Antranik SC is a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

-Armenian

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 multi-sports club most known for its professional basketball

Basketball

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 program. It is located in Antelias

Antelias

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, Matn District

Matn District

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, Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. Named after the Armenian national figure Andranik Toros Ozanian

Andranik Toros Ozanian

Andranik Ozanian , Andranik Toros Ozanian , General Andranik , also as Antranik or Antranig was an Armenian general, political and public activist and freedom fighter, greatly admired as a national hero.-Early Age:Antranik Toros Ozanian was born in the church...

, it is the sports programme of the Lebanese Chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union

Armenian General Benevolent Union

The Armenian General Benevolent Union abbreviated as AGBU, is a non-profit Armenian organization. It was established in Cairo, Egypt in 1906...

 (AGBU) / Armenian Youth Union (AYU) ) and has branches in Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

, Antelias

Antelias

Antelias is a town in Lebanon. It is located around 5 km to the north of Beirut. Its inhabitants are mainly Christians and include Armenians , Maronites, Greek Catholics and Greek Orthodox ....

, Sevan and Zahlé

Zahlé

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.

Antranik Basketball

Antranik basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League

Lebanese Basketball League

The Lebanese Basketball League or FLB League or BANKMED FLB League is the top basketball league in Lebanon and one of the top leagues in Asia. It is organised annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation . The Men Division A made up of...

 1st division for many years. It's women basketball programme has won the Lebanese Basketball Championship and Arab Women Basketball Championship many times. It's sports stadium and venue for home games is in Demirdjian Center established in Antelias in October 1996.

Antranik 2010-2011 Men Basketball Roster

Coach: Aaron Mitchell

Lebanese Players

• Ali Kanaan
  Ali Kanaan
  Ali Kanaan is a Lebanese Canadian basketball player currently playing for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut and Lebanon national basketball team....
  
  
• Nadim Souaid
• Costy Kodsy
• Ziad Hamati

Two Imports

External links

• Official website of Antranik AGBU/AYU