Tunisia national basketball team

Tunisia تونس
FIBA Ranking	22 10
Joined FIBA	1956
FIBA Zone	FIBA Africa
National Federation	FTBB
Coach	Adel Tlatli
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (2012)
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1 (2010)
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	19
Medals	Gold: 2011 Silver: 1965 Bronze: 1970, 1974, 2009

Tunisia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Tunisia. To date, they have 19 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking them behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt in total appearances. In 2011 they won their first ever FIBA Africa Championship after beating Angola in the final. Their previous best finish was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1965, when they won the silver medal as host country. They also won a bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 1970 and FIBA Africa Championship 1974.

Although the Tunisians never finished worse than eighth in any of their succeeding appearances, they were not able to break onto the podium again until a surprise bronze medal run at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. Led by All-Tournament First Team forward Amine Rzig, the Tunisians went 4-2 in the preliminary rounds, winning three games by two points or less. They reached the semifinals for only the second time since 1974 by another slim margin - this time a one point victory over Mali. Although they were defeated by Angola in the semifinals, the Tunisians topped Cameroon in the bronze medal game to claim Africa's third and final automatic berth in the 2010 FIBA World Championship – its first ever FIBA World Championship berth. The Tunisians struggled to compete in the World Championship, losing all five of their games and finishing last in Group B and 24th overall.

African Championship record

FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances : 19
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1962	Did not participate		1987	5th Place		2013	Qualified
1964	4th Place		1989	8th Place
1965	Runners Up		1992	7th Place
1968	Did not participate		1993	8th Place
1970	Third Place		1995	did not participate
1972	5th Place		1997
1974	Third Place		1999	5th Place
1975	5th Place		2001	4th Place
1978	did not participate		2003	6th Place
1980			2005	8th Place
1981	6th Place	2007	6th Place
1983	Did not participate	2009	Third Place
1985	8th Place	2011	Champions

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current roster

This is the 2012 Summer Olympics roster.

The following is the Tunisia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Tunisia men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 3.5 !F 4 Slimane, Radhouane 700131000000000000031 - (1980-08-16)16 August 1980 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Nasr Dubai United Arab Emirates ! 1.5 !G 5 Laghnej, Marouan 700126000000000000026 - (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) JS Kairouan Tunisia ! 1.5 !G 6 Knioua, Nizar 700129000000000000029 - (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Stade Nabeulien Tunisia ! 1.5 !G 7 El Mabrouk, Mourad 700125000000000000025 - (1986-10-19)19 October 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades Tunisia ! 1.5 !G 8 Kechrid, Marouan 700131000000000000031 - (1981-06-02)2 June 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) US Monastir Tunisia ! 3.5 !F 9 Hdidane, Mohamed 700126000000000000026 - (1986-04-27)27 April 1986 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Stade Nabeulien Tunisia ! 3.5 !F 10 Hafsi, Mehdi 700134000000000000034 - (1978-02-23)23 February 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ESSM Le Portel France ! 5.0 !C 11 Ghyaza, Mokhtar 700125000000000000025 - (1986-11-15)15 November 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ezzahra Sport Rades Tunisia ! 3.5 !F 12 Ben Romdhane, Makrem 700123000000000000023 - (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia ! 3.5 !F 13 Rzig, Amine 700131000000000000031 - (1980-08-25)25 August 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia ! 3.5 !F 14 Gaddour, Youssef 700122000000000000022 - (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) US Monastir Tunisia ! 5.0 !C 15 Mejri, Salah 700126000000000000026 - (1986-06-15)15 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia !	Head coach Adel Tlatli Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

Head coach position

• Adel Tlatli – 2001, 2004-now

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