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team representing the Republic of China on Taiwan in international competitions, organised and run by the

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Basketball Association (CTBA; ). The team was known as Formosa prior to the implementation of the Nagoya Resolution in 1981. Led by team leader, Yi Kuo-juei (),

's fourth-place finish at the

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is the second-best finish of an

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, only behind the

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' third-place finish at the

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Competitions

Summer Olympics

FIBA Basketball World Cup

FIBA Asia Cup

Asian Games

*1954: *1958: *1966: 5th *1970: 4th *1990: 5th *1994: 6th *1998: 5th *2002: 7th *2006: 8th *2010: 9th *2014: 9th *2018: 4th *2022: 4th

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– Champions *

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– Champions

Team

Current roster

2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification - Final qualifying tournament

Opposition:

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(19 March 2025)
Venue: University of Taipei Tianmu Gymnasium,

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Opposition:

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(21 March 2025)
Venue: University of Taipei Tianmu Gymnasium,

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Past roster

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Depth chart

Head coach history

* Zhan Ting-Rui() – 1954 * Niu Bing-yi () – 1954, 1960 * Bud Schaeffer () – 1956 * Chua Bonhuaa () – 1959 * () – 1960 * Wang Shixuan () – 1963 * Zhu Yu-Hou () – 1964 * Kya Iskyun () – 1965 * Willie Chu () – 1966, 1970 * Hoo Cha-pen () – 1967, 1971, 1973 * Wang Yih-jiun () – 1967, 1971, 1973 * Liu Chun-Ching () – 1985, 1989, 1990 * Chen Tsu-li () – 1987 * Lee Ching-Chi () – 1991, 2003 * Zhang Ke-You () – 1993 * Bu Shu-Ren () – 1994 * Chien Yi-Fei () – 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 * Ku Chi-Hsiung () – 1997 * Lee Yun-Kwang () – 2002, 2005, 2006 * Hu Zai-Lin () – 2004 * Chung Kwang-Suk () – 2007, 2009 * Zhang Xue-Lei () – 2010 * Chou Chun-San () – 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 * Hsu Jin-Che () – 2012, 2013, 2014 * Otis Hughley Jr. () – 2014 * Yan Chia-Hua () – 2016 *

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() – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Sam Mao-Sen () – 2023, 2024 * Gianluca Tucci () – 2024–present

References

External links

Official websiteFIBA profileAsia-basket – Chinese Taipei Men National Team

Videos

Japan v Chinese Taipei - Highlights - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 - Asian Qualifiers
Youtube.com video {{National sports teams of Taiwan 1913 establishments in China National sports teams established in 1913