The Armenian Basketball Federation ( hy, Հայաստանի բասկետբոլի ֆեդերացիա), also known as the Basketball Federation of Armenia (BFA), is the national governing body of

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. The Armenian Basketball Federation operates both the men's national team and the women's national team.

History

The Armenian Basketball Federation (BFA) was established in 1989 and is headquartered in

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, Armenia. The BFA joined the

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in 1992 and holds full membership in

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. Since 2006, Hrachya Rostomyan has been president of the BFA. The BFA manages Armenia's basketball participation in both World and European competitions. In 2016, the BFA organized Armenia's first competition in the

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, with the Armenian team winning the tournament that year. Armenia qualified to participate in

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; however, the BFA announced its intentions to withdraw from the competition due to financial constraints.

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is the top professional league in Armenia.

Activities

In 2006, Armen Hovhannissian was appointed as a basketball representative of Armenia to the

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and

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. The Armenian Basketball Federation later opened its first foreign representation in

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, headed by Hovhannissian, which was aimed at coordinating Armenia’s basketball cooperation in the region. Since 2011, the Armenian Basketball Federation has been working actively to recruit Armenian basketball players from all over the world to create teams. In 2015, Ara Poghosyan was nominated to coordinate basketball activities, tournaments, and recruitment across the

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and to seek competitors to participate in the

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. In September 2018, the BFA helped to organize the EU'
European Week of Sports
events across Yerevan, in cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. In April 2020, the BFA announced plans to increase marketing campaigns to boost both local and international interest in Armenian basketball.

Presidents

* Hrant Vardanyan (1989-2002) * Aristakes Navasardyan (2002-2006) * Hrachya Rostomyan (2006-present)

References

External links

Armenian Basketball Federation official websiteArmenia
at FIBA site

at FIBA Archive
Armenian Basketball Federation
on Facebook
Armenian basketball
at

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History

Activities

Presidents

See also

References

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