 Rouben Vesmadian | The Homenetmen Games have concluded in Athens, Greece. The games, the 7th in the series of Homenetmen Games were held 24-31 July 2005 with the participation of 500 athletes representing Homenetmen chapters from 12 countries worldwide. In the well-attended and followed basketball tournament. The Western USA basketball team for both men and women got the title. |
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Western USA teams win both golds in Homenetmen Games
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Quarter Final Results in Pan-Armenian Games
Rouben Vesmadian | The First Pan-Armenian Basketball Championships are being held in Yerevan, capital of the Republic of Armenia. |
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Valley and Yerevan to the Pan Armenian Finals
Rouben Vesmadian | In the semi-finals of the First Pan-Armenian Basketball Championships being held in Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia, and in a top game between two Armenian champion team from California, the Valley team (AGBU) was able to defeat Glendale (Homenetmen) team by a score of 80-73 and this despite the absence of 6' 6 David Lalazarian, a starting player the Valley |
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Yerevan Champions of First Pan-Armenian Tournament; Valley Second, Glendale Third
Rouben Vesmadian | Yerevan basketball team, effectively a national representative team of the Republic of Armenia have been crowned champions of the first pan-Armenian Basketball Tournament that took place in the capital Yerevan August 20-27, 2005. Although the opponents Valley (of the Armenian General Benevolent Union - AGBU) and champions of 1999 and 2001 Pan-Armenian Games were a good match to Yerevan. |
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Rouben Vesmadian Plays for German DJK Munich
Rouben Vesmadian | The talented Australian-Armenian basketball player Rouben Vesmadian (191-G-83, college: Fresno St.) has signed in September 15, 2005 with the German DJK Munich for a full seaon 2005-2005 to play in the German Regional Basketball Bundesliga. |
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Basketball fun.
 Rouben Vesmadian | The 7th Pan Armenian Games are being held in Duisburg, Germany this year, on April 14th through 16th, 2006. On the third Pan Armenian Games in Yerevan 2003, the now superleague basketball player Rouben Vesmadian (191-G-83, agency: DELFI Sport, college: Fresno St.) was part of the Sydney Team, and averaged 34 points per game. |
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Armenian Rouben Vesmadian moved to Frankfurt
Rouben Vesmadian | Armenian pro baller Rouben Vesmadian (191-G-83, college: Fresno St.) moved from DJK SB Munchen to Eintracht Frankfurt and already played in four games, averaging currently 9 ppg for the Eagles. Frankfurt is currently in the middle of the standings after a slow start into the season and recent losses. |
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Armenian teams can participate in the International Tournaments
 Sevag Keucheyan | The President of the basketball Federation of Armenia, Grachya Rostomyan asked the sponsors to help in order to develop this sport in the country. Armenia is on the 32nd place out of 51 in Fiba rating. After congress in Tokyo, the country is increased to group B from group C. |
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Keucheyan scored 13 points for Herens
Sevag Keucheyan | Sevag Keucheyan (178-G-78, agency: Court Side) Sevag who is the only representative from Armenia in the Swiss Championship had a great game in Round 8. His team Herens beat Geneva Devils 87:81. Sevag Keucheyan scored 13 points, while the top scorer of Herens was Thomas with 22 points. After that game Herens is sixth in the League. The team has 4 wins and 4 losses. |
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Keucheyan's team did not qualify to the final
 Sevag Keucheyan | Sion Herens Basket did not qualify to the final of Swiss League Cup after the team lost to Lugano Tigers 66:84. Our Keuchevan could not help the team during the away game. It was a come back game for Armenian player as he missed some of the games in the National Championship as well. |
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Armenian international basketball tournament scheduled for April in Martigue, France
Rouben Vesmadian | In April 2007, Armenian basketball players will participate in an international tournament to be held in the French city of Martigue. Armenian basketball teams from Russia, France, Italy, Canada and others are expected to take part in the competition. Each team will hold four games in the framework of the tournament. |
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Vesmadian Postpones Surgery, Returns to Frankfurt
Rouben Vesmadian | After sitting out the first half of the season with a groin injury, Australian-Armenian Basketball player Rouben Vesmadian (191-G-83, college: Fresno St.) has postponed groin surgery and returned to Eintracht Frankurt basketball club. Vesmadian tore his groin last July in the NBA Summer Pro League Camp in Long Beach. |
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Glendale's schools filled with Armenian talents
Rouben Vesmadian | The city of Glendale hostst the third largest population of residents of Armenian descent (85.000 of 210.000 residents in the city are Armenian).Therefor , you will find many talented basketball players with Armenian heritage on the high school level.Currently , Zareh Zargaryan could be the next Armenian on a NCAA Div. I school, a 6-6 versatile forward that is even able to play the point. |
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Vesmadian with outstanding performance
Rouben Vesmadian | Rouben Vesmadian (191-G-83, college: Fresno St.) showed heart and converted five three-point shots in a close 67-65 loss to MJC Trier in the Regionalliga Southwest-North last weekend. The skillful guard did a great job as Frankfurt rallied back from a 10 point deficit in the third quarter and scored 21 points for the Eagles. |
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7th European Inter-community Tournament of U.A.S. Union Armenienne de Suisse; Hosts Geneva snatch men's basketball title from LA
Adam Thoseby | The 7th European Inter-community Tournament of Geneva organised by Union Armenienne de Suisse (U.A.S. -- official website http://www.uasdirect.com ) was held 6 to 9 April, 2007 with the participation of 600 Armenian athletes ina variety of sports. |
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England thrashes Armenia to go Top 8
 Adam Thoseby | England U16 - Armenia U16 139:24 England grabbed another victory at the U16 European championship in Macedonia. They dismantled Armenia to remain undefeated in Group B. The victory meant England improved to 4-0 record and completed the preliminary round atop of their group. The intrigue vanished in the first frame as England players established a 34:11 advantage. |
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2015 Pan-Armenian Summer Games will be unprecedented
| The 6th Pan-Armenian Summer Games will be held on 2-13 August as part of the events dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games reports, according to NEWS.am Sport. 'The 6th Pan-Armenian Summer Games will be unprecedented not only in terms of the number of participants, but also in terms of the geography. The Games will be held in Yerevan, Stepanakert, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Abovyan and Artashat. Whereas there were nearly 3,200 participan... |
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Drazen Brajkovic takes over U20 National Team
 Drazen Brajkovic | Drazen Brajkovic has been appointed the new head coach of the Armenian U20 National Team. The Croatian specialist will prepare the Armenian youngsters for the upcoming U20 European Championship in Division B. Armenia will play in Group A in Halkida, Greece. They will fight alongside Portugal, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia and Georgia in the pool. Drazen Brajkovic has been lately worked with Kosice in Slovak Republic. Previously he had stints with various teams in Croatia. He also guided Croat... |
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Trefl Sopot signs Anthony Ireland, ex Aragatz
 Anthony Ireland | Trefl Sopot (TBL) signed 25-year old American point guard Anthony Ireland (175-79kg-91, college: Loyola Mary). He just played at Aragatz in Armenian D1 league. Ireland also played at Arkadikos (A2) in Greek league earlier that season. In 8 D1 games he had 7.0ppg, 1.8rpg and 1.6apg this season. The last season he played at Chalon/Saor (ProA) in French league. In 33 games he recorded 9.2ppg, 2.6rpg and 3.4apg. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Ireland's team ma... |
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Bryant Dunston to play for Armenian NT
 Bryant Dunston | Bryant Dunston (203-C-86) is among the Armenian National Team training camp invitees. The center has agreed to play for Armenia in the upcoming European Championship for Small Countries. Armenia will gather on June 1 and soon after will travel to Moldova to take part in the international friendly tournament. Bryant Dunston spent the last season with Anadolu Efes in Turkey. He tallied 9.9 points, 6.0 rebounds per game in Turkish League. In EuroLeague his stats read 7.9 points and 5.0 rebou... |
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