Afghanistan women's national basketball team

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Afghanistan
FIBA ranking NR (8 August 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA 1968
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federationNational Basketball Association of Afghanistan (NBAA)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
Appearances None
Asia Cup
AppearancesNone

Afghanistan women's national basketball team was formed by US troops after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. [2] The Afghanistan women's national basketball team was run by the Afghan Olympic Committee. [3] The team was disbanded following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. [4]

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  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Beaumont, Peter; Olmos, Antonio (7 June 2008). "Afghanistan's other voices: women's basketball team". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "U.S. basketball team set up so Afghan women can shoot hoops". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "How Knoxville became center to resettle Afghan women's basketball players fleeing Taliban". Knoxville News Sentinel. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.


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