The Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team () represents Taiwan (The Republic of China) in international basketball, and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association.FIBA National Federations – Chinese Taipei, fiba.com, accessed 21 July 2018. The team was known as Formosa prior to the implementation of the Nagoya Resolution in 1981.
History
During the Republican period in mainland China, the Republic of China men's national basketball team regularly competed against Japan and the Philippines at the Far Eastern Championship Games and also participated in the Olympic basketball tournament twice. Taiwan, which was under Japanese rule at the time, did not have an international basketball team of its own.
Following retreat of Republic of China government to Taiwan amidst the loss of Chinese Civil War, on 7 May 1952, FIBA recognized the All-China Sports Federation, based in the People's Republic of China, as the organization representing Chinese basketball. In the same year, however, FIBA also allowed the Republic of China Basketball Association, which had relocated to Taiwan, to join FIBA separately under the name Formosa (FIBA code: RCF). Before its FIBA membership was terminated in 1974, the team also competed under the following names: Taiwan (Country code: TAI), used at the 1960 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament and the 1963 FIBA Asia Championship Republic of China (Country code: RCF or ROC), used at the Asian Games and the 1956 Summer Olympics
Led by team leader, Yi Kuo-juei (), Chinese Taipei's fourth-place finish at the 1959 FIBA World Championship is the second-best finish at the FIBA World Cup for an Asian team, only behind the Philippines' third-place finish at the 1954 edition.
In 1974, the team's FIBA membership was suspended on the grounds of the "inappropriate use of a name". Following the Nagoya Resolution in 1981, its membership was restored and the team began competing under its present name.
Competitive record Olympic Games YearPositionTournamentHost 1956 11 Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia
FIBA World Cup FIBA World Cup recordYearPosition As 1950No qualification for Asia 1954 Final round 9 3 6 1959 Final round 9 4 5 1963Did not qualify 1967 1970 1974 1978Did not enter As 1982Did not enter 1986Did not qualify 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023 2027 2031To be determinedTotal2/19 18 7 11
FIBA Asia Cup FIBA Asia Cup recordYearPosition As 1960 Runners-up 9 7 2 1963 Runners-up 11 8 3 1965 5th place 9 5 4 1967 5th place 9 5 4 1969 4th place 8 4 4 1971 4th place 8 5 3 1973 3rd place 10 7 3 1975Did not enter 1977 1979 As 1981Did not enter 1983 1985 6th place 6 4 2 1987 5th place 8 5 3 1989 3rd place 8 6 2 1991 4th place 8 4 4 1993 5th place 6 5 1 1995 4th place 9 6 3 1997 6th place 7 4 3 1999 4th place 8 5 3 2001 7th place 6 3 3 2003 11th place 7 4 3 2005 9th place 7 5 2 2007 6th place 8 3 5 2009 5th place 9 5 4 2011 8th place 9 4 5 2013 4th place 9 6 3 2015 13th place 5 3 2 2017 12th place 4 1 3 2022 10th place 4 1 3 2025 5th place 5 3 2Total26/31 197 118 79
Asian Games Asian GamesYearPosition As 1951Did not enter 1954Runners-up 6 5 1 1958Runners-up 8 7 1 1962Did not enter 19665th place 6 4 2 19704th place 8 4 4 1974Did not enter 1978 As 1982Did not enter 1986 19905th place 5 3 2 19946th place 5 2 3 19985th place 6 4 2 20027th place 6 2 4 20068th place 8 3 5 20109th place 5 1 4 20149th place 2 0 2 20184th place 6 4 2 20224th place 7 4 3 2026 5th place 4 2 2 Total 14/20 82 45 37
Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 Asian Games.
Past rosters
Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
Head coach history
See also Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team Chinese Taipei men's national under-19 basketball team Chinese Taipei men's national under-17 basketball team Chinese Taipei men's national 3x3 team
References
External links
FIBA profile Team participation at archive.fiba.com Asia-basket – Chinese Taipei Men National Team
Videos Japan v Chinese Taipei – Highlights – FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 – Asian Qualifiers Youtube.com video