The Burkina Faso national basketball team is the national basketball team of

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, governed by the Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball. Its main accomplishment was the qualification for the

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History

The qualification to the AfroBasket 2013 in

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remains Burkina Faso's main accomplishment. Since then, the Burkina Faso "Stallions" have attempted to make a comeback. The Burkinabé did not make it through the AfroBasket 2015 qualification. In early 2021, they withdrew from the AfroBasket 2021 qualification. Burkina Faso has often struggled with the strong regional competition from neighbouring countries like

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and

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in the African qualifying Zone 3.Burkina Faso's Herve Yameogo aims for one more AfroBasket Final Round before quitting

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Herve Yaméogo had been team captain for many years. In a 2020 interview, the four-time champions with local side RCK highlighted the presence of Burkinabé national team players who play in Europe like Jean Victor Traore,

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and also others who play for universities in United States. Yet, he mentioned the failure of others who did not identify with their home nation. Yameogo further stressed the inequality of financial assistance from the government compared to association football. Burkina Faso has the Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000 which hosted the AfroBasket 2013 qualification and qualification games of the FIBA Africa Basketball League. According to Yaméogo, with better financing, it can host bigger basketball events.

Competitive record

FIBA AfroBasket

Burkina Faso has played at the AfroBasket main tournament once, in

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African Games

Burkina Faso played at the

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once, in 1973. Beginning with the 2019 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

Current roster

Team for the AfroBasket 2017 qualification: ''(last publicized squad)''

Past Rosters

Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification: Team for the

Head coach position

* Jean-Paul Rabatet – 2013 * Bagouhinisse Dah - 2017 Burkina Faso call up 20 players for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Group C Qualifiers
, fiba.com, 6 March 2017. Accessed 7 March 2017.

Kit

Manufacturer

2013:

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References

External links

Archived records
of Burkina Faso team participations
Burkina Faso Men National Team 2013
Presentation at Afrobasket.com
Official website

Videos

#AfroBasket - Day 2: Rwanda v Burkina Faso (dunk of the game - J. BADO)
- Youtube.com video {{FIBA Africa teams Men's national basketball teams

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Basketball in Burkina Faso Basketball teams in Burkina Faso 1964 establishments in Upper Volta