Cape Verde national basketball team

Cape Verde
FIBA Ranking	54th
Joined FIBA	1988
FIBA Zone	FIBA Africa
National Federation	FCBB Portuguese: Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol
Coach	Alex Nwora
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	4
Medals	Bronze: 2007
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Cape Verde national basketball team represents Cape Verde in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol.

Achievements

• Silver medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games
• Bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007
• Bronze medal at the 2006 Lusophony Games

No	Player	Height	Position	Year born (Age)	Current Club
4	Jeff Xavier	1.85	PG	7 September 1985 (1985-09-07)	Palencia Baloncesto
5	Josh Gomes	1.90	PG/SG	10 December 1983 (1983-12-10)
6	Abdulay Faty	2.05	C	14 January 1985 (1985-01-14)	Seven Stars
7	Fidel Mendonça	1.91	F	7 July 1984 (1984-07-07)	Olivais Coimbra
8	Mario Correia	1.89	SG	17 March 1978 (1978-03-17)	Primeiro de Agosto
9	Ivan Almeida	1.98	PG/SF/F	10 May 1989 (1989-05-10)
10	Marques Houtman	1.90	PG	18 August 1979 (1979-08-18)
11	Aldevino Lima	2.03	C	25 August 1986 (1986-08-25)	Northeastern University
12	Peter Cipriano	2.06	PF/C	7 February 1983 (1983-02-07)
13	Mario Neves	1.93	SG/F	11 October 1977 (1977-10-11)
14	Tony Barros	1.90	SG/SF	3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)	University of Massachusetts Boston
15	Rodrigo Mascarenhas	1.97	F	24 March 1980 (1980-03-24)	Benfica

African Championship record

Egypt 1962 : Did not participate Morocco 1964 : Did not participate Tunisia 1965 : Did not participate Morocco 1968 : Did not participate Egypt 1970 : Did not participate Senegal 1972 : Did not participate Central African Rep. 1974 : Did not participate Egypt 1975 : Did not participate Senegal 1978 : Did not participate Morocco 1980 : Did not participate Somalia 1981 : Did not participate Egypt 1983 : Did not participate Côte d'Ivoire 1985 : Did not participate

Tunisia 1987 : Did not participate Angola 1989 : Did not participate Egypt 1992 : Did not participate Kenya 1993 : Did not participate Algeria 1995 : Did not participate Senegal 1997 : 7th Angola 1999 : 9th Morocco 2001 : Did not participate Egypt 2003 : Did not participate Algeria 2005 : Did not participate Angola 2007 : 3rd Libya 2009 : 13th Madagascar 2011 : Did not participate

External links

• Cape Verdian Basketball on Africabasket.com
• Cape Verde National Team Page
• Article about the national team on Fiba.com
• Article about the financial situation of the national team on Fiba.com
• Article about Cape Verde's Ryan Gomes on Fiba.com