This article aims at showing the evolution of the Angola national basketball team throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s in such competitions as the FIBA Africa Championship, the Olympic Games and the FIBA World Championship.
Angola national basketball team players 2011–2017 [1]
A = African championship; # = African championship winner; W = World cup
# | Name | A | P | H | W | C | M.G. | Paulo Macedo | C.D. | M.S. | W.V. | ||
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2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
A | A | W | A | E | – | – | |||||||
22 | Alexandre Jungo | 19 | PF | 2.02 | INT | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2017 | |
6 | Carlos Morais | 31 | SG | 1.93 | SLB | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2017 | |
15 | Eduardo Mingas | 38 | PF | 1.98 | INT | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | - | 15 | 2017 | |
1 | Gerson Domingos | 20 | PG | 1.91 | INT | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2017 | |
3 | Gerson Gonçalves | 21 | SG | 1.93 | PET | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2017 | |
16 | Hermenegildo Mbunga | 31 | C | 2.06 | LIB | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2017 | |
37 | Leandro da Conceição | 28 | PG | 1.95 | PRI | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 2017 | |
9 | Leonel Paulo | 31 | SF | 1.98 | PET | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2017 | |
4 | Olímpio Cipriano | 35 | SF | 1.93 | LIB | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 2017 | |
23 | Reggie Moore | 36 | F | 2.00 | LIB | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 2017 | |
7 | Roberto Fortes | 32 | SG | 1.93 | LIB | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | 7 | 2017 | |
2 | Yanick Moreira | 26 | C | 2.11 | PAR | - | - | 12 | 13 | - | 1 | 2017 |
Angola national basketball team players 2001–2010 [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
A = African championship; # = African championship winner; W = World cup; O = Olympic tournament
Name | P | A | H | W | Mário Palma | Alberto Carvalho | Magalhães | ||||||||||
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||
A | W | A | O | A | W | A | O | A | W | ||||||||
Abdel Bouckar | C | 28 | 2.03 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | ||||
Adolfo Quimbamba | SF | 27 | 1.97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | ||||
Afonso Silva | SF | 29 | 1.90 | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Angelo Victoriano | F | 37 | 1.96 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Armando Costa | PG | – | 1.92 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||||
Buila Katiavala | C | 25 | 2.06 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Carlos Almeida | SF | – | 1.93 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||
Carlos Morais | SG | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
David Dias | PF | 32 | 1.99 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Domingos Bonifácio | PG | – | 1.89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | ||||
Edmar Victoriano Baduna | F | 29 | 1.95 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Eduardo Mingas | PF | – | 1.98 | - | 15 | - | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Emanuel Neto | C | 22 | 2.06 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | ||||
Felizardo Ambrósio Miller | C | – | 2.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | ||||
Filipe Abraão | SF | 30 | 1.94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | ||||
Gerson Monteiro | F | 32 | 1.90 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Hermenegildo Mbunga | C | 25 | 2.06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | ||||
Jean-Jacques | PF | 39 | 1.98 | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Joaquim Gomes Kikas | C | – | 2.02 | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
José Nascimento | PF | 23 | 1.96 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Leonel Paulo | PF | – | 1.98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | 8 | ||||
Luis Costa | SF | 31 | 1.94 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | ||||
Mario Belarmino | PF | 28 | 1.96 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Miguel Lutonda | PG | 39 | 1.85 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | - | 14 | ||||
Milton Barros | PG | – | 1.83 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | ||||
Olímpio Cipriano | SF | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Roberto Fortes | F | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||||
Victor de Carvalho | SG | 38 | 1.93 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | ||||
Victor Muzadi | C | 29 | 2.01 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | ||||
Vladimir Ricardino | C | 32 | 2.03 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | ||||
Walter Costa | PG | 31 | 1.85 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Angola national basketball team players 1991–2000
A = African championship; # = African championship winner; W = World cup; O = Olympic tournament [7] [8] [9] [10]
Name | P | A | H | W | Victorino Cunha | Wlad. Romero | M. Palma | ||||||
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1992 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | |||||
O | A | A | W | A | O | A | A | O | |||||
Afonso Silva | SF | – | 1.90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | |
Angelo Victoriano | F | – | 1.96 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
Aníbal Moreira | F | – | 1.93 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Benjamim Romano | PG | 27 | 1.90 | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | - | 13 | - | - | - | |
Benjamim Ucuahamba Avô | PG | 32 | 1.83 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
Buila Katiavala | C | – | 2.06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
Carlos Almeida | SF | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
Cristóvão Swingue | PG | 23 | 1.82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | |
David Dias | PF | – | 1.99 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
Edmar Victoriano Baduna | F | – | 1.95 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
Garcia Domingos | PG | 29 | 1.93 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 10 | - | 7 | |
Herlander Coimbra | F | 32 | 2.01 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | 10 | |
Honorato Trosso | SF | 27 | 1.90 | - | 8 | 8 | 4 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
Ivo Alfredo | C | 26 | 2.05 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Jean-Jacques | PF | – | 1.98 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 15 | - | |
Joaquim António Quinzinho | PG | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | |||
Joaquim Gomes Kikas | C | – | 2.02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | |
José Carlos Guimarães Zé Carlos | SG | 32 | 1.90 | 14 | 14 | - | - | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | |
Justino Victoriano Puna | C | 25 | 2.02 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | - | |
Manuel Sousa Necas | SG | 30 | 1.85 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Mario Belarmino | PF | – | 1.96 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
Miguel Lutonda | PG | – | 1.85 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
Nelson Sardinha Futuro | C | 29 | 2.00 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | |
Paulo Macedo | PG | 26 | 1.87 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sílvio Lemos | PG | 20 | 1.90 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Victor de Carvalho | SG | – | 1.93 | 10 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Victor Muzadi | C | – | 2.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Angola national basketball team players 1981–1990 [11] [12]
A = African championship; # = African championship winner; W = World cup
Name | P | A | H | Palma | Victorino Cunha | ||||||
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1980 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1989 | 1990 | ||||
A | A | A | A | W | A | A | W | ||||
Admar Barros | PG | ? | 1.84 | - | - | - | 12 | - | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Adriano Baião | C | - | - | 1983 | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | ||
Ângelo Victoriano | F | – | 1.96 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Aníbal Moreira | F | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
António Cristo | PF | 1.94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | |
António Guimarães | C | 31 | 1.93 | 1980 | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
António Henriques Tonecas | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Arnaldo Guimarães | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Artur Barros | C | 24 | 1.96 | - | 1981 | 1983 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - |
Carlos Cunha | PF | 23 | 1.91 | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Carlos Oliveira | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
David Dias | PF | – | 1.99 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
Diogo Cruz Didí | PF | 23 | 1.94 | - | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Eurico Araújo Boneco | PG | 1.76 | 21 | - | - | 1983 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Fernando Antas Gito | - | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Fernando Barbosa Barbosinha | SF | 1980 | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Francisco Cungulo | SF | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | ||
Gil Almeida | - | - | 1983 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Gustavo da Conceição | PF | 30 | 1.92 | 1980 | 1981 | 1983 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
Herlander Coimbra | F | – | 2.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 |
Hilário de Sousa | 1980 | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Honorato Trosso | SF | – | 1.90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Ivo Alfredo | C | – | 2.05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Jean-Jacques | PF | – | 1.98 | - | - | 1983 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
José Assis Zezé Assis† | F | 27 | 1.89 | - | 1981 | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - |
José Carlos Guimarães Zé Carlos | SG | – | 1.90 | - | 1981 | 1983 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Josué Campos | PG | - | - | 1983 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | ||
Luís Filipe De Deus Lagos Fernandes dos Santos Gika | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Manuel F.S. Clemente Júnior Nijó | C | - | - | 1983 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Manuel Narciso Neco | PG | 20 | 1.85 | - | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Manuel Sousa Necas | SG | – | 1.85 | - | - | 1983 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Mário Octávio † | PG | 28 | 1.75 | 1980 | 1981 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nelson Sardinha Futuro | C | – | 2.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
Paulo Macedo | PG | – | 1.87 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
Paulo Sucacuexe | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | |||
Rui Marques | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Sidrack da Conceição | C | 1.98 | 29 | - | - | 1983 | - | - | - | - | - |
Victor Almeida | PG | 1980 | 1981 | 1983 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Victor de Carvalho | SG | – | 1.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
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