Ho Chi Minh City Wings

Ho Chi Minh City Wings
Leagues	VBA
Founded	2016
Arena	Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena
Capacity	2,000
Location	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team colours	Royal blue, Yellow
President	Trần Anh Tú
Head coach	Erik Olsen
Website	www.vba.vn/wings
Home Away

The Ho Chi Minh City Wings are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association.^[1]

History

During the offseason after their inaugural seam, the Wings announced that Finnish head coach Mika Turunen would not return for their sophomore season and named former Vietnam national basketball team head coach Rick Magallanes as his replacement.^[2]

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Regular Season				Post Season
		Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2016	Mika Turunen	11	5	.688	2nd	2	3	.400	Finals
2017	Ricky Magallanes	5	10	.333	5th	Did not qualify
2018	Hứa Phong Hảo	1	14	.067	6th	Did not qualify
2019	Predrag Lukic	8	7	.533	3rd	0	2	.000	Semi-finals
2020	Gediminas Meiliunas	3	9	.250	7th	Did not qualify
2021	Erik Olsen	4	3	.571	4th	1	1	.500	Quarterfinals; Season cut short due to COVID-19
2022	Erik Olsen	6	6	.500	4th	0	2	.000	Semi-finals
2023	Erik Olsen	6	12	.333	6th	Did not qualify
2024	Lee Tao Dana	3	17	.150	6th	Did not qualify
Totals		47	83	.362		3	8	.273

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Ho Chi Minh City Wings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 0 Devon Thomas (IP) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 31 – (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 F 13 De'Sean Parsons (IP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 G 3 Vincent Nguyen (HP) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 30 – (1995-09-29)29 September 1995 F 1 Chí Anh Mladenovik 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 G 4 Huỳnh Thanh Tâm 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 26 – (1999-08-11)11 August 1999 G 6 Nguyễn Thanh Tùng 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (2000-07-26)26 July 2000 G 7 Nguyễn Huỳnh Hải 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 38 – (1987-06-20)20 June 1987 F 14 Lê Ngọc Tú 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 35 – (1990-10-09)9 October 1990 G 15 Lê Trần Đăng Huỳnh 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1997-03-06)6 March 1997 F 20 Tân Hải Đăng 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (2000-05-29)29 May 2000 F 21 Bùi Anh Khoa 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (2002-02-28)28 February 2002 F 23 Vũ Đoàn Minh Phương 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1998-11-17)17 November 1998 F 33 Cao Đắc Luận 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 F 39 Nguyễn Tuấn Vinh 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 F 91 Nguyễn Thành Phát 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 F 98 Trần Văn Trung 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 27 – (1998-12-26)26 December 1998	Head coach Erik Olsen Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (HP) Heritage player Injured Roster Updated: 29 March 2019

References

1. Hodge, Harry. "Vietnam is getting a pro basketball league". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
2. "Magallanes to coach HCM City Wings in new season". vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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^[2]

1. Ho Chi Minh City Wings live scores, results, fixtures | Basketball, Vietnam. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://www.flashscore.com/team/ho-chi-minh-city-wings/lzgxbgeB/
2. Eurobasket. (n.d.). Ho Chi Minh City Wings basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-asia-basket. Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx