2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: The height of the players (tallest & shortest: player, team, position) infographic
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Today’s infographic examines the height of the basketball players who participate in the 2014 FIBA Basketball Word Cup held in Spain (30 August – 14 September).
The shortest basketball player of the tournament is Philippine point guard Lewis Alfred ‘LA’ Tenorio standing at 1.70m (5’6”). There are 3 more participants below 1.80m (5’9”): one of them is Iranian point guard Sajjad Mashayekhi (1.78 m – 5’8”) and the other two play in the Philippines team. In fact the Philippines team has the lowest height average, 1.91m (6’3”) and point guards are the shortest in the tournament – average at 1.88m (6’2”) and usually is the position where shorter players thrive.
On the other end of the spectrum tallest team is Greece – average 2.04m (6’7”), followed close by Serbia. Centers are the tallest players – average at 2.10m (6’9”). The tallest participant of the 2014 FIBA World Cup is Iranian centre Hamed Haddadi standing at 2.18m (7’2”).
For comparison on the infographic the players stand by a backstop unit. The official distance from the basket ring to the ground is 3.05m (10’0”).
The (mean) average height of all the participants is 1.99m (6’5”).
It could be interesting to compare (link opens to a new window) the height of the participants of the FIBA basketball World Cup to the height of the participants of the equivalent 2014 FIFA World Cup (football). The average height of the 2014 Brazil World Cup footballers was 1.82m (5’11”).
Here is a table with the heights of each position and team (average) participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup:
| Height of: |
(cm) |
(ft) |
| Hamed Haddadi (Iran – center) | 218.0 | 7’2” |
| Centers (average) | 209.9 | 6’11” |
| Power Forwards (average) | 204.9 | 6’9” |
| Greece | 204.0 | 6’8” |
| Serbia | 203.9 | 6’8” |
| Croatia | 202.7 | 6’8” |
| Lithuania | 202.3 | 6’8” |
| All forwards (average) | 202.2 | 6’8” |
| Senegal | 201.6 | 6’7” |
| Australia | 201.4 | 6’7” |
| France | 200.9 | 6’7” |
| Turkey | 200.8 | 6’7” |
| USA | 200.8 | 6’7” |
| Brazil | 200.1 | 6’7” |
| Ukraine | 200.1 | 6’7” |
| Slovenia | 199.8 | 6’7” |
| Spain | 199.8 | 6’7” |
| Small Forwards (average) | 199.4 | 6’7” |
| All Players (average) | 199.1 | 6’6” |
| Finland | 198.6 | 6’6” |
| Argentina | 198.4 | 6’6” |
| Puerto Rico | 198.3 | 6’6” |
| Iran | 198.3 | 6’6” |
| Mexico | 197.0 | 6’6” |
| Egypt | 196.4 | 6’5” |
| Angola | 196.1 | 6’5” |
| New Zealand | 195.9 | 6’5” |
| Dominican Republic | 194.8 | 6’5” |
| Korea | 194.3 | 6’4” |
| Shooting Guards (average) | 193.7 | 6’4” |
| Philippines | 191.3 | 6’3” |
| All guards (average) | 190.3 | 6’3” |
| Point Guards (average) | 187.8 | 6’2” |
| Lewis Alfred ‘LA’ Tenorio (Philippines – Guard) | 170.0 | 5’7” |
Sources:
FIBA The Official Website of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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Reblogged this on etherealidiosyncrasies and commented:
A very interesting infographic of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and the bottom line why the Philippines is lagging behind
Philippines have great players who stands at average of 6’2″-6’3″. These players are usually great ball handlers, can shoot, can pass and penetrate. But in the U.S and Europe, there are plenty of players who are at the same caliber who happens to be 6′ 7″ to 6’10”. It is really too bad that height, strength and size plays a big role in this type of game. Perhaps, there are other sports that height and size does not play a role. Spain colonized many countries and introduced the game of soccer. Philippines was colonized by Spain for 330 years. Why did we not adapt soccer like the other countries. Instead we are so crazy, and passionate about basketball which was introduced by the Americans, who happens to be taller. It is clear that Basketball is catered for taller people countries. (Serbia, Croatia, US, etc..) If only we became passionate about soccer just like we are in Basketball, I think we are in every World Cup big event.