Mauritania men's national basketball team

Mauritania national basketball team is the national basketball team in Mauritania. They have appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship and are yet to make an appearance in the FIBA World Championship.

Mauritania Mauritania
FIBA rankingIncrease (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1964
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFédération Mauritanienne de BasketBall (FMBB)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances4
MedalsNone

Its best performance was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1985 in Ivory Coast, where Mauritania finished 6th, ahead of favored teams such as Nigeria and Tunisia.

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2013 qualification: (last publicized squad, incomplete) [2]

Mauritania men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
Mamoudou Djibril Ba24 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988
Fode Diagana19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Thierno Lo21 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991
Hamady Mbodj19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Mamadou Thiam22 – (1989-11-13)13 November 1989
Head coach
Assistant coaches

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 1 July 2012

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Yet to qualify

World championships

Yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

YearPositionTournamentHost
19787thFIBA Africa Championship 1978Dakar, Senegal
19808thFIBA Africa Championship 1980Rabat, Morocco
19819thFIBA Africa Championship 1981Mogadishu, Somalia
19856thFIBA Africa Championship 1985Abidjan, Ivory Coast

African Games

Yet to qualify

See also

References