Cameroon men's national basketball team

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Cameroon Flag of Cameroon.svg
FECA BBall.jpg
FIBA ranking 68 Decrease2.svg 1 (1 March 2024) [1]
Joined FIBA 1965
FIBA zone FIBA Africa
National federation Cameroon Basketball Federation
Coach Lazare Adingono
Nickname(s)Indomitable Lions
AfroBasket
Appearances10
Medals Silver medal africa.svg Silver: (2007)

The Cameroon national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale de basketball de Camerounaise) represents Cameroon in men's international competitions. It is administered by the Fédération Camerounaise de Basketball. [2]

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Once an only average team, Cameroon has turned into a major force and contender for the title of the African Basketball Championship. Their best achievement was reaching the Silver Medal in 2007. Since the late 2000s, the team has competed well against non-African competition, too.

Competitive record

AfroBasket

YearRoundPositionGPWL
Flag of Morocco.svg 1968 did not qualify
Flag of Egypt.svg 1970
Flag of Senegal.svg 1972 Eight place8th624
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 1974 Fourth place4th523
Flag of Egypt.svg 1975 did not qualify
Flag of Senegal.svg 1978
Flag of Morocco.svg 1980
Flag of Somalia.svg 1981
Flag of Egypt.svg 1983
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1985
Flag of Tunisia.svg 1987
Flag of Angola.svg 1989
Flag of Egypt.svg 1992 Classification stage8th624
Flag of Kenya.svg 1993 did not qualify
Flag of Algeria.svg 1995
Flag of Senegal.svg 1997
Flag of Angola.svg 1999
Flag of Morocco.svg 2001
Flag of Egypt.svg 2003
Flag of Algeria.svg 2005
Flag of Angola.svg 2007 Runners-up2nd651
Flag of Libya.svg 2009 Fourth place4th945
Flag of Madagascar.svg 2011 Quarterfinals8th752
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2013 Quarterfinals5th752
Flag of Tunisia.svg 2015 Round of 169th532
Flag of Senegal.svg Flag of Tunisia.svg 2017 Quarterfinals5th422
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2021 Group stage16th303
Flag of Angola.svg 2025 to be determined
Total10 appearances583028

AfroCan

YearRoundPositionGPWL
Flag of Mali.svg 2019 Did not qualify
Flag of Angola.svg 2023 11th place11th303
Total1/2303

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Since 2019, FIBA organises qualification tournaments for African teams in order to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

FIBA Basketball World Cup recordQualification record
YearRoundPositionGPWLGPWL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2019 did not qualify1275
Flag of the Philippines.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Indonesia.svg 2023 1248
Flag of Qatar.svg 2027 to be determinedto be determined
Total241113

Team

Current roster

Roster in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers of August 27, 2022. [3]

No.Pos.PlayerCurrent club
1PG Paris Lee Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
4F Arnaud Adala Moto Flag of France.svg CEP Lorient
5F Brice Eyaga Bidias Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP
10PG Cyrille Liale Keumoe Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP
12G Aristide Mouaha Tcheussi Flag of Italy.svg Latina Basket
13PF Franck Yangue Flag of France.svg Caen
14G Charles Minlend Jr. Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP
15SF Arnold Kome Flag of Senegal.svg Jeanne d'Arc
23F Ben Mbala Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres
24C Bertrand Awana Belinguine Flag of Spain.svg Morón
30SG Fabien Ateba Flag of France.svg Saint-Vallier
40C Aristide Boya Ognong Flag of the United States.svg Bradley

Head coach position

Notable Cameroonian players

The following notable Cameroonian players are also eligible to represent the country in FIBA competitions:

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References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. FIBA National Federations – Cameroon, fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. "Congo DR at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.