Trinidad and Tobago men's national basketball team explained

Country:Trinidad and Tobago
Joined Fiba:1958
Fiba Zone:FIBA Americas
Zone Championship:FIBA AmeriCup
National Fed:National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT)
Zone Appearances:None
Zone Championship2:Caribbean Championship
Zone Appearances2:10
Zone Medals2: Gold: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
Silver: 1981, 1982, 1996
Wc Appearances:None
Oly Appearances:None
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The Trinidad and Tobago national basketball team represents Trinidad and Tobago in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago. (NBFTT)[1]

The team won four straight gold medals from 1986–1990 in the FIBA CBC Championship. Overall, Trinidad and Tobago has six total medals in this tournament and is second in the medal list only one behind the Bahamas which has seven.

Trinidad and Tobago's last official squad was for the 2010 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo. There, Trinidad and Tobago was the only team that defeated the eventual champion Puerto Rico.[2]

History

In the 2009 CBC Trinidad finished in fourth place with a 3–0 record led by Ian Young who averaged 18.6 PPG and Wilferd Benjamin who averaged 12.4 PPG and led their team with a total of 45 rebounds. A close second was Julius Ashby who had 41 rebounds.

Competitions

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup

yet to qualify

FIBA AmeriCup

yet to qualify

Centrobasket

See also: Centrobasket.

Caribbean Championship

See also: FIBA CBC Championship.

Commonwealth Games

See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games. never participated

Current roster

At the 2010 Centrobasket:[3] (last publicized squad)

Depth chart

Notable players

Other current notable players from Trinidad and Tobago:

Kit

Manufacturer

2010: Adidas

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=374 FIBA National Federations – Trinidad and Tobago
  2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/B/rid/7875/sid/7786/tid/374/_/2010_Centro_Basket_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html 2010 Centro Basket Championship for Men
  3. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/7786/tid/374/_/2010_Centro_Basket_Championship_for_Men/index.html Trinidad and Tobago | 2010 Centro Basket Championship for Men