Zambia men's national basketball team
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FIBA ranking | 143 ![]() | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1962 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
National federation | Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) | ||
Coach | Mwape Konsolo | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | None | ||
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Appearances | None | ||
FIBA Africa Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (1989) | ||
Medals | None | ||
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The Zambia national basketball team represents Zambia in international competitions. It is administered by the Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA).[2]
Zambia had its best year in 1989 at the FIBA Africa Championship when it finished in Africa's Top Ten, ahead of Kenya.
At the AfroBasket 2017 qualification, Zambia beat South Africa for the first time in history.[3]
Current rosters
[edit]Roster for the AfroBasket 2021 qualification matches played on 22–26 January 2020 against Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
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Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Titus Njovu | Titus Mapani | |
PF | Chongo Chona | Harrison Banda | Douglas Kandulu |
SF | Spoican Ngoma | Maxwell Ngonga | Germain Mauwe |
SG | Simukwela Lubinda | Paul Kashishi | Sylvester Samungumbe |
PG | Nalumino Simioti |
Competitive record
[edit]AfroBasket
[edit]Zambia has qualified for an AfroBasket tournament once, in 1989 when it lost all its five games in Angola and finished 10th.
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Classification round | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2011 | ||||||
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5 | 3 | 2 | 2013 | ||||||
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2017 | ||||||
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2021 | ||||||
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Did not enter | 2025 | ||||||||
Total | 1/31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
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Did not enter | Not held | ||||||||
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Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | |||||
Total | 0/2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – |
Head coach position
[edit]Lovemore Sikaale - 2013
Obed Shamboko - 2017[4]
Mwape Konsolo - 2020
Past rosters
[edit]Team for the AfroBasket 2013 qualification.[5]
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Team for the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers.[6]
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At the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifiers, Mumba Abraham Mwansa led the team in minutes, rebounds and blocks per game.
Chongo Chona led his team in total points, Simukwela Lishomwa Lubinda led his team in total assists.
See also
[edit]- Zambia women's national basketball team
- Zambia national under-19 basketball team
- Zambia national under-17 basketball team
- Zambia national 3x3 team
References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Zambia, fiba.com, accessed 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Zambia record first ever win over South Africa, keep FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualification hopes alive". FIBA. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Zambia look to build on home advantage at FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Group G Qualifiers, fiba.com, 7 March 2017. Accessed 7 March 2017.
- ^ Zambia | 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Qualifying Round, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 28 Dec 2015.
- ^ |tab=roster Zambia, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Zambia Basketball Association
- Zambia Basketball Records Archived 23 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA Archive
- AfroBasket – Zambia Men National Team Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine