The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the ''
Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
has been a member of
FIBA
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since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the
FIBA World Rankings
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, Angola is the top team of
FIBA Africa
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Zones
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, and a regular competitor at the
Summer Olympic Games
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and the
FIBA World Cup
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.
History
Angola made its first official match against
Nigeria
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, under coach
Victorino Cunha
Victorino Eugénio da Silva e Cunha, (born 18 April 1945 in Mogofores, Portugal) is a former basketball player and basketball coach. Although born in Portugal, he moved to Angola at the age of 3. Cunha, who coached the Angola National team to wi ...
on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71.
International competitions
Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the
1992 Summer Olympics
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,
1996 Summer Olympics
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,
2000 Summer Olympics
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,
2002 World Championship,
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
, the
2006 World Championship, the
2010 World Championship, and the
2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the
FIBA Africa Championship
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, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 championships, with the first coming in
1989
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, and the most recent in
2013
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2013 was designated as:
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Events
January
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. In addition, they won the tournament at the
1987 All-Africa Games,
2003 All-Africa Games
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and
2007 All-Africa Games
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.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Angola competed at the
2006 World Championship in Group B, alongside
Germany
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,
Japan
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,
New Zealand
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,
Panama
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, and
Spain
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. 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
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, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse
Serbia and Montenegro
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.
2014 FIBA World Championship
Angola qualified for the event through winning the
AfroBasket 2013
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, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the
2014 FIBA World Cup
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, 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
FIBA World Cup
FIBA Africa Championship
FIBA AfroCan
African Games
Team
Current roster
Roster for the
2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
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.
Notable players
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Jean-Jacques Conceição
*
José Carlos Guimarães
José Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho Guimarães (born 9 April 1964 in Luanda), known as Zé Carlos, is a former Angolan basketball player and a former coach of the Angola national basketball team. He played as a guard and as a forward.
He achieved ...
*
Miguel Lutonda
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Carlos Almeida
Head coach position
Past rosters
All-time record against all nations
See also
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Angola national basketball team Under-18
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Angola national basketball team Under-16
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List of Angola national basketball team players
References
External links
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FIBA profileAngolan National Team – Afrobasket.com
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Men's national basketball teams
1976 establishments in Angola
National sports teams established in 1976