2016 FIBA Asia Challenge squads

The following are the squads of the 12 teams that will participate at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.

Group A

China
China men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 5 Cui Jinming 24 – (1992-07-11)July 11, 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Jilin Northeast Tigers
F 6 He Tianju 25 – (1990-12-28)December 28, 1990 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Liaoning Flying Leopards
PG 7 Fang Shuo 26 – (1990-09-07)September 7, 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Beijing Ducks
SG 9 Yuan Shuai 22 – (1994-07-18)July 18, 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons
SF 11 Liu Zhixuan 25 – (1991-01-07)January 7, 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Liaoning Flying Leopards
PF 14 Zou Yuchen 20 – (1996-07-05)July 5, 1996 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Bayi Rockets
C 15 Fan Ziming 18 – (1998-04-29)April 29, 1998 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Foshan Long-Lions
SF 20 Zhan Yanhao 18 – (1997-10-25)October 25, 1997 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
C 21 Hu Jinqiu 18 – (1997-09-24)September 24, 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
PF 22 Tao Hanlin 25 – (1991-06-04)June 4, 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Shandong Golden Stars
G 23 Zhao Dapeng 26 – (1990-08-07)August 7, 1990 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
PG 33 Wu Qian 22 – (1994-07-07)July 7, 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Fan Bin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized Player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

Kazakhstan

[1]

Kazakhstan men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 4 Pavel Ilin 24 – (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Astana
G 5 Shaim Kuanov 25 – (1991-07-28)28 July 1991 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) BK Tobol Kostanay
G 6 Ibragim Konyssov 20 – (1996-03-28)28 March 1996 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) BK Barsy Atyrau
F 7 Nikolay Bazhkin 25 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Tigers Astana
G 10 Vassiliy Savchenko 29 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Barsy Atyrau
C 14 Vitaliy Lapchenko 24 – (1992-08-27)27 August 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Astana
F 15 Pavel Micheev 33 – (1983-05-30)30 May 1983 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Krasnye Krylia
C 22 Askar Maidekin 19 – (1997-05-28)28 May 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
G 23 Kadyrzhan Gubashev 26 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Barsy Atyrau
F 33 Rustam Utegen 20 – (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Barsy Atyrau
C 37 Mikhail Yevstigneyev 32 – (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Barsy Atyrau
F 45 Yuriy Kozhanov 26 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Almaty Legion
Head coach
  • Eduard Skrypets
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 September 2016

Group B

Philippines

[2]

Philippines men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 7 Arnold Van Opstal 24 – (1991-12-15)December 15, 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Free agent
F/C 8 Russel Escoto 23 – (1992-12-04)December 4, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators
G 9 Ed Daquioag 25 – (1991-08-18)August 18, 1991 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators
F/C 11 Chris Javier 23 – (1992-12-06)December 6, 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UE Red Warriors
F 12 Mac Belo 23 – (1993-02-12)February 12, 1993 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators
G 13 Mike Tolomia 23 – (1993-01-06)January 6, 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators
F 14 Kevin Ferrer 23 – (1993-03-26)March 26, 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Mighty Sports
G/F 16 Roger Pogoy 24 – (1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FEU Tamaraws
G/F 17 CJ Perez 22 – (1993-11-17)November 17, 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lyceum Pirates
F 18 Carl Bryan Cruz 25 – (1991-08-21)August 21, 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FEU Tamaraws
G/F 19 Von Pessumal 23 – (1993-02-12)February 12, 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Tanduay Light Rhum Masters
F/C 21 Alfonzo Gotladera 24 – (1992-02-16)February 16, 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ateneo Blue Eagles
Head coach
  • Josh Reyes
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mike Oliver
Team manager
  • Butch Antonio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

India

[3]

India men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F 4 Arshpreet Singh Bhullar 19 – (1996-10-02)October 2, 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ludhiana Basketball Academy
F 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 24 – (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ONGC
C 10 Amritpal Singh  (C) 25 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) ONGC
F 12 Basil Philip 25 – (1991-01-10)January 10, 1991 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Central Excise & Customs
PF 14 Yadwinder Singh 29 – (1986-12-30)December 30, 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ONGC
C 15 Rikin Shantilal Pethani 25 – (1990-12-02)December 2, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Income Tax (basketball)
C 22 Ravi Bhardwaj 23 – (1992-10-31)October 31, 1992 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
SG 25 Hariram Ragupathy 18 – (1998-04-25)April 25, 1998 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Loyola College, Chennai
PF 27 Amjyot Singh 24 – (1992-01-27)January 27, 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Agleymina Hamamatsu
F 46 Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar 23 – (1992-09-25)September 25, 1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Indian Overseas Bank (basketball)
PG 66 Akilan Pari 27 – (1989-07-20)July 20, 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Income Tax (basketball)
PG 99 Talwinderjit Singh 29 – (1986-10-20)October 20, 1986 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Sunny Cheruthottil Varghese
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

Group C

Iran
Iran men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 4 Adnan Doraghi 27 – (1989-06-19)June 19, 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Shahrdari Gorgan
PG 5 Sajjad Mashayekhi 22 – (1994-02-23)February 23, 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Chemidor Tehran
PG 6 Farid Aslani 28 – (1988-07-04)July 4, 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Chemidor Tehran
SF 7 Mohammad Hassanzadeh 25 – (1990-10-06)October 6, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Sanat Naft Abadan
PG 8 Behnam Yakhchali 26 – (1990-07-12)July 12, 1990 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Petrochimi Bandar Imam
PG 9 Vahid Dalirzahan 21 – (1995-03-28)March 28, 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Niroo Zamini
SG 10 Ali Allahverdi 19 – (1996-11-14)November 14, 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Chemidor Tehran
PF 11 Oshin Sahakian 30 – (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Chemidor Tehran
C 12 Rouzbeh Arghavan 28 – (1988-05-18)May 18, 1988 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Azad University
SF 13 Mohammad Jamshidi 25 – (1991-07-30)July 30, 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Sanat Naft Abadan
F 14 Arsalan Kazemi 26 – (1990-04-22)April 22, 1990 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Niroo Zamini
C 15 Hamed Haddadi 31 – (1985-05-19)May 19, 1985 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized Player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

Qatar

[4]

Qatar men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G 4 Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad 20 – (1996-07-02)July 2, 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Al Gharafa Doha
SG 5 Malek Saleem Abdullah 31 – (1985-05-13)May 13, 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Rayyan Doha
G 6 Boney Harold Watson 38 – (1978-03-26)March 26, 1978 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Al-Wakrah Sport Club (basketball)
SG 7 Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Muftah 21 – (1994-10-30)October 30, 1994 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Qatar SC
F 8 Yassin Mahdi Taha 24 – (1992-01-01)January 1, 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Qatar SC
SG 9 Mohamed Hasaan A Mohamed 25 – (1991-08-03)August 3, 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Al Rayyan Doha
F 10 Abduallah Shaher Matalkeh 25 – (1991-03-08)March 8, 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Al Rayyan Doha
F 11 Erfan Ali 32 – (1983-12-20)December 20, 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Al Sadd Basketball Team
C 12 Abdelrahman Yehia Abdelhaleem 20 – (1996-06-26)June 26, 1996 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Al Rayyan Doha
C 13 Mohd Yousuf Mohamed 34 – (1982-09-09)September 9, 1982 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) El Jaish SC (basketball)
C 14 Khalid Abdalla Adam 23 – (1993-02-27)February 27, 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al-Shamal Sports Club
G 15 Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdelkawy 20 – (1995-11-23)November 23, 1995 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Al Rayyan Doha
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Georgios Bitzanis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

Iraq
Iraq men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F 4 Ahmed Al-Tameemi 32 – (1984-03-13)13 March 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Duhok SC
F 5 Dhulfiqar Al-Hchaimi 25 – (1991-05-24)24 May 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Al-Mina'a (basketball club)
PG 6 Ali Aljuboori 29 – (1987-04-09)9 April 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Al-Mina'a (basketball club)
F 7 Ali Ismael 27 – (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Al Shorta SC
G 8 Omar Alazawi 28 – (1988-05-12)12 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Naft Al-Janoob South Oil Basketball Club
F 9 Kevin Galloway 28 – (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Homenetmen Beirut B.C.
SF 10 Ali Hamad 30 – (1986-05-27)27 May 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Naft Al-Janoob South Oil Basketball Club
SF 12 Hussein Talib 26 – (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 13 Ali Hameed 32 – (1984-04-26)26 April 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Al-Mina'a (basketball club)
C 14 Ihab Al-Zuhairi 18 – (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
C 15 Mohammed Al-Khafaji 25 – (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Shorta SC
SG 30 Hassan Abdullah 24 – (1992-02-04)4 February 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Al-Kahraba (men's basketball)
Head coach
  • Srdjan Antic
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 September 2016

Group D

Japan

[5]

Japan men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
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Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 3 Naoto Tsuji 27 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders
PF 5 Yuki Mitsuhara 26 – (1989-12-12)12 December 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sunrockers Shibuya
PG 6 Makoto Hiejima 26 – (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Seahorses Mikawa
PG 7 Ryusei Shinoyama 28 – (1988-07-20)20 July 1988 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders
C 8 Atsuya Ota 32 – (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) San en Neophoneix
PG 11 Ryoma Hashimoto 28 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Seahorses Mikawa
SF 20 Takanobu Nishikawa 24 – (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Levanga Hokkiado
PG 22 Yuma Fujii 24 – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders
SG 25 Takatoshi Furukawa 28 – (1987-10-20)20 October 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tochigi Brex
PF 35 Ira Brown 34 – (1982-08-03)3 August 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Sunrockers Shibuya
PF 43 Yuya Nagayoshi 25 – (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders
SF 88 Tenketsu Harimoto 24 – (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 September 2016

South Korea
Korea men's national basketball team - 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 1 Kim Si-rae 27 – (1989-03-22)March 22, 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
F 3 Lee Jung-hyun 29 – (1987-03-03)March 3, 1987 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Anyang KGC
G 5 Kim Sun-hyung 28 – (1988-07-01)July 1, 1988 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Seoul SK Knights
G 6 Heo Hoon 21 – (1995-08-16)August 16, 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Yonsei University
G 9 Heo Ung 23 – (1993-08-05)August 5, 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Wonju Dongbu Promy
F 10 Cho Sung-min 32 – (1983-12-23)December 23, 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Busan KT Sonicboom
F 11 Heo Il-young 31 – (1985-08-05)August 5, 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Goyang Orion Orions
F 12 Jeong Hyo-geun 22 – (1993-12-14)December 14, 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Incheon ET Land Elephants
C 14 Choi Bu-kyung 27 – (1989-06-28)June 28, 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
C 15 Kim Jong-kyu 25 – (1991-07-03)July 3, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Changwon LG Sakers
C 31 Jang Jae-sok 25 – (1991-02-03)February 3, 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Goyang Orion Orions
F 33 Lee Seung-hyun 24 – (1992-04-16)April 16, 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Goyang Orion Orions
Head coach
  • Hur Jae
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kim Sang-sik
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized Player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 9, 2016

References
  1. Kazakhstan - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.COM. Accessed 13 February 2017.
  2. Ballesteros, Jan (August 26, 2016). "Lots of new faces in Final 12 of Gilas Pilipinas for Fiba Asia Challenge Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. India - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.COM. Accessed 13 April 2017.
  4. Qatar - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.COM. Accessed 13 February 2017.
  5. Japan - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.COM. Accessed 13 February 2017.
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