The Thang Long Warriors is a Vietnamese professional basketball team founded in 2017 and based in Hanoi, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association.[1]

Thang Long Warriors
Thang Long Warriors logo
NicknameWarriors
LeaguesVietnam Basketball Association
Founded2017
ArenaTay Ho District Arena
Team coloursRed, Black, White
     
Main sponsorAudi Vietnam
PresidentVietnam Ms. Tracy Thu Luong
Head coachUnited States Chris Daleo
ChampionshipsVBA 2017
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/TLWarriors/

The Warriors won their first championship at the VBA 2017 and have never missed VBA Playoffs until 2022 when they finished 5-7 and missed the playoffs for first time ever.

Apart from playing pro, the Warriors also takes part in developing Vietnam basketball with their Thang Long Warriors Basketball Academy and their U19, U17 team.

Season-by-season record

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Season Coach Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
2017 Lee Tao Dana 12 3 .800 1st 5 2 .714 League Champions
2018 Predrag Lukic 10 5 .667 2nd 0 2 .000 Semi-finals
2019 Matt Juranek 7 8 .467 4th 1 2 .333 Semi-finals
2020 Predrag Lukic 8 4 .667 2nd 3 3 .500 Finals
2021 Predrag Lukic Season canceled due to Covid-19
2022 Predrag Lukic 5 7 .417 5th Did not qualify
2023 Chris Daleo 11 7 .611 4th 0 2 .000 Semi-finals
Totals 53 34 .609 9 11 .450 1 League Championship

Current roster

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Thang Long Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G 0   Sameen Swint (IP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1995-01-28)28 January 1995
C 22   John Fields III (IP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 36 – (1988-03-30)30 March 1988
F 12     Justin Young (HP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-03-09)9 March 1993
G 8   Phạm Nhật Thái Quang 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 18 – (2006-05-31)31 May 2006
F/C 1   Đậu Trung Kiên 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (2000-07-30)30 July 2000
G 4   Nguyễn Anh Hào 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 19 – (2005-05-21)21 May 2005
G/F 5   Nguyễn Thành Công 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (2001-09-05)5 September 2001
G 6   Trương Hoàng Trung 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 30 – (1993-10-24)24 October 1993
F 7   Đặng Thái Hưng 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1993-06-04)4 June 1993
F 11   Trần Phi Hoàng Long 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 22 – (2002-06-16)16 June 2002
C 14   Nguyễn Văn Hùng 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1995-04-10)10 April 1995
G 9   Lê Hoàng Quân 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 19 – (2005-01-10)10 January 2005
G 30   Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 23 – (2001-08-13)13 August 2001
F 21   Hoàng Thế Hiển 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1995-10-02)2 October 1995
G/F 65   Lê Hiếu Thành 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991
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Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (HP) Heritage player
  •   Injured

Updated: 27 July 2022

Head coach

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  •   Lee Tao Dana (2017)
  •   Predrag Lukic (2018, 2020-2022)
  •   Matt Juranek (2019)
  •   Chris Daleo (2023)

Uniforms

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Social sites

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References

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  1. ^ "The sixth VBA team Thang Long Warriors just revealed their logo". aseansports.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

Videos

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