The Armenian national basketball team (, ''Hayastani basketboli azgayin havak'akan'') is the national

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team representing

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

. The national team is directed by the

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

. 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 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 15th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by Moldova. Armenia won its first ever gold in this championship by beating Andorra in the final, 79–71. Teams After the withdrawal ...

. The team won the tournament by beating

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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

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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

Current roster

References

External links

Armenia Basketball Records
at FIBA Archive
Presentation on Eurobasket.comArmenia Basketball Federation
Presentation on Facebook {{FIBA Europe teams 1991 establishments in Armenia

Armenia national basketball team

History

Competitive record

Current roster

See also

References

External links