Mauritania men's national basketball team

Mauritania Mauritania
FIBA rankingIncrease (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1964
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFédération Mauritanienne de BasketBall (FMBB)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances4
MedalsNone

Mauritania national basketball team is the national basketball team in Mauritania. They have appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship and are yet to make an appearance in the FIBA World Championship.

Its best performance was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1985 in Ivory Coast, where Mauritania finished 6th, ahead of favored teams such as Nigeria and Tunisia.

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2013 qualification: (last publicized squad, incomplete) [2]

Mauritania men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
Mamoudou Djibril Ba 24 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988
Fode Diagana 19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Thierno Lo 21 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991
Hamady Mbodj 19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Mamadou Thiam 22 – (1989-11-13)13 November 1989
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 1 July 2012

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Yet to qualify

World championships

Yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1978 7th FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal
1980 8th FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco
1981 9th FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Mogadishu, Somalia
1985 6th FIBA Africa Championship 1985 Abidjan, Ivory Coast

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games

Yet to qualify

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ Mauritania | 2013 Afrobasket Qualification, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.