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Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team
Men's national basketball team representing Taiwan
Men's national basketball team representing Taiwan
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Chinese Taipei |
| logo | Chinese Taipei emblem.svg |
| logo_width | 150px |
| coach | Gianluca Tucci |
| fiba_ranking | |
| joined_fiba | 1981 |
| fiba_zone | FIBA Asia |
| national_fed | Chinese Taipei Basketball Association |
| oly_appearances | 3 |
| wc_appearances | 2 |
| zone_championship | FIBA Asia Cup |
| zone_appearances | 26 |
| zone_medals | Silver: (1960, 1963) |
| Bronze: (1973, 1989) | |
| h_body | fff |
| h_pattern_b | _bluesides |
| h_shorts | FFFFFF |
| h_pattern_s | _blue_border |
| a_body | 0000FF |
| a_pattern_b | _whitesides |
| a_shorts | 0000FF |
| a_pattern_s | _white border |
| first_game | 35–19 |
| (Berlin, Germany; 7 August 1936) | |
| largest_win | 125–25 |
| (London, United Kingdom; 6 August 1948) | |
| largest_loss | 63–114 |
| (Bangkok, Thailand; 15 December 1970) |
the men's team
Bronze: (1973, 1989) (Berlin, Germany; 7 August 1936) (London, United Kingdom; 6 August 1948) (Bangkok, Thailand; 15 December 1970) 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. The team was known as Formosa prior to the implementation of the Nagoya Resolution in 1981.
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.
Competitions
Olympic Games
| Year | Position | Tournament | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 15 | Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics | Berlin, Germany | ||||
| 1948 | 18 | Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics | London, Great Britain | ||||
| 1956 | 11 | Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics | Melbourne, Australia |
FIBA World Cup
| FIBA World Cup record | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | As Republic of China | As Chinese Taipei | Total | 2/18 | 18 | 7 | 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG 1950 | No qualification for Asia | |||||||||||||||
| BRA 1954 | Final round | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| CHI 1959 | Final round | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| BRA 1963 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| URU 1967 | ||||||||||||||||
| YUG 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| PUR 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| PHI 1978 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| COL 1982 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| ESP 1986 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| ARG 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| CAN 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| GRE 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| TUR 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| ESP 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| PHI JPN IDN 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| QAT 2027 | To be determined |
FIBA Asia Cup
| FIBA Asia Cup record | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | As Republic of China | As Chinese Taipei | Total | 26/31 | 197 | 118 | 79 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI 1960 | Runners-up | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| ROC 1963 | Runners-up | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| MAS 1965 | 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| KOR 1967 | 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| THA 1969 | 4th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 1971 | 4th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| PHI 1973 | 3rd place | 10 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| THA 1975 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| MAS 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| JPN 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| IND 1981 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| HKG 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| MAS 1985 | 6th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| THA 1987 | 5th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 1989 | 3rd place | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 1991 | 4th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| INA 1993 | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| KOR 1995 | 4th place | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| KSA 1997 | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 1999 | 4th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2001 | 7th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2003 | 11th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| QAT 2005 | 9th place | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 2007 | 6th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2009 | 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2011 | 8th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| PHI 2013 | 4th place | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2015 | 13th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| LBN 2017 | 12th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| INA 2022 | 10th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| KSA 2025 | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Asian Games
| Asian Games | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | As Republic of China | As Chinese Taipei | Total | 13/19 | 78 | 43 | 35 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND 1951 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| PHI 1954 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 1958 | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| IDN 1962 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| THA 1966 | 5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| THA 1970 | 4th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| IRI 1974 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| THA 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| IND 1982 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| KOR 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| CHN 1990 | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 1994 | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| THA 1998 | 5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| KOR 2002 | 7th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| QAT 2006 | 8th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2010 | 9th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| KOR 2014 | 9th place | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| IDN 2018 | 4th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2022 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| JPN 2026 |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification against Japan on 28 November and 1 December 2025.
- ITA Gianluca Tucci
- TWN Yang Che-yi
- TWN Yang I-feng
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 5 August 2025
Past rosters
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ITA Gianluca Tucci
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TWN Yang Che-yi
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TWN Yang I-feng
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(C) Team captain
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(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 5 August 2025
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USA Charles Parker
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TWN Sang Mao-sen
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TWN Yang Che-yi
-
(C) Team captain
-
(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 25 September 2022
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USA Charles Parker
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TWN Sang Mao-sen
-
TWN Yang Che-yi
-
(C) Team captain
-
(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 12 July 2022
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USA Charlie Parker
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(C) Team captain
-
(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 14 August 2018
Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
- TWN Chou Chun-san
- TWN Yen Hsing-su
- TWN Chiu Chi-yi
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 8 August 2017
Head coach history
- USA Charles Siler () – 1915, 1917
- Republic of China (1912–1949) Ma Yuehan () – 1919
- Republic of China (1912–1949) Wang Shih-ching () – 1921
- Republic of China (1912–1949) Dong Shouyi () – 1923, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1936
- Republic of China (1912–1949) Song Junfu () – 1948
- USA Charles Holsinger () – 1954
- TWN Niu Bing-yi () – 1954
- USA Bud Schaeffer () – 1956
- TWN Chua Bonhuaa () – 1958, 1959
- USA Donald Spencer () – 1960
- USA Don Odle () – 1960
- TWN Wang Shixuan () – 1963
- TWN Zhu Yu-Hou () – 1964
- TWN Kya Iskyun () – 1965
- TWN Willie Chu () – 1966, 1970
- TWN Hoo Cha-pen () – 1967, 1971, 1973
- TWN Wang Yih-jiun () – 1969
- TWN Liu Chun-Ching () – 1985, 1989, 1990
- TWN Chen Tsu-li () – 1987
- TWN Lee Ching-Chi () – 1991, 2003
- TWN Zhang Ke-You () – 1993 (East Asian Games, ABC Championship)
- TWN Bu Shu-Ren () – 1994
- TWN Chien Yi-Fei () – 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001
- TWN Ku Chi-Hsiung () – 1997 (East Asian Games, ABC Championship)
- TWN Lee Yun-Kwang () – 2001, 2002, 2005 (East Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA Asia Championship, East Asian Games), 2006
- TWN Hu Zai-Lin () – 2004
- KOR Chung Kwang-Suk () – 2007, 2009 (East Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA Asia Championship, East Asian Games)
- SIN Zhang Xue-Lei () – 2010
- TWN Chou Chun-San () – 2011 (East Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA Asia Championship), 2015, 2017 (East Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA Asia Cup FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification), 2018, 2022
- TWN Hsu Jin-Che () – 2012, 2013 (East Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA Asia Championship, East Asian Games), 2014
- USA Otis Hughley Jr. () – 2014
- TWN Yan Chia-Hua () – 2016
- USA Charlie Parker () – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 (FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, FIBA Asia Cup)
- TWN Sam Mao-Sen () – 2023, 2024
- ITA Gianluca Tucci () – 2024–present
References
References
- [http://www.fiba.basketball/federation/Chinese-Taipei FIBA National Federations – Chinese Taipei], fiba.com, accessed 21 July 2018.
- "Taiwan Basketball Hall of Fame".
- "中華男籃抗日12人名單出爐 林書緯確定入選、4戰將遭割愛".
- [http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/Chinese-Taipei#
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