Taiwan national basketball team

Taiwan 台灣 (中華 台北)
Association	Chinese Taipei Basketball Association
FIBA member since	1981
FIBA world rankings	35
Trainer	Chin-tse Hsu
World championships
Participation in the finals	2
Best results	4th place (1959)
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	11th place (1956)
Continental championships
championship	Asian basketball championship
Participation in the finals	23
Best results	Silver (1960, 1962)
Homepage	www.basketball-tpe.org
(As of October 2, 2015)

The Taiwanese national basketball team represents the Republic of China in men's international basketball games. Because of the political conflict with the People's Republic of China , the team officially competes under the name “ Chinese Taipei ”.

history

The national basketball team of Taiwan already participated in the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games . She took 15th place. The best results in international tournaments was fourth place at the 1959 World Cup . It was the second best result of an Asian team at the world championships. Also in the 1950s two second places in the basketball competition of the Asian Games in 1954 and 1958 fell. At the Asian Basketball Championships, Taiwan succeeded in winning two silver medals in 1960 and 1963, two bronze medals at the tournaments in 1973 and 1989. Because of the conflict with China, Taiwan could not take part in five Asian championships in a row (1975-1983).

Performing in international competitions

Olympic games

See also : Summer Olympics

1936 - 15th place 1948 - 18th place 1956 - 11th place

World championships

See also : World Basketball Championship

1954 - 5th place 1959 - 4th place

Asian Championships

See also : Asian Basketball Championship

1960 - silver medal 1963 - silver medal 1965 - 5th place 1967 - 5th place 1969 - 4th place 1971 - 4th place 1973 - bronze medal 1986 - 6th place 1987 - 5th place 1989 - bronze medal

1991 - 4th place 1993 - 5th place 1995 - 4th place 1997 - 6th place 2003 - 4th place 2001 - 7th place 2003 - 11th place 2005 - 9th place 2007 - 6th place 2009 - 5th place

2011 - 8th place 2013 - 4th place 2015 - 13th place

Basketball competition at the Asian Games

See also : Asian Games

1954 - silver medal 1958 - silver medal 1966 - 5th place 1970 - 4th place 1990 - 5th place 1994 - 6th place 1998 - 5th place 2002 - 7th place 2006 - 8th place 2014 - 9th place

Squad at the 2013 Asian Cup

No.	position	Surname	Size (cm]	Year of birth	Current club
4th	center	Wen-Ting Tseng	203	1984	Shanghai Dongfang Sharks
5	center	Quincy Davis	203	1983	Pure Youth Construction
6th	Guard	Hsueh-Lin Lee	176	1984	Beijing Ducks
7th	Forward	Lei Tien	202	1983	Dacin Tigers
8th	Guard	Shih-Chieh Chen	175	1984	Pure Youth Construction
9	Guard	Chih-Shan Hung	176	1985	DongGuan New Century Leopards
10	Guard	Po-Chen Chou	176	1985	Yulon Luxgen
11	Guard	Chin-Min Yang	189	1984	Shanxi Zhongyu
12	Forward	Chih-Chieh Lin	192	1982	Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
13	Forward	Cheng-Ju Lu	194	1986	Yulon Luxgen
14th	Forward	Wen-Cheng Tsai	190	1985	Pure Youth Construction
15th	Forward	Douglas Creighton	196	1985	Pure Youth Construction
	Trainer	Chin-tse Hsu

Web links

• Official website of the Taiwan Basketball Association