The Benin national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Benin in international competitions. It is administered by the Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB).[2]
| FIBA ranking | 140  1 (15 August 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1962 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (1974) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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Benin had its best performance at the 1974 FIBA Africa Championship when it finished in Africa's Top Ten, ahead of Somalia.
Roster
editTeam for the AfroBasket 2015 qualification.[3]
| Benin men's national basketball team roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Competitive record
editBenin has never played any games in the Olympics, FIBA Basketball World Cup or African Games.
FIBA Africa Championship
edit| AfroBasket record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Preliminary round | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Did not enter | ||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 2011 | |||||||
| Did not enter | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 2015 | |||||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 2017 | |||||||
| Did not enter | ||||||||||
| Total | 1/29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | – | ||
Head coaches
editBrigitte Affidehome Tonon: (2017)[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Benin, fiba.com, accessed 1 May 2016.
- ^ Republic of Benin | 2015 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Qualifying Round, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Liz Mills Takes Big Step for Female Basketball Coaches Gerald Imray (U.S. News & World Report), 19 March 2021. Accessed 31 August 2021.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 14 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Benin Basketball Records at FIBA Archive