Syria men's national basketball team

Syria
FIBA ranking	71 1 (15 September 2023)
Joined FIBA	1948
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Syrian Basketball Federation
Coach	Javier Juárez Crespo
Nickname(s)	Nosour Qasioun ; (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun Eagles')
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	1
Medals	None
Home	Away
WABA Championship
West Asian Games
Arab Championship
Pan Arab Games

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.

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
Europe
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
2025	to be determined
Total	7/31	43	17	26

FIBA Asia Challenge

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
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
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
1951	did not qualify
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006	10th place	9	4	5
2010	did not qualify
2014	did not qualify
2018	6th place	4	1	3
Total	2/18	13	5	8

West Asian Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
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
1951	7th place	–	–	–
1955	did not qualify
1959	Part of United Arab Republic
1963	did not qualify
1967	did not qualify
1971	5th place	–	–	–
1975	did not qualify
1979
1983
1987	5th place	–	–	–
1991	did not qualify
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2018	Replaced by 3x3 Basketball Events
2022	Replaced by 3x3 Basketball Events
Total	3/17	-	-	-

Arab Championship

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
1974	did not enter
1975
1978
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
1953	Runners-up	–	–	–
1957	Runners-up	–	–	–
1961	did not enter
1965	3rd place	–	–	–
1976	Championship cancelled
1985	4th place	–	–	–
1992	Champions	–	–	–
1997	Runners-up	–	–	–
1999	4th place	–	–	–
2004	did not enter
2007	did not enter
2011	Withdrew from the tournament
Total	7/12	-	-	-

Islamic Solidarity Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
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]

Syria national basketball team – 2022 FIBA Asia Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SF	1	Anthouny Bakar	28 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
SG	2	Elias Azrie	20 – (2002-01-02)2 January 2002	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al-Jalaa BC
PG	6	Georgi Nazarian	28 – (1994-01-04)4 January 1994	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Karamah BC
SG	7	Nadim Issa	32 – (1990-05-26)26 May 1990	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
SG	8	Magd Harbasha	29 – (1990-04-21)21 April 1990	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Wahda BC
PG	9	Isshak Oubeid	27 – (1995-02-22)22 February 1995	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
C	12	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	32 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
SF	14	Omar Idelbi	23 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al Wahda
PF	15	Hani Adribe	31 – (1990-10-04)4 October 1990	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al Wahda
PF	21	Omar Cheikh Ali	31 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Karamah BC
F	24	Amer Alsati	30 – (1992-04-05)5 April 1992	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Shabab Al Ahli
SG	88	Amir Hinton	25 – (1997-02-14)14 February 1997	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Kouvot

Head coach

Javier Juárez Crespo

Assistant coach(es)

Julen Fornies Martinez

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 19 July 2022

Past rosters

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]

Syria national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	00	Magd Bo Aetah	32 – (1988-11-06)6 November 1988	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
PG	1	Anthouny Bakar	26 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
SG	5	Wael Jlilaty	30 – (1990-01-03)3 January 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Jalaa BC
PG	6	Georgi Nazarian	26 – (1994-01-04)4 January 1994	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Karamah BC
SG	9	Tarek Aljabi	30 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PG	10	Rami Merjaneh	36 – (1983-12-01)1 December 1983	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PF	11	Jamil Saddir	31 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Wathba SC
C	12	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	30 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)	Al-Jaish BC
G	13	Sharif Al Osh	32 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al Wahda BC
PF	21	Omar Cheikh Ali	29 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PF	23	Tofek Saleh	30 – (1990-03-26)26 March 1990	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
G	24	Trey Kell	24 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Head coach

Joe Salerno

Assistant coach(es)

Azzam Al-Hussein

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 28 November 2020

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]

Syria national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	1	Anthouny Bakar	26 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Ittihad BC
SG	3	Zakria Alhusain	29 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al-Wathba BC
SG	5	Wael Jlilaty	30 – (1990-01-03)3 January 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Jalaa BC
SG	8	Majd Arbasha	29 – (1990-04-21)21 April 1990	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Wahda BC
SG	9	Tarek Aljabi	29 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PG	10	Rami Merjaneh	36 – (1983-12-01)1 December 1983	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PF	11	Jamil Saddir	31 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Wathba BC
C	12	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	29 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)	Al-Jaish BC
G	13	Sharif Al Osh	31 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al Wahda BC
F	15	Hani Adribe	29 – (1990-10-04)4 October 1990	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PF	21	Omar Cheikh Ali	29 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Jaish BC
PF	23	Tofek Saleh	29 – (1990-03-26)26 March 1990	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Ittihad BC

Head coach

Hadi Haj Darwish

Assistant coach(es)

Radwan Hasaballah

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 20 February 2020

Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.^[16]

Syria men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	William Al-Haddad	30 – (1987-07-05)5 July 1987	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PG	5	Sharif Al-Osh	29 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
SG	6	Michel Madanly	36 – (1981-03-10)10 March 1981	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Landslake Lions
SF	7	Khalel Khori	19 – (1998-06-06)6 June 1998	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
SF	8	Al Hakam Abd Allah	35 – (1982-01-01)1 January 1982	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
SG	9	Tarek Al-Jabi	27 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF	10	Anthouny Bakar	23 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
PF	11	Jamil Saddir	28 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF	12	Omar Cheikh Ali	26 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
C	13	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	27 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)
C	14	Ivan Todorović (NP)	33 – (1984-01-17)17 January 1984	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
PF	15	Hani Adribe	26 – (1990-10-04)4 October 1990	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)

Head coach

Nenad Krdzic

Assistant coach(es)

Hadi Haj Darwish

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 8 August 2017

At the 2017 WABA Championship:^[17]

Syria national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Georgi Nazarian	23 – (1994-01-04)4 January 1994	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Karameh
G/F	5	Wael Jlilaty	27 – (1990-01-03)3 January 1990	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al Wahda
SF	6	Micheal Madanly	35 – (1981-03-10)10 March 1981	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	TNT KaTropa
SF	7	Mahmoud Trab	23 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al-Ittihad
G	8	Magd Harbasha	26 – (1990-04-21)21 April 1990	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al Wahda
F	9	Sebouh Kharadjian	25 – (1992-01-06)6 January 1992	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al Yarmouk
F	10	Anthouny Bakar	23 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Jalaa
PF	11	Jamil Saddir	28 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Wahda
C	12	Omar Cheikh	26 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Jaish
PF	13	Khalel Khori	18 – (1998-06-06)6 June 1998	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al-Jaish
PF	14	Yamen Haidar	27 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al Wahda
C	15	Hani Adribi	26 – (1990-10-04)4 October 1990	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al Karameh

Head coach

Hady Darwish

Assistant coach(es)

George Shakar

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 29 January 2017

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
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

Kit

Manufacturer

2017–present: Adidas^[12]

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.
1 2 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.
1 2 "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

Videos

Philippines vs Syria HL FIBA Champions Cup 2011 YouTube.com video

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[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[2] 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.

[3] Profile - Syria, FIBA.com, Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[4] "Basketball shows you part of how we survived says Nadim Issa as Syria prove haters wrong".

[5] 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.

[6] "VI European Championship (Cairo 1949)". Linguasport.

[basket-7] 1 2 Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365

[8] "Meet the Asia Cup 2022 Teams: Syria". FIBA. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[9] "Excitement level to the moon for Syria ahead of homecoming Qualifiers game in Damascus". FIBA.basketball. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[10] "Packed, passionate fans in historic home game offsets disappointment for Syria". FIBA.basketball. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[11] "الإمارات تحتضن عودة السلة السورية للبطولة العربية". Al Khaleej (in Arabic). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[r1-12] 1 2 "2022 FIBA Asia Cup roster".

[13] "FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed". FIBA. 25 October 2020.

[14] "Syria at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.

[15] "Syria at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.

[16] 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

[17] |tab=roster Syria, FIBA.com, accessed 2 June 2017.

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History

Competition record

FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Challenge

West Asian Basketball Championship

Asian Games

West Asian Games

Mediterranean Games

Arab Championship

Pan Arab Games

Islamic Solidarity Games

EuroBasket 1949

Team

Current roster

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Depth chart

Head coach position

Kit

Manufacturer

See also

References

External links

Videos