Tajikistan men's national basketball team

The Tajikistan men's national basketball team (Tajik: Тими миллии мардонаи баскетболбозони Тоҷикистон) represents Tajikistan in international basketball and is controlled by the Tajikistan Basketball Federation, the governing body of basketball in Tajikistan.[2]

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

Tajikistan
FIBA rankingNR (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1994
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationTajikistan Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)Шерҳои форсӣ (The Persian Lions)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
AppearancesNone

History

Back in the Soviet era, Pamir Dushanbe participated in Soviet Basketball League Competitions, Tajik SSR national team participated in Spartakiads, Boris Sokolovsky played for both of these teams. Tajik SSR-born Dmitri Sukharev[3][4] was a member of the Unified Team national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.

Despite its active Soviet past, the Tajikistan national team currently remains inactive and the only international tournament that the team participated in was the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games.[5][6]

Competitions
Main article: Basketball at the Islamic Solidarity Games
Year Rank Pld W L
2005Group stage404

FIBA Asia Cup
Main article: FIBA Asia Cup
Year Rank P W L
1960 to 1991Part of Soviet Union
1993Not a FIBA member
1995Did not enter
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2022
2025
Total0/31000

Notable players
  • Umed Aknazarov
  • Shukur Mansurov
  • Villa Ochildiev

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. FIBA National Federations – Tajikistan, Fiba.com, accessed 25 Sep 2016.
  3. "Dmitry Sukharev Player Profile, Dynamo Saint Petersburg (Russia), Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. "Dmitry Sukharev Olympic Stats". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. "Таджикский баскетбол - вне мирового рейтинга". Toptj.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. "Не самая баскетбольная страна. О баскетболе в Таджикистане". Sports.ru. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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