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]

Tajikistan
FIBA rankingNR (15 August 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

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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

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Year Rank Pld W L
  2005 Group stage 4 0 4

FIBA Asia Cup

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Year Rank P W L
1960 to 1991 Part of Soviet Union
  1993 Not a FIBA member
  1995 Did not enter
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009
  2011
  2013
  2015
  2017
  2022
  2025
Total 0/31 0 0 0

Notable players

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  • Umed Aknazarov
  • Shukur Mansurov
  • Villa Ochildiev

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 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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