Malian women's basketball team

Mali République du Mali
Association	Fédération Malienne de Basketball
FIBA member since	1961
FIBA world rankings	19th
Trainer	-
World championships
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	15th ( 2010 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	12. ( 2008 )
Continental championships
championship	Africa
Participation in the finals	15th
Best results	Africa Champion ( 2007 )
(As of June 2014)

The Malian national basketball team for women is the selection of Malian women basketball players that the Fédération Malienne de Basketball represents on an international level, for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations, but also in international competitions. The greatest successes were winning the 2007 African Championship and participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 World Cup . In 1961, the national association joined the world association Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA). In June 2014, the team was ranked 18th as the best African women's basketball team in the world rankings for women .

International competitions

Mali at world championships

The team was able to qualify by second place at the African Cup of Nations 2009 for the World Cup 2006 , where they finished 15th out of 16 teams ahead of Senegal .

Mali at the Olympic Games

So far, the team has once managed to qualify for the Olympic basketball competitions by winning the 2007 African Championship . At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , the team finished last among twelve participants.

Mali at the African Championships

The team can boast 15 participations in the African Championship so far . The national team was able to win the competition once and took second place once and third place twice.

1966 : not qualified  1968 : 3rd place  1970 : 4th place  1974 : 8th place  1977 : 7th place  1979 : not qualified  1981 : 4th place  1983 : not qualified  1984 : 4th place  1986 : not qualified  1990 : not qualified

1993 : 7th place  1994 : not qualified  1997 : 6th place  2000 : 9th place  2003 : 5th place  2005 : 5th place  2007 : African champion  2009 : 2nd place  2011 : 3rd place  2013 : 5th place

Mali at the Africa Games

The women's national basketball team in Mali has taken part twice in the African Games competitions. In 2007 the national team reached tenth place and in 2011 it was twelfth.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Profiles: Mali (MLI): Fédération Malienne de Basketball ( English ) In: fiba.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.
2. ↑ FIBA Ranking for Women after 2013 Continental Championships ( English ) In: fiba.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.
3. ↑ Women Basketball Africa Games Archive ( English ) In: todor66.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.