Angola men's national basketball team
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FIBA ranking | 33 Decrease 1 (26 November 2024)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1979 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
National federation | FAB Portuguese: Federação Angolana de Basquetebol | ||
Coach | Josep Clarós | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 9 | ||
AfroBasket | |||
Appearances | 21 | ||
Medals | Gold Gold: (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) Silver Silver: (1983, 1985, 2011, 2015) Bronze Bronze: (1987, 1997) | ||
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The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
History
Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71.[2]
International competitions
Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Championship, the 2010 World Championship, and the 2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 championships, with the first coming in 1989, and the most recent in 2013. In addition, they won the tournament at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2003 All-Africa Games and 2007 All-Africa Games.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Angola competed at the 2006 World Championship in Group B, alongside Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, and Spain. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand, and Japan), and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.
2014 FIBA World Championship
Angola qualified for the event through winning the AfroBasket 2013, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Angola was especially noteworthy for its rebounds and steals. In both categories, the African Champion was among the top-5 at the World Cup.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
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FIBA World Cup
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FIBA Africa Championship
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GS | GA | GD |
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Morocco Rabat 1980 | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 371 | 404 | −33 | |
Somalia Mogadishu 1981 | 10th | 5 | 1 | 6 | 275 | 295 | −20 | |
Egypt Alexandria 1983 | Final round | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 450 | 443 | +7 |
Ivory Coast Abidjan 1985 | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 576 | 512 | +64 |
Tunisia Tunis 1987 | Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 387 | 341 | +46 |
Angola Luanda 1989 | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 607 | 391 | +216 |
Egypt Cairo 1992 | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 474 | 380 | +94 |
Kenya Nairobi 1993 | Final round | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 522 | 395 | +127 |
Algeria Algiers 1995 | Final round | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 421 | 253 | +168 |
Senegal Dakar 1997 | Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 324 | 243 | +81 |
Angola Luanda / Cabinda 1999 | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 586 | 392 | +194 |
Morocco Rabat / Casablanca 2001 | Final round | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 489 | 406 | +83 |
Egypt Alexandria 2003 | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 603 | 433 | +170 |
Algeria Algiers 2005 | Final round | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 630 | 400 | +230 |
Angola 5 cities 2007 | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 574 | 351 | +223 |
Libya Tripoli / Benghazi 2009 | Final round | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 768 | 601 | +167 |
Madagascar Antananarivo 2011 | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 566 | 491 | +75 |
Ivory Coast Abidjan 2013 | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 551 | 411 | +140 |
Tunisia Radès 2015 | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 462 | +31 |
Tunisia Radès Senegal Dakar 2017 | Final Round | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 270 | 257 | +13 |
Rwanda Kigali 2021 | Final Round | 5th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 356 | 347 | +9 |
Angola Angola 2025 | Qualified as host | |||||||
Total | 22/22 | 11 titles | 131 | 106 | 25 | 10293 | 8208 | +2085 |
FIBA AfroCan
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
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Mali 2019 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Angola 2023 | 7th place | 7th | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Total | Third place | 2/2 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
African Games
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GS | GA | GD |
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Kenya Nairobi 1987 | Final round | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
Egypt Cairo 1991 | No data available | |||||||
Zimbabwe Harare 1995 | Final round | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
South Africa Jo'burg 1999 | Final round | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 398 | 358 | +40 |
Nigeria Abuja 2003 | Final round | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 228 | 180 | +48 |
Algeria Algiers 2007 | Final round | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 576 | 479 | +97 |
Mozambique Maputo 2011 | Final round | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 487 | 424 | +63 |
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 2015 | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 511 | 359 | +152 |
Total | 8/8 | 3 titles | 39 | 33 | 6 | 2200 | 1800 | +400 |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[3]
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Notable players
Head coach position
Coach | Years | |
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Portugal | Mário Palma | 1999–2005 |
Portugal | Luís Magalhães | 2009–2010 |
France | Michel Gomez | 2011 |
Angola | Paulo Macedo | May 2013 – August 2013 |
Spain | Moncho López | February 2015 – August 2015 |
Angola | Carlos Dinis | February 2016 – |
Angola | Manuel Silva Gi | May 2017 – September 2017 |
United States | Will Voigt | November 2017 – ? |
Brazil | José Neto | 2020 |
Spain | Josep Clarós | April 2021–present[8] |
Past rosters
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Angola national basketball team – 2011 FIBA Africa Championship – Silver Medal roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angola national basketball team – 2009 FIBA Africa Championship – Gold Medal roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All-time record against all nations
Against | Pld | Wn | Lst | GF | GA | GD | Details | ||
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File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 377 | 354 | +23 |
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File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 224 | −33 |
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File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 354 | 397 | −43 |
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File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 240 | −12 |
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File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 316 | 284 | +32 |
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File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 338 | −68 |
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File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde | 5 | 5 | 0 | 402 | 259 | +143 |
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File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic | 10 | 9 | 1 | 774 | 628 | +146 |
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File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 56 | +59 |
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File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 404 | +18 |
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File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 215 | +20 |
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File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 144 | −32 |
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File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 132 | −2 |
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File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1560 | 1392 | +168 |
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File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 68 | −6 |
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File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 96 | +92 |
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File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 396 | 445 | −49 |
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File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 190 | −73 |
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File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 88 | +14 |
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File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 95 | −20 |
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File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 86 | −8 |
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File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 11 | 7 | 4 | 814 | 761 | +53 |
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File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 62 | +25 |
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File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 65 | +25 |
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 157 | +113 |
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File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 127 | +57 |
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File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 58 | +33 |
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File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 238 | −54 |
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File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 84 | +4 |
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File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 64 | +39 |
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File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1092 | 834 | +258 |
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File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 11 | 9 | 2 | 881 | 675 | +206 |
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File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 79 | −24 |
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File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 8 | 8 | 0 | 739 | 433 | +306 |
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File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1068 | 1004 | +64 |
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File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 211 | +8 |
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File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 70 | +13 |
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File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 390 | 417 | −27 |
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File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 253 | 339 | −86 |
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File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 125 | +48 |
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File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1193 | 1085 | +108 |
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File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 262 | −96 |
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File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 47 | +46 |
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File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 93 | −6 |
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File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 81 | −10 |
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File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 9 | 9 | 0 | 788 | 455 | +333 |
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File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 354 | 298 | +56 |
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File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 89 | −38 |
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File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 6 | 1 | 5 | 391 | 484 | −93 |
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File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 11 | 9 | 2 | 837 | 662 | +175 |
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File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 86 | −20 |
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File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 89 | +5 |
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File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 81 | +2 |
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File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 5 | 0 | 5 | 297 | 510 | −213 |
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File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 83 | −6 |
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File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 278 | −72 |
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File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 99 | +63 |
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File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 76 | +6 |
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See also
- Angola national basketball team Under-18
- Angola national basketball team Under-16
- List of Angola national basketball team players
References
- ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ "Trajectória Seleção nacional sénior masculino no Afrobasket" (in português). Nexus.ao. 16 August 2005. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Angola roster for the FIBA Olympic Qualifier Tournament". 9 July 2024.
- ↑ Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Basketball: Spanish Moncho Lopez appointed new coach of Angola". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ "Basketball: Carlos Dinis named new national head coach". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Basketball: US coach takes over Angolan basketball team". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ "Angola name Pepe Claros as head coach of men's national team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ↑ "Angola roster – 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ "Angola roster – 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ "Angola roster – 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ "Angola roster – 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
External links
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- FIBA profile
- Angolan National Team – Afrobasket.com Archived 1 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine