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Botswana men's national basketball team

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Botswana Botswana
FIBA rankingNR (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1997
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationBotswana Basketball Association (BBA)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
African Championship
AppearancesNone

Botswana national basketball team is the national basketball team of Botswana.[2] It is governed by the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA).

Botswana had its last noteworthy appearance at the AfroBasket 2015 qualification where, after a long battle, it ceded to Mozambique 68–69.

Current roster

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Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:[3]

Botswana men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
Ofentse Churchill Barrows
Chinouya Kumbirai Chinouya
Thabo Petrus Gaborone
Thuto Taelo Gaborone
Karabo Reinhard Geche
Tuelo Michael Masilo
Tshepo Mixon
Bathusi Tirelo
Thatayaone Patrick Mokgethi
Robert Bendo Mosalakatane
Tlale John Mosetlhe
Israel Mphato
Patrick Mbaakanyi Ndawanyana
Ketlwaelo Rahube
Emmanuel Ramoshebi
Teko Bokang Malede Sekgwama
Eric Jacob Sentongo-Lukwago
Nnaemeka S.Eze
Dumezeweni Joseph Sethlare
Thuto Shai
Head coach
  • ?
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 August 2015

Competitive record

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AfroBasket

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Botswana has never qualified for a AfroBasket main tournament, however, it has appeared in several qualification rounds.

AfroBasket record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L GP W L
Senegal 1997 Did not qualify
Angola 1999
Morocco 2001
Egypt 2003
Algeria 2005
Angola 2007
Libya 2009 Did not enter
Madagascar 2011
Ivory Coast 2013
Tunisia 2015 2 0 2 2015
Tunisia Senegal 2017 Did not enter
Rwanda 2021
Angola 2025
Total 0/12 5 1 4 12 1 11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ [1] FIBA.com – National Federations & Leagues
  3. ^ "Botswana | 2015 Afrobasket | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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