The Rwandan men's national basketball team represents Rwanda at international basketball matches. After the Rwandan federation had only joined the world federation FIBA in 1977, 30 years later the men's selection qualified for a continental final of the African Cup for the first time in 2007 . Since then she has been a regular participant in the continental title fights and in 2009 she achieved ninth place, her best ranking so far, which was not enough for a qualification for a global finals.