Azerbaijan men's national basketball team

The Azerbaijan men's national basketball team () is the national basketball team of Azerbaijan. The team is controlled by the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation.

Since becoming members of FIBA in 1994, Azerbaijan has mostly taken part in smaller competitions such as the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, winning it twice, in 2006 and 2008. The national team also won a title at the Islamic Solidarity Games in their lone appearance in 2005.

History After Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation was founded in 1993, and became members of FIBA in 1994. During Azerbaijan's early years, the national team did not appear in any international competition until they entered EuroBasket 2003 qualifiers.

Following Azerbaijan's failed qualification process for EuroBasket 2003, the national team entered their first international tournament at the 2004 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. Azerbaijan would complete the event at a (2–2) record, for a fourth place finish. A year later, the national team entered the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, where Azerbaijan finished the competition winning the gold medal.

In 2006, Azerbaijan participated in the 2006 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, in which the team went (4–1), and reached the final to defeat Albania 66–57 to win the title. At the event in 2008, Azerbaijan repeated as champions, this time in an 78–80 victory over Moldova. After the tournament, Azerbaijan did not appear at an international event until EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers. However, Azerbaijan would eventually be eliminated from qualifying following a (4–4) record.

Ten years after Azerbaijan competed in their last international competition, the national team made its return at the 2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. Azerbaijan went on to close out the tournament in fourth place.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World CupQualificationYearPosition 1994Not eligibleNot eligible 1998Did not enterDid not enter 2002 2006 2010 2014Did not qualifyDid not qualify 2019Did not enterDid not enter 2023 2027Did not qualify615 2031To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/8 6 1 5

Championship for Small Countries FIBA European Championship for Small CountriesYearPosition 20044th422 2006541 2008541 20224th514Total19118

Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity GamesYearPosition 2005972Total972

EuroBasket EuroBasketQualificationYearPositionPart of Soviet UnionPart of Soviet Union 1993Not a FIBA Europe member 1995Not eligibleNot eligible 1997Did not enterDid not enter 1999 2001 2003Did not qualify606 2005Did not enterDid not enter 2007 2009 2011 2013Did not qualify844 2015Did not enterDid not enter 2017 2022 2025 2029To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/13 14 4 10

Results and fixtures

2025

2026

Team Current roster Roster for the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 2 and 5 July 2026 against Luxembourg and Ireland.

Depth chart

Head coach position Rimas Kurtinaitis – (2002–2006) Elkhan Aliyev – (2008–2016) Samit Nuruzade – (2016–2018) Aleksandar Trifunović – (2022) Tahir Bakhshiyev – (2024–present)

Past rosters 2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries: finished 4th among 6 teams

Azerbaijan men's national basketball team

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