirkhanov

See also

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

External links

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