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FIBA ranking | NR (26 November 2024) [1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1961 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
National federation | Libya Arab Basketball Federation | ||
Coach | Ahmed Abu Salem ibn batoota | ||
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Appearances | None | ||
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Appearances | None | ||
FIBA Africa Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 | ||
Medals | None | ||
The Libyan national basketball team represents Libya in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Kurat As-Sallah al-Leebiyyah (Libyan Basketball Federation). Libya has been an official affiliate of FIBA since 1961. [2]
They finished 5th at the African Basketball Championship twice. The country hosted the AfroBasket 2009 event where they finished 11th, ahead of heavily favored Morocco and Mozambique.
Overall, Libya has competed in many international competitions, including the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, and the 2007 Pan Arab Games. The Libyan national team participated in the FIBA Africa Championship games four times, in 1965, 1970, 1978 and 2009, where they placed fifth, fifth, tenth and eleventh respectively.
Yet to qualify
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![]() | Classification stage | 11th | 8 | 3 | 5 |
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Total | 21 | 5 | 16 |
Never participated
Beginning with the 2018 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
Beginning with the 2017 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
Libya competed in the Arabian Basketball Cup 2008 in Group B alongside the Tunisia national basketball team, Algeria national basketball team, Iraq national basketball team, and Saudi Arabia national basketball team. In group play, they finished with 2 wins (versus Saudi Arabia, and Iraq) and 2 losses (versus Algeria and Tunisia). After their 70–59 victory over Iraq, and a 65–60 win against Saudi Arabia, the Libyan team could enter the second stage of the league because Tunisia defeated Algeria on 30 October 2008. After completing their matches in the competition, the Libyan team's full results were the following:
At the 2015 Afrobasket qualification: [3] (last publicized squad)
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
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C | Hesham Ali Salem | Yahya Shakmak |
PF | Raed El-Hamali | |
SF | Al-Fath Belgasem | |
SG | Mohamed Youssif Kuneidir | |
PG | Mohamed Issa Mrsal |
Team for the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. [5]
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