Armenia men's national basketball team

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.

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

Armenia (Հայաստան)
FIBA ranking83 1 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1991
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBFA
CoachVacant
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances1
Medals (1) 2016
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)

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
2021Withdrew 422

At World Cup

Main round Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L
2019Did not qualify 633

At Championship for Small Countries

Year Position Pld W L
2016541
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG 1 Abramian, Aragad 25 – (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) BC Barsy Atyrau
PG 3 Amirkhanov, Amiran 30 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Urartu BC
PG 5 Tatevosyan, Albert 22 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Vahakni City
PF 7 Chrabascz, Andrew 22 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Śląsk Wrocław
G 9 Babayan, Edgar 21 – (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Urartu BC
SF 11 Podkolzin, Georgi 18 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artsakh BC
F 23 Konstantinov, Andrey 22 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) MBK Bars
PF 26 Hakobyan, Arman 26 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Artik BC
C 33 Kochinyan, Ararat 29 – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Urartu BC
PG 34 Khachatryan, Davit 17 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Aragats BT
SG 35 Hess, A.J. 22 – (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Wisconsin Herd
C 40 Fischer, Luke 21 – (1994-10-29)29 October 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Orléans Loiret Basket
Head coach
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 Bryant Dunston Luke Fischer Ararat Kochinyan
PF Andrew Chrabascz Steven Enoch Mikayel Pogosyan
SF A.J. Hess Arkadiy Mkrtychyan
SG Ryan Boatright Gary Chivichyan
PG Andre Spight Amiran Amirkhanov

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "European Basketball Championship 2016 venues are known". Armenpress. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. "Cyprus to replace Armenia in FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". fiba.basketball. 2 August 2018.
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