Liberia men's national basketball team explained

Country:Liberia
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Coach:Adam Sackor
Joined Fiba:1964
Fiba Zone:FIBA Africa
National Fed:LBF
Oly Appearances:None
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:FIBA Africa Championship
Zone Appearances:2 (1983, 2007)
Zone Medals:None
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The Liberia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Liberia. It is administered by the Liberia Basketball Federation.[1] Its last qualification to the FIBA Africa Championship dates back to 2007.[2] Its most noteworthy international performance was in 1983 when Liberia finished among Africa's 10 elite basketball teams.[3] According to the website, Afrobasket.com, the Liberia National Basketball team has not been in existence since 2013.[4]

Current squad

Team for the AfroBasket 2007.[5] (last publicized squad)

At the AfroBasket 2007 in Angola, Raphael M. Quaye played most minutes and recorded most assists and steals for Liberia.[6]

Depth chart

Notable players

Other current notable players from Liberia:

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

YearPositionTournamentHost
1983 9 Alexandria, Egypt
2007 16 Angola

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games.

Past rosters

1983 FIBA Africa Championship

finished 9th among 10 teams

2007 FIBA Africa Championship

finished 16th among 16 teams

John Bing, Jethro Bing, Varney Tulay, Marcus Wolo, Fitzgerald Cole, Alphonso Kuiah, Raphael Quaye, Francis Fayiah, Alvin Tapeh, Mark Smith, Joseph Lackey, Richelieu Allison, Cephus Solo, Meshach McBorrough, Samuel Assembe (Coach: Allan Jallah)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBA.com: Profile – Liberia . 29 January 2012.
  2. Web site: archive.FIBA.com: 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . 30 January 2012.
  3. Web site: archive.FIBA.com: 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Men . 30 January 2012.
  4. Web site: 2020. Afrobasket. Afrobasket.com.
  5. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/5766/tid/318/_/2007_FIBA_Africa_Championship_for_Men_Final_Round/index.html Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men
  6. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/5766/tid/318/_/2007_FIBA_Africa_Championship_for_Men_Final_Round/accumulated-statistics.html Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men