Armenia men's national basketball team

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

Armenia
FIBA ranking93 (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBFA
CoachRex Kalamian
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances2
Medals Gold: (2016, 2022)
First international
 Armenia 83–64 Moldova 
(Ciorescu, Moldova; 28 June 2016)
Biggest win
 Armenia 92–40 Wales 
(Ciorescu, Moldova; 30 June 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Armenia 80–129 Austria 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 24 November 2024)

The Armenia men's national basketball team (Armenian: Հայաստանի բասկետբոլի ազգային հավաքական, Hayastani basketboli azgayin havak'akan) represents Armenia in international basketball. The team is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Armenia.

After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the national team did not take part in international competition until the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, where they won the gold medal. Armenia would win the tournament once again in 2022.

History

Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. They would become a member of FIBA in 1992. Although the national team would not enter the international scene until the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. Armenia went on to win the tournament by defeating Andorra in the final 79–71.[2]

After Armenia's triumph at their maiden competition, they entered European Pre-Qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Their first two matches during World Cup pre-qualifying were home victories in Yerevan against Slovakia and Sweden.[3] However, Armenia would only win one out of their next four matches, to finish the pre-qualifiers at a record of (3–3); failing to advance.[4] Following Armenia's ouster from World Cup qualifying, the team participated in the second round of EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers. Armenia would eventually finish the round with a (2–2) record, before having to withdraw from qualifying due to financial constraints.[5][6]

In 2022, Armenia made its return to international play by entering the 2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. The national team would make it all the way to the final to beat Malta 84–68, and finishing the tournament undefeated.[7]

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2025

20 February 2025 Albania  70–91  Armenia Durrës, Albania
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 16–25, 22–22, 15–22
Pts: Lekndreaj 17
Rebs: Tola 8
Asts: Hysa 6 		Boxscore Pts: Jones 34
Rebs: Tatevosyan 7
Asts: Jones 10 		Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace
Attendance: 250
Referees: Ioannis Tsimpouris (GRE), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH), Domen Krajnc (SVN)
6 June 2025 Armenia  86–62  Costa Rica Fresno, United States
19:00 (UTC-7)
Report Arena: Fresno City College Gymnasium
8 June 2025 Armenia  103–90  Costa Rica Los Angeles, United States
19:00 (UTC-7)
Report Arena: Crescenta Valley High School Gymnasium
27 November 2025 Bulgaria  98–88  Armenia Botevgrad, Bulgaria
19:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 26–20, 27–26, 20–21
Pts: Stoimenov 21
Rebs: Minchev 11
Asts: Bost 9 		Boxscore Pts: Spight 37
Rebs: Melikyan 12
Asts: Vital 3 		Arena: Arena Botevgrad
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Branimir Galić (CRO), Tomasz Łangowski (POL), Luka Manojlović (SRB)
30 November 2025 Armenia  62–74  Norway Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–18, 20–14, 11–25
Pts: Spight 30
Rebs: Melikyan 18
Asts: three players 2 		Boxscore Pts: Frey 21
Rebs: Frey, Rotegård 6
Asts: Frey 8 		Arena: Mika Sports Arena
Attendance: 850
Referees: Peter Ženiš (SVK), Alin Faur (ROU), Jan Baloun (CZE)

2026

2 March 2026 Armenia  vs.  Bulgaria Armenia
--:-- (UTC+4)
Boxscore
2 July 2026 Norway  vs.  Armenia Norway
--:-- (UTC+2)
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualification round vs Bulgaria and Norway on November 27 and 30.

Armenia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G Gabriel Ajemian 27 – (1998-07-28)28 July 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Homenetmen Beirut
G Tigran Mkrtumyan 20 – (2005-10-12)12 October 2005 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) BKMA
G Christian Vital 28 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Derthona
G/F Rafael Masumyan 17 – (2008-06-03)3 June 2008 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Granada Hills Charter
G Daniel Kirakosyan 20 – (2005-02-08)8 February 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Temp-SUMZ-UGMK Revda
SG Andre Spight (C) 30 – (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Spartans Distrito Capital
G Karen Melikyan 21 – (2004-06-29)29 June 2004 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Urartu BC
G Marat Melikyan 19 – (2005-11-28)28 November 2005 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BKMA
G Valeri Agadzhanyan 19 – (2005-11-28)28 November 2005 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) GAK Gdynia
F/C Davit Khachatryan 25 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Hatis BC
F/C Yura Melikyan 19 – (2005-10-22)22 October 2005 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Latvijas Universitāte
G/F Albert Tatevosyan 32 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Free Agent
G/F Daniil Gevorgyan 25 – (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Urartu BC
G/F Arkadi Mkrtchyan 30 – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Urartu BC
Head coach
  • Bogdan Karacic
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kostas Papazavvasileou
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 May 2025

Head coach position

Past rosters

2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries: finished 1st among 8 teams[8]

Armenia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Sergey Polukhin 20 – (1995-09-17)17 September 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Cherkessk
PF 5 Andrey Konstantinov 20 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Arsenal Tula
SF 6 Artem Tavakalyan 20 – (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Delaware State
G/F 7 Artur Khachaturyan 23 – (1992-08-04)4 August 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Kryvbas
F/C 8 Mikael Pogosyan 21 – (1995-06-08)8 June 1995 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Thiel College
C 9 Zareh Zargaryan 27 – (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) CS Dominguez Hills
G 10 Mike Danielyan 28 – (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Uerdingen
SG 11 Andre Spight 21 – (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Arizona State
C 12 Bryant Dunston 30 – (1986-05-28)28 May 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Anadolu Efes
PG 13 Amiran Amirkhanov 30 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Almaty
F/C 14 Konstantin Mirzoyants 27 – (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Tambov
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Andrey Pavlenko
  • Suren Stepanyants
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 June 2016

2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries: finished 1st among 6 teams[9]

Armenia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 1 Gabriel Ajemyan 23 – (1998-07-29)29 July 1998 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Compton College
PF 2 Andre Zohrabyan 21 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Glendale CC
PG 3 Chris Jones 29 – (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ASVEL
G/F 5 Albert Tatevosyan 28 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Vahakni City
G/F 6 Matthew Madoyan 25 – (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Urartu
C 8 Georgi Podkolzin 23 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Urartu
SG 11 Andre Spight 27 – (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Twarde Pierniki
PG 12 Mkhitar Vardanyan 28 – (1994-04-03)3 April 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Urartu
F/C 21 Arkadiy Mkrtychyan 26 – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Urartu
G 24 Davit Karamyan 21 – (2001-03-05)5 March 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) New Bayazet
C 34 Davit Khachatryan 22 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Mad Foxes
F 35 Zach Tavitian 23 – (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Zentro
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Peter Dominguez
  • Mikael Pogosyan
  • Vardan Khachatryan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 29 June 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Armenia wins 2016 FIBA European Championship For Small Countries". armradio.am. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Armenia surprise in World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Armenia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Armenia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Cyprus to replace Armenia in FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Armenia Defeats Malta 84-68 to Win European Championship for Small Countries". massispost.com. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Armenia at the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Armenia at the 2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries". Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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