Libyan national basketball team

Libya دولة ليبيا
Association	LBF
FIBA member since	1961
FIBA world rankings	71
Trainer
World championships
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Continental championships
championship	African Championship
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	5th place (1962, 1980)
(As of November 3, 2013)

The Libyan men's national basketball team represents Libya at international basketball matches. Within North Africa , the selection ranks behind nations like Egypt and Tunisia and only qualified four times for a final round of the African Basketball Championship . The last time you were represented at a continental finals was in 2009 when you finished eleventh as the host. So far it has not been enough to participate in the global finals.

The tallest person in Libya and formerly the greatest living person Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943–1991) was also active as a national basketball player and, with a height of over 2.40 m, is considered the tallest ever active basketball player.

Naturalized players

• Randy Holcomb a.ka Raed Farid Elhamali (* 1979)
• Hiram Fuller aka Hesham Ali Salem (* 1981)

Performing in international competitions

World championships never qualified

Olympic games never qualified

African Championships

1962 - did not take part 1964 - did not take part 1965 - 5th place 1968 - did not take part 1970 - 5th place 1972 - did not qualify

1974 - did not qualify 1975 - did not qualify 1978 - 10th place 1980 to 2007 - not qualified 2009 - 11th place since 2011 - not qualified

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Libya (LBA) - Overview of selected teams in Libya in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• Profile: Libya (LBA) - Libyan Arab Basketball Federation - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website (English)