Angola men's national basketball team explained

Country:Angola
Coach:Josep Clarós
Joined Fiba:1979
Fiba Zone:FIBA Africa
National Fed:FAB Portuguese: [[Federação Angolana de Basquetebol]]
Oly Appearances:5
Wc Appearances:9
Zone Championship:AfroBasket
Zone Appearances:21
Zone Medals: Gold: (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Silver: (1983, 1985, 2011, 2015)
Bronze: (1987, 1997)
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The Angolan men's national basketball team 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.

History

Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71.[1]

International competitions

Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Championship, the 2010 World Championship, and the 2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 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 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 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.

2014 FIBA World Championship

Angola qualified for the event through winning the AfroBasket 2013, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Angola was especially noteworthy for its rebounds and steals. In both categories, the African Champion was among the top-5 at the World Cup.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD
Moscow 1980Did not qualify
Seoul 1988
Barcelona 199210th7 2 5 478 539 −61
Atlanta 19969th7 2 5 446 516 −70
Sydney 200012th6 0 6 363 480 −117
Athens 200412th6 0 6 380 504 −124
Beijing 200812th5 0 5 321 477 −156
London 2012Did not qualify
Rio 2016
Tokyo 2020
Paris 2024
Total5/120 titles3142719882516−528

FIBA World Cup

YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD
Colombia 1982Did not qualify
Spain 198620th5 1 4 334 417 −83
Argentina 199013th8 3 5 710 680 +30
Canada 199416th8 1 7 532 633 −101
Greece 1998Did not qualify
United States 200211th8 2 6 600 698 −98
Japan 20069th6 3 3 513 474 +39
Turkey 201015th6 2 4 406 535 −129
Spain 201417th5 2 3 375 399 −24
China 201927th5 1 4 350 435 −85
26th5 1 4 368 410 −42
To be determined
Total9/120 titles 56164041884681−493

FIBA Africa Championship

YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD
Rabat 19807th5 2 3 371 404 −33
Mogadishu 198110th5 1 6 275 295 −20
Alexandria 1983Final roundbgcolor=silver2nd6 3 3 450 443 +7
Abidjan 1985Final roundbgcolor=silver2nd7 5 2 576 512 +64
Tunis 1987Final round3rd5 4 1 387 341 +46
Luanda 1989Final round1st7 7 0 607 391 +216
Cairo 1992Final roundbgcolor=gold1st6 6 0 474 380 +94
Nairobi 1993Final roundbgcolor=gold1st6 5 1 522 395 +127
Algiers 1995Final roundbgcolor=gold1st5 5 0 421 253 +168
Dakar 1997Final round3rd5 4 1 324 243 +81
Luanda / Cabinda 1999Final round1st7 7 0 586 392 +194
Rabat / Casablanca 2001Final roundbgcolor=gold1st7 6 1 489 406 +83
Alexandria 2003Final roundbgcolor=gold1st7 7 0 603 433 +170
Algiers 2005Final roundbgcolor=gold1st8 8 0 630 400 +230
5 cities 2007Final round1st6 6 0 574 351 +223
Tripoli / Benghazi 2009Final roundbgcolor=gold1st9 9 0 768 601 +167
Antananarivo 2011Final roundbgcolor=silver2nd7 5 2 566 491 +75
Abidjan 2013Final roundbgcolor=gold1st7 7 0 551 411 +140
Radès 2015Final roundbgcolor=silver2nd7 5 2 493 462 +31
Final Round7th4 2 2 270 257 +13
Final Round5th5 2 3 356 347 +9
Angola 2025Qualified as host
Total22/2211 titles13110625102938208+2085

FIBA AfroCan

YearRoundPositionGPWL
Third place 3rd 5 4 1
7th place 7th 5 3 3
TotalThird place2/21074

African Games

YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD
Nairobi 1987Final roundbgcolor=gold1st5 4 1 – – –
Cairo 1991No data available
Harare 1995Final round4th5 2 3 – – –
Jo'burg 1999Final roundbgcolor=silver2nd5 4 1 398 358 +40
Abuja 2003Final round3rd3 3 0 228 180 +48
Algiers 2007Final roundbgcolor=gold1st8 8 0 576 479 +97
Maputo 2011Final round3rd7 6 1 487 424 +63
Brazzaville 2015Final roundbgcolor=gold1st6 6 0 511 359 +152
Total8/83 titles3933622001800+400

Team

See main article: List of Angola men's national basketball team players.

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[2]

Notable players

Head coach position

[3] [4] [5] [6]

Coach Years
1999–2005
2009–2010
2011
May 2013 – August 2013
February 2015 – August 2015
February 2016 –
May 2017 – September 2017
November 2017 – ?
José Neto2020
Josep ClarósApril 2021–present[7]

Past rosters

[8] [9] [10] [11]

All-time record against all nations

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Trajectória Seleção nacional sénior masculino no Afrobasket . Nexus.ao . 16 August 2005 . 11 June 2016 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804020813/http://www.nexus.ao/ver_desporto.cfm?id=9529 . 4 August 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Angola roster for the FIBA Olympic Qualifier Tournament.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502000231/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/p/newsid/55390/arti.html Head coaches
  4. Web site: Basketball: Spanish Moncho Lopez appointed new coach of Angola . ANGOP – Angolan News Agency . 9 February 2015 . 10 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Basketball: Carlos Dinis named new national head coach . ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 2 February 2016 . 1 February 2016 .
  6. Web site: Basketball: US coach takes over Angolan basketball team . ANGOP – Angolan News Agency . 12 November 2017 . 14 November 2017 .
  7. Web site: Angola name Pepe Claros as head coach of men's national team . 31 August 2022 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  8. Web site: Angola roster – 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . FIBA.com . 12 December 2013.
  9. Web site: Angola roster – 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . FIBA.com . 12 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Angola roster – 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . FIBA.com . 12 December 2013.
  11. Web site: Angola roster – 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . FIBA.com . 12 December 2013.

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