Kenya men's national basketball team explained

Country:Kenya
Coach:Cliff Owuor
Nickname:Morans[1]
Team Colours:White, Red and Green
Joined Fiba:1965
Fiba Zone:FIBA Africa
Wc Appearances:0
Zone Championship:AfroBasket
Zone Appearances:4
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Kenya national basketball team is the national men basketball team in Kenya. It is operated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF).

Kenya hosted the 1993 FIBA Africa Championship where the team beat Algeria by an 80-50 blowout and progressed to the semi-final on a point differential, its best performance to date.

History

Basketball in Kenya was started in Mang'u High School in the 1960s by the Marianist Brothers when Brother Frank Russell took over as Principal. He had previous experience in the USA as a sports master and basketball coach in several schools.

Kenya beat Africa's 11-time champion Angola 74–73 in the AfroBasket 2021 qualification in Yaoundé, Cameroon, hence booking a place at the African tournament for the first time since 1993.[1]

In 2020, Kenya hired Australian Liz Mills as head coach, the first female coach in the Morans' history.[2] She helped the team qualify for AfroBasket 2021, its first tournament in 18 years. Mills became the first female head coach to coach at an AfroBasket tournament.

In 2022, Kenya hired former national team coach Cliff Owuor for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.[3] Under Owuor leadership the team went 0-6 in the first round of the qualifiers and failed to progress to the second round.[4] Owuor will continue to lead the team for the 2023 FIBA AfoCan with the team automatically qualifying to the final round due to the team finishing runners up in the 2019 edition.

Kenya also has a u16 boys team and a u18 boys team that are also part of FIBA and the Olympic Committee. Kenyas u18 National Team is led by their team captain from Chicago, Illinois. His name is Iffi Kazmi, a 6’2 Guard that plays for Chi-Prep Sports Academy.

In July 2023 the team will compete in the 2023 AfroCAN tournament. They automatically qualified to the final stage by coming second in the 2019 edition but finished 6th in the final standings. The event was hosted in Angola.[5]

Competitions

FIBA Basketball World Cup

YearRoundPositionwidth=30 width=30 width=30
Not a FIBA member
1954
1959
1963
Did not qualify
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019
// 2023
To be determined
Total0/209 0 9

AfroBasket

Fourth place  

YearRoundPositionwidth=30width=30width=30
1965Did not qualify
1968
1970
1972
1974
1975
1978
1983
Classification round 12th 6 0 6
Did not qualify
Preliminary round 11th 4 0 4
Did not qualify
Fourth place 4th 5 1 4
Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2013
Round of 16 9th 4 1 3
To be determined
Total Fourth place 4th 19 2 17

African Games

FIBA AfroCan

Runners-up  

YearRoundPositionwidth=30 width=30 width=30
Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1
6th place 6th 5 2 3
Total 2/2 2nd 5 2 3

Team

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket Qualifiers 2025.[6]

Head coach position

Past rosters

Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.kbc.co.ke/top-coach-relishes-leading-kenya-in-afrobasket-championship/ Top coach relishes leading Kenya in AfroBasket Championship
  2. Web site: Ayieko . Odindo . Just who is Liz Mills, Kenya Morans' first-ever female coach? . The Standard . 1 September 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: Cliff Owuor returns as Kenya Morans head coach .
  4. Web site: Kenya at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers .
  5. Web site: FIBA AfroCAN 2023 .
  6. Web site: Team Roster Kenya. fiba.basketball. 12 September 2021.
  7. News: DANN OWERRE . Coach Owuor pursues France-based Awich ahead of Afro-basket. 6 October 2020 . . 10 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Just who is Liz Mills, Kenya Morans' first-ever female coach? : The standard Sports.
  9. Web site: Kenya 2015 Afrobasket ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM.