South African national basketball team
South Africa Suid-Afrika |
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Association | Basketball South Africa |
FIBA member since | 1992 |
FIBA world rankings | 74 |
Trainer | Mlungisi Ngwenya |
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Participation in the finals | no |
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Olympic games | |
Participation in the finals | no |
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Continental championships | |
championship | African Championship |
Participation in the finals | 8th |
Best results | 9th place ( 1997 , 2003 ) |
(As of November 23, 2013) |
The South African men's national basketball team represents South Africa at international basketball matches. Because of the apartheid policy, the South African association was unable to become a member of the FIBA world association for a long time . After racial segregation ended in 1992, the association became a member of international associations and the men's selection qualified for the first time in 1995 for a continental final of the African Basketball Championships . In the following years, southern Africa was overshadowed by the dominant African national team from Angola . Together with the Mozambican selection of the neighboring country, they mostly occupied the lower places in the final round. The best place was ninth place at the 2003 African Cup of Nations , which was still far from qualifying for a global finals. After eight finals in a row, the South African selection could no longer qualify for the African Championship 2013 and was not given a starting place in the form of a " wildcard " from the continental association FIBA Africa .
Performing in international competitions
World championships
- never qualified
Olympic games
- never qualified
African Championships
until 1991 - did not participate
- 1993 - did not qualify
- 1995 - did not qualify
- 1997 - 9th place
- 1999 - 12th place
- 2001 - 12th place
- 2003 - 9th place
- 2005 - 12th place
- 2007 - 13th place
- 2009 - 15th place
- 2011 - 14th place
- 2013 - did not qualify
Web links
- archive.fiba.com: Teams - South Africa (RSA) - Overview of South Africa's national teams in the FIBA Archive ( English )
- Profile: South Africa (RSA) - Basketball South Africa - Association profile on the FIBA website