Azerbaijan men's national basketball team

The Azerbaijan men's national basketball team (Azərbaycan milli basketbol komandası) 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.

Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Switzerland and Kosovo.

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