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)

FIBA ranking	93 (1 March 2022)
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	2
Medals	(2) 2016, 2022
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. 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 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 2022 4 4 0

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 3 Chris Jones ? – (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Valencia Basket PG Andre Spight ? – (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hollywood Hrazdan PG 5 Albert Tatevosyan ? – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Vahakni City SF 8 Georgi Podkolzin ? – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 34 Davit Khachatryan ? – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Mad Foxes PG 11 Andre Spight-Mkrtchyan ? – (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Rouen Metropole Basket SG 6 Matthew Madoian ? – (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 35 Zach Tavitian ? – (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Zentro Basket PF 21 Arkadiy Mkrtychyan ? – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Urartu BC PF Andre Zohrabian ? – (2001-03-05)5 March 2001 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Head coach Rex Kalamian Assistant coach(es) Peter Dominguez Mikael Pogosian Vardan Khachatryan Physical trainer Sargis Stepanyan 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