FIBA ranking Appearances 5 Appearances 7 Coach Carlos Dinis Joined FIBA 1979 | FIBA zone FIBA Africa Medals None Medals None Location Angola | |
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National federation Federação Angolana de Basquetebol | ||
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The Angolan national basketball team represents Angola in international basketball matches, and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
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History
Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on February 1st 1976, having lost 62-71.
International competitions
Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIBA World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and the 2010 FIBA World Championship, as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 14 championships, with the first coming in 1989, and the most recent in 2013. In addition, they won the tournament at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2003 All-Africa Games and 2007 All-Africa Games.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Angola competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Group B, alongside Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, and Spain. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand, and Japan), and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 loses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.
Roster
Team for the 2016 Olympics qualifier.