China men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see China women's national basketball team.

China
FIBA ranking30 Decrease 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1974
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationCBA
CoachGuo Shiqiang
Nickname(s)Team Dragon
Olympic Games
Appearances9
FIBA World Cup
Appearances10
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances22
MedalsGold Gold: (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)
Silver Silver: (2009)
Bronze Bronze: (1985, 1997)
Asian Games
Appearances13
MedalsGold Gold: (1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018)
Silver Silver: (1982, 2002)
Bronze Bronze: (1974, 2022)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIBA Asia Cup 16 1 2
Asian Games 8 2 2
Total 24 3 4
China national basketball team
Traditional Chinese中國國家男子籃球隊
Simplified Chinese中国国家男子篮球队
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Guójiā Nánzǐ Lánqiú Duì

The China men's national basketball team (nickname Team Dragon) represents the People's Republic of China in international basketball tournaments. The national team is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).[2] Based on the number of tournament titles, China is considered a major basketball powerhouse in Asia and has by far the most successful basketball program on the continent.

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.