The Benin national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Benin in international competitions. It is administered by the Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB).[2]
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| FIBA ranking | 139  1 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1962 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (1974) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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Benin had its best performance at the 1974 FIBA Africa Championship when it finished in Africa's Top Ten, ahead of Somalia.
Roster edit
Team for the AfroBasket 2015 qualification.[3]
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Competitive record edit
Benin has never played any games in the Olympics, FIBA Basketball World Cup or African Games.
FIBA Africa Championship edit
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
 1964
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 1965
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 1970
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 1972
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 1974
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Preliminary round | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
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 1981
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 1985
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 1989
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 1993
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 1995
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 2009
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Did not enter | |||||||||
 2011
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6 | 0 | 6 | 2011 | ||||||
| 2013
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Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2015
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2015 | ||||||
| 2017
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2017 | ||||||
 2021
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Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2025
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| Total | 1/29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | – | ||
Head coaches edit
Brigitte Affidehome Tonon: (2017)[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Benin, fiba.com, accessed 1 May 2016.
- ^ Republic of Benin | 2015 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Qualifying Round, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Liz Mills Takes Big Step for Female Basketball Coaches Gerald Imray (U.S. News & World Report), 19 March 2021. Accessed 31 August 2021.
External links edit
- Official website Archived 14 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Benin Basketball Records at FIBA Archive