Syria men's national basketball team
Syria national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا لكرة السلة رجال), nicknamed Nosour Qasioun (Qasioun Eagles), represents Syria in international basketball competitions.[3] The squad is governed by SBF, and is part of the FIBA Asia zone.[4] Based on the number of overall medals won, Syria is a major force among basketball teams of WABA and ABC. The team has won eight medals at the WABA Championship and five at the Arab Basketball Championship.
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| FIBA ranking | 71  1 (15 September 2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joined FIBA | 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | Syrian Basketball Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Javier Juárez Crespo[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Nosour Qasioun (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun Eagles') | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Syria has qualified for the FIBA Asia Cup seven times and one time for EuroBasket throughout their history. Their best tournament result was the 4th place finish at the 2001 FIBA Asia Cup. However, Syria still seeks qualification for their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup and Olympics.
History
It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest FIBA Asia teams on the continent, although in its first years of existence it only managed to participate in the Pan Arab Games.[5] Syria participated in the EuroBasket 1949, winning only match out of six against Lebanon.[6]
Its first appearance at the FIBA Asia Championship was at the 1999 edition in Fukuoka, Japan where they finished in eighth place.[7]
The team had its best year in 2001, when it finished in the Final Four of the Asian Basketball Championship in Shanghai, China.[7][8]
In November 2021, FIBA lifted the ban on Syrian stadiums, which was issued due to the war in the country, and therefore for the first time in 10 years, an international match could take place.[9] It took place on November 29, 2021 at the Al-Fayhaa Sports Arena in Damascus, where a men's basketball team played 2023 FIBA World Cup qualification match against Kazakhstan.[10]
In early December 2021, the Syrian Basketball Federation confirmed Syria's return to the Arab Nations Championship in the UAE which will take place 9 to 16 February 2022. Syria had been absent from the event for ten years because of the Syrian war.[11]
Competition record
FIBA Asia Cup
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
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| Europe | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1949 | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Asia | ||||
 1960 | Part of United Arab Republic | |||
 1963 | did not enter | |||
 1965 | ||||
 1967 | ||||
 1969 | ||||
 1971 | ||||
| 1973 | ||||
| 1975 | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1979 | ||||
 1981 | ||||
 1983 | ||||
| 1985 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
 1989 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
 1993 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
 1997 | ||||
| 1999 | 8th place | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 9th place | 7 | 3 | 4 |
 2005 | did not enter | |||
| 2007 | 11th place | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | did not enter | |||
| 2011 | 9th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | did not enter | |||
| 2015 | did not qualify | |||
 2017 | 10th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 12th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 7/30 | 43 | 17 | 26 |
FIBA Asia Challenge
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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 2004 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 |
 2008 | did not qualify | |||
| 2010 | 10th place | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | did not qualify | |||
| 2014 | ||||
 2016 | ||||
| Total | 2/6 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
West Asian Basketball Championship
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1999 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 2001 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | did not enter | – | – | – |
| 2004 | Runners-up | 4 | – | – |
| 2005 | did not enter | – | – | – |
| 2008 | 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 2010 | 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | did not enter | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5th place | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 12/15 | 48 | 19 | 25 |
Asian Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1951 | did not qualify | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1954 | ||||
| 1958 | ||||
| 1962 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||
| 1970 | ||||
 1974 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
| 1982 | ||||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1990 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2006 | 10th place | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | did not qualify | |||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2018 |
6th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 2/18 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
West Asian Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1997 | did not qualify | |||
| 2002 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 2/3 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Mediterranean Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1951 | 7th place | – | – | – |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1955 | did not qualify | |||
| 1959 | Part of United Arab Republic | |||
 1963 | did not qualify | |||
 1967 | ||||
 1971 | 5th place | – | – | – |
 1975 | did not qualify | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1979 | ||||
 1983 | ||||
 1987 | 5th place | – | – | – |
 1991 | did not qualify | |||
 1993 | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
 2005 | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2018 | Replaced by 3x3 Basketball Events | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| Total | 3/17 | - | - | - |
Arab Championship
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1974 | did not enter | |||
| 1975 | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1978 | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1981 | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
 1985 | Championship cancelled | |||
| 1987 | did not enter | |||
| 1989 | Withdrew from the tournament | |||
| 1991 | Runners-up | – | – | – |
| 1992 | Champions | – | – | – |
| 1994 | 3rd place | – | – | – |
| 1997 | Runners-up | – | – | – |
| 1999 | 3rd place | – | – | – |
| 2000 | did not enter | |||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2008 | 4th place | – | – | – |
| 2009 | 4th place | – | – | – |
| 2010 | did not enter | |||
| 2015 | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2018 | ||||
 2022 | Withdrew from the tournament | |||
| Total | 7/24 | - | - | - |
Pan Arab Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1953 | Runners-up | – | – | – |
| 1957 | Runners-up | – | – | – |
| 1961 | did not enter | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1965 | 3rd place | – | – | – |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1976 | Championship cancelled | |||
| 1985 | 4th place | – | – | – |
| 1992 | Champions | – | – | – |
| 1997 | Runners-up | – | – | – |
| 1999 | 4th place | – | – | – |
| 2004 | did not enter | |||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2011 | Withdrew from the tournament | |||
| Total | 7/12 | - | - | - |
Islamic Solidarity Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 2005 | 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | did not qualify | |||
 2017 | Replaced by 3x3 Basketball Events | |||
| Total | 1/2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
EuroBasket 1949
Syria once appeared at the European championships, namely at the Eurobasket 1949, held in Cairo, Egypt. The refusal of the Soviet Union to host the competition and FIBA Europe's unwillingness to ask Czechoslovakia to host consecutive tournaments meant that 1947 bronze medallist Egypt hosted the competition. Due to travel difficulties and fears, few European teams would travel to the African country to compete. Syria, as well as Lebanon, were asked to compete in the European championship despite being Asian countries.
In the seven team round robin tournament, the Syrians finished with a 1–5 record and finished in sixth place.
- Team roster:
4 Shawki, 5 Khayat, 6 Nashawi, 7 Fo. Habash, 8 Abouhitian, 9 Qoudsi, 10 Sharaf, 11 Fe. Habash, 12 Shukri, 13 Nael, 14 Mashnouq, 15 Tinawi
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.[12]
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2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.[13]
Venue: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall, Doha
Opposition: Qatar (28 November)
Opposition: Iran (30 November)[14]
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2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: Iran (20 February)
Venue: Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
Opposition: Saudi Arabia (23 February)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah[15]
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Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[16]
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Kemal Canpolat | Omar Cheikh | |
| PF | Jamil Saddir | Khalel Khori | Yamen Haidar |
| SF | Michael Madanly | Mahmoud Trab | Anthouny Bakar |
| SG | Trey Kell | Wael Jlilaty | |
| PG | Georgi Nazarian | Sebouh Kharadjian |
Head coach position
Pat Elzie – 2003- Mohamed Abo Sada – 2007
- Imad Othman – 2009
- Hady Darwish – 2010
Mensur Bajramovic – 2011
Goran Miljević – 2011- Imad Othman – 2012–2014
- Hady Haj Darwish – 2014–2017
- Nenad Krdžić – 2017
- Veselin Matić – 2017–2019
- Joe Salerno – 2021–2022
- Javier Juárez Crespo – 2022–present
See also
References
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- Miguel Lois (1 February 2022). "Nuevo seleccionador de Siria. Hablamos con Javier Juárez" [New Syrian coach. We speak with Javier Juarez]. gigantes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- Profile - Syria, FIBA.com, Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- "Basketball shows you part of how we survived says Nadim Issa as Syria prove haters wrong".
- Todor Krastev (1947). "Men Basketball European Championship 1947 Prague (TCH) - 27.04-03.05 Winner Soviet Union". Sport Statistics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- "VI European Championship (Cairo 1949)". Linguasport.
- Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365
- "Meet the Asia Cup 2022 Teams: Syria". FIBA. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- "Excitement level to the moon for Syria ahead of homecoming Qualifiers game in Damascus". FIBA.basketball. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- "Packed, passionate fans in historic home game offsets disappointment for Syria". FIBA.basketball. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- "الإمارات تحتضن عودة السلة السورية للبطولة العربية". Al Khaleej (in Arabic). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "2022 FIBA Asia Cup roster".
- "FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed". FIBA. 25 October 2020.
- "Syria at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
- "Syria at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
- 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
- |tab=roster Syria, FIBA.com, accessed 2 June 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)
- FIBA profile
- FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1949
Videos
- Philippines vs Syria HL FIBA Champions Cup 2011 YouTube.com video