Azerbaijan national basketball team

Azerbaijan

FIBA ranking	113 4 (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA	1991
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Azerbaijan Basketball Federation
Coach	Samit Nuruzade[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	0
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	0
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	0
Medals	None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	2
Medals	(2) 2006, 2008
Uniforms
Light Dark
First international
Belarus 121–50 Azerbaijan (Minsk, Belarus; 2 June 2001)
Biggest win
Azerbaijan 96–61 Gibraltar  (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 17 June 2008)
Biggest defeat
Belarus 121–50 Azerbaijan (Minsk, Belarus; 2 June 2001)

The Azerbaijani national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Azerbaijan.^[2]

Current roster

At the 2013 EuroBasket Qualification:^[3] (last publicized squad)

Azerbaijan men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 6 Zaur Pashayev 7004105760000000000♠28 – (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Kutaisi 2010 7 Orhan Aydin Haciyeva 7003835300000000000♠22 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 8 Fuad Niftaliyev 7004116810000000000♠31 – (1980-08-21)21 August 1980 9 Aleksandr Rindin 7003999300000000000♠27 – (1985-04-05)5 April 1985 10 Anar Hajiyev 7003883900000000000♠24 – (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 11 Rasim Bashak 7004118980000000000♠32 – (1980-01-17)17 January 1980 12 Charles Edward Davis 7004103450000000000♠28 – (1984-04-18)18 April 1984 13 Rasim Bashak 7004115350000000000♠31 – (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 14 Rasim Bashak 7003808600000000000♠22 – (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 15 Tahir Bakhshiyev 7004111180000000000♠30 – (1982-03-07)7 March 1982 20 Jaycee Don Carroll 7004107130000000000♠29 – (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 Rustam Aliyev 7003670700000000000♠18 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994 32 Zaur Gushanov 7003927500000000000♠25 – (1987-03-24)24 March 1987	Head coach Elkhan Aliyev Assistant coach(es) Elshan Yusubov Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 14 August 2012

Competitive record

At EuroBasket FIBA EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 2003 Did not qualify 6 0 6 2013 Did not qualify 8 4 4

At EuroBasket Division C EuroBasket Division C Year Position Pld W L 2004 Fourth place 4 2 2 2006 Champion 5 4 1 2008 Champion 5 4 1 Total 14 10 4

Achievements

• EuroBasket Division C

Champions: 2006, 2008

Past rosters

2012:

Coach: Samit Nuruzade

See also

• Azerbaijan women's national basketball team
• Azerbaijan Basketball Federation

References