| Country: | Zambia |
| Coach: | Mwape Konsolo |
| Joined Fiba: | 1962 |
| Fiba Zone: | FIBA Africa |
| National Fed: | Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) |
| Zone Appearances: | 1 (1989) |
| Zone Medals: | None |
| Wc Appearances: | None |
| Oly Appearances: | None |
| H Pattern B: | _thingreensides |
| H Body: | ffa500 |
| H Shorts: | ffa500 |
| A Pattern B: | _thinblacksides |
| A Body: | 008000 |
| A Shorts: | 008000 |
The Zambia national basketball team represents Zambia in international competitions. It is administered by the Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA).[1]
Zambia had its best year in 1989 at the FIBA Africa Championship when it finished in Africa's Top Ten, ahead of Kenya.
At the AfroBasket 2017 qualification, Zambia beat South Africa for the first time in history.[2]
Roster for the AfroBasket 2021 qualification matches played on 22–26 January 2020 against Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
Zambia has qualified for an AfroBasket tournament once, in 1989 when it lost all its five games in Angola and finished 10th.
| AfroBasket record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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| 1962 | Did not enter or qualify | |||||||||
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| 1989 | Classification round | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 1992 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
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| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2011 | ||||||
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2013 | ||||||
| 2015 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2017 | ||||||
 2021 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2021 | ||||||
| 2025 | Did not enter | 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
| FIBA AfroCan record | Qualification record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | – | |||||||
| 2019 | Did not enter | Not held | ||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | |||||
| Total | 0/2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | ||
Team for the AfroBasket 2013 qualification.[4] Team for the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers.[5]
At the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers, Mumba Abraham Mwansa led the team in minutes, rebounds and blocks per game.
Chongo Chona led his team in total points, Simukwela Lishomwa Lubinda led his team in total assists.