Burkina Faso men's national basketball team explained

Country:Burkina Faso
Coach:Bagouhinisse Dah
Nickname:Stallions
Joined Fiba:1964
Fiba Zone:FIBA Africa
National Fed:Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball
Oly Appearances:None
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:FIBA Africa Championship
Zone Appearances:1 (2013)
Zone Medals:None
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The Burkina Faso national basketball team is the national basketball team of Burkina Faso, governed by the Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball.[1]

Its main accomplishment was the qualification for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.

History

The qualification to the AfroBasket 2013 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast remains Burkina Faso's main accomplishment. Since then, the Burkina Faso "Stallions" have attempted to make a comeback. The Burkinabé did not make it through the AfroBasket 2015 qualification. In early 2021, they withdrew from the AfroBasket 2021 qualification. Burkina Faso has often struggled with the strong regional competition from neighbouring countries like Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire in the African qualifying Zone 3.[2]

The 1.8m (05.9feet) Point guard Herve Yaméogo had been team captain for many years. In a 2020 interview, the four-time champions with local side RCK highlighted the presence of Burkinabé national team players who play in Europe like Jean Victor Traore, Joris Bado and also others who play for universities in United States. Yet, he mentioned the failure of others who did not identify with their home nation.Yameogo further stressed the inequality of financial assistance from the government compared to association football. Burkina Faso has the Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000 which hosted the AfroBasket 2013 qualification and qualification games of the FIBA Africa Basketball League. According to Yaméogo, with better financing, it can host bigger basketball events.[2]

Competitive record

FIBA AfroBasket

Burkina Faso has played at the AfroBasket main tournament once, in 2013.

AfroBasket recordQualification record
YearRoundPosition
1964Did not qualify
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974
1975
1978
1980
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1992
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009Did not enter
2011
2013Round of 1616th5052112013
2015Did not qualify2022015
20174132017
2021Did not enter
2025To be determinedTo be determined2025
Total1/29505826

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games. Burkina Faso played at the African Games once, in 1973. Beginning with the 2019 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

African Games record
YearRoundPosition
1973No data available
1978Did not enter
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015

Current roster

Team for the AfroBasket 2017 qualification: (last publicized squad)

Past Rosters

Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:[3]

Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship:

Head coach position

Kit

Manufacturer

2013: Adidas

See also

External links

Videos

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/254/nfProf.html FIBA National Federations – Burkina Faso
  2. http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2021/qualifiers/news/burkina-fasos-herve-yameogo-aims-for-one-more-afrobasket-final-round-before-quitting Burkina Faso's Herve Yameogo aims for one more AfroBasket Final Round before quitting
  3. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/10466/tid/254/_/2015_Afrobasket_Qualifying_Round/index.html Burkina Faso | 2015 Afrobasket: Qualifying Round
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502000231/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/p/newsid/55390/arti.html Head coaches
  5. https://fiba.com/news/burkina-faso-call-up-20-players-for-fiba-afrobasket-2017-group-c-qualifiers Burkina Faso call up 20 players for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Group C Qualifiers