| FIBA ranking | 36  3 (Dec 2024) [1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Joined FIBA | 1947 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | ||
| National federation | FLB | ||
| Coach | Marko Filipovic | ||
| U19 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| U18 Asia Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 | ||
| Medals |  Bronze: 2006 | ||
Medal record | |||
The Lebanon men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is the junior men's national basketball team, administered by Lebanese Basketball Federation, that represents Lebanon in international under-18 and under-19 men's basketball competitions. [2]
The Lebanese junior basketball team secured a place in the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship after earning a third-place finish in the 2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. [3] [4] While they were unable to advance to the second round of the 2007 World Championship, having lost all three of their preliminary games, [5] [6] [7] [8] they managed to win one classification game and ultimately finished 14th out of 16 teams. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The team qualified for the 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship Semi-Finals, securing a second appearance in the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup after more than a decade since their last appearance on the world stage. [13] In the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, Lebanon men's U19 team concluded the competition in 15th place out of 16 teams, winning their last game against the host nation, Hungary, by a score of 73–66. [14]
| FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1979 to 2003 | Did not qualify | |||
 2007 [11] | 14th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 to 2021 | Did not qualify | |||
 2023 [15] | 15th | 7 | 1 | 6 |
 2025 | Did not qualify | |||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
| FIBA U18 Asia Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | |||||
 1998 | 13th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
 2000 | 10th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
 2002 | 9th | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 2004 | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||
 2006 | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||
 2008 | 8th | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||||
 2010 | 7th | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||
 2012 | 7th | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||
 2014 | did not participate | ||||||||
| 2016 [16] | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||
 2018 [17] | 10th | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2022 [18] | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
 2024 [19] | 9th | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 43 | 39 | ||||||
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