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South Africa national basketball team is the
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team that represents
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in international competitions. The governing body of the team is
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. Team South Africa is one of
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's youngest members, as it joined in 1992, yet it has qualified for every
FIBA Africa Championship The AfroBasket (alternatively known as the FIBA Africa Championship, FIBA African Championship, or FIBA AfroBasket) is the men's basketball continental championship contested by the senior national teams of Africa, played once every four years. ...
between
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and
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. Recently, South Africa has not been active at international competitions as the federation had withdrawn for several qualification competitions. The last games by the men's team were in 2017.


Competitive record


FIBA World Cup

* 2019 – withdrew before games * 2023 – withdrew before games


AfroBasket


African Games

*1999: 6th *2007: 7th *2011: 10th


Commonwealth Games

*
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: 7th *
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: ''TBD''


Team


Current roster

Team for
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: At the
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in
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and
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, Lehlogonolo Tholo played most minutes and recorded most assists and steals for South Africa.


Depth chart


Past rosters

FIBA Africa Championship Qualification 2015:
FIBA Africa Championship 2011 AfroBasket 2011 was the 26th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake is the berth allocated to Africa in the ...
: finished 14th among 16 teams
FIBA Africa Championship 2009 AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Afr ...
: finished 15th among 16 teams
FIBA Africa Championship 2007 AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body of the African zone. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cities of Be ...
: finished 13th among 16 teams
FIBA Africa Championship 2005 The 2005 FIBA Africa Championship was the 23rd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to 24 2005 and took ...
: finished 12th among 12 teams
FIBA Africa Championship 2003 The 2003 FIBA Africa Championship was the 22nd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Egypt from August 7 to 16 2003. Angola d ...
: finished 9th among 12 teams Coach. Sam Vincent (Mobile Revelers -USA) *Emmanuel Madondo (180-G-80) *Lowell Mndaweni (178-G-76) *Joseph Mazibuko (190-G-80) Levski Sophia (BUL) *Sifiso Ngoobo (192-G-78) *Kenneth Motaung (195-F-78) *Nyakallo Nthuping (200-C-80) *Floid Mtimkulu (196-F-81) *Craig Ngobeni Tsakani (198-F-83) *Quinton Denyssen (203-C/F-80) Wits University Rebels *Thuso Moiloa (199-C-78) 21882 *Thabang Kgwedi (198-F-78) *Lesego Molebatsi (201-F/C-82)
FIBA Africa Championship 2001 The 2001 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 20 ...
: finished 12th among 12 teams *Mazibuko Joseph 192 G 80 *Uniacke David 208 C 69 *Madondo Emanuel 180 G 81 *Jesinskis Paul 200 F 81 *Molebatsi L. Prince 201 F 82 *Gilchrist Craig 200 F 70 *Trauernicht Chris 209 C 76 *Ngcobo Ndaba Sifiso 189 G 78 *Maepa Lepo 204 C 84 *Ntunja Vincent 184 G 81 *Maxima Mokoena 189 G 81 *Denyssen Quinton 203 C 80 Head Coach : Zoran Zupcevic


Head coach position

* Zoran Zupcevic – 2001 * Sam Vincent – 2003 * Terry Pretoritis – 2005 * Flosh Ngwenya – 2007–11 * George Makena – 2014, 2015SA Men’s Basketball National Team coach appointed
MYBASKETBALL.co/za, 27 Sep 2014. Accessed 17 Dec 2016. * Craig Gilchrist – 2017


Kit


Sponsor

2011:
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See also

* South Africa national under-19 basketball team * South Africa national under-17 basketball team *
South Africa women's national basketball team South Africa women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing South Africa at world basketball competitions for women. The team is administered by Basketball South Africa.South Africa women's national under-19 basketball team * South Africa women's national under-17 basketball team


References


External links


FIBA profile
at FIBA Archive
Africabasket - South Africa Men National TeamMyBasketball South Africa


Videos


South Africa Basketball
YouTube.com video {{National sports teams of South Africa Men's national basketball teams 1997 establishments in South Africa National sports teams established in 1997