Angola men's national basketball team
The Angolan national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
FIBA ranking | 32 ![]() | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1979 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
National federation | FAB Portuguese: Federação Angolana de Basquetebol | ||
Coach | Will Voigt | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 | ||
Medals | None | ||
AfroBasket | |||
Appearances | 20 | ||
Medals | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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History
Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on February 1, 1976, having lost 62-71.[2]
International competitions
Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Championship, the 2010 World Championship, and the 2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 championships, with the first coming in 1989, and the most recent in 2013. In addition, they won the tournament at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2003 All-Africa Games and 2007 All-Africa Games.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Angola competed at the 2006 World Championship in Group B, alongside Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, and Spain. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand, and Japan), and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.
2014 FIBA World Championship
Angola qualified for the event through winning the AfroBasket 2013, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Angola was especially noteworthy for its rebounds and steals. In both categories, the African Champion was among the top-5 at the World Cup.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
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FIBA World Cup
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FIBA Africa Championship
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GS | GA | GD |
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![]() | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 371 | 404 | −33 | |
![]() | 10th | 5 | 1 | 6 | 275 | 295 | −20 | |
![]() | Final round | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 450 | 443 | +7 |
![]() | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 576 | 512 | +64 |
![]() | Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 387 | 341 | +46 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 607 | 391 | +216 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 474 | 380 | +94 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 522 | 395 | +127 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 421 | 253 | +168 |
![]() | Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 324 | 243 | +81 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 586 | 392 | +194 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 489 | 406 | +83 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 603 | 433 | +170 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 630 | 400 | +230 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 574 | 351 | +223 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 768 | 601 | +167 |
![]() | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 566 | 491 | +75 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 551 | 411 | +140 |
![]() | Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 462 | +31 |
![]() ![]() | Final Round | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 270 | 257 | +13 |
Total | 21/21 | 11 titles | 126 | 104 | 22 | 9937 | 7861 | +2076 |
African Games
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GS | GA | GD |
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![]() | Final round | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
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![]() | Final round | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
![]() | Final round | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 398 | 358 | +40 |
![]() | Final round | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 228 | 180 | +48 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 576 | 479 | +97 |
![]() | Final round | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 487 | 424 | +63 |
![]() | Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 511 | 359 | +152 |
Total | 8/8 | 3 titles | 39 | 33 | 6 | 2200 | 1800 | +400 |
Team
Current roster
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Yanick Moreira | Hermenegildo Mbunga | Valdelício Joaquim |
PF | Bruno Fernando | Leonel Paulo | Eduardo Mingas |
SF | Reggie Moore | José Antonio | Olímpio Cipriano |
SG | Carlos Morais | Jaques Conceição | |
PG | Gerson Domingos | Gerson Gonçalves |
Notable players
Head coach position
Coach | Years | |
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![]() | Mário Palma | 1999 – 2005 |
![]() | Michel Gomez | 2011 |
![]() | Paulo Macedo | May 2013 – Aug 2013 |
![]() | Moncho López | Feb 2015 – Aug 2015 |
![]() | Carlos Dinis | Feb 2016 – |
![]() | Manuel Silva Gi | May 2017 – Sep 2017 |
![]() | Will Voigt | Nov 2017 – |
AfroBasket rosters
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Angola national basketball team - 2011 FIBA Africa Championship - Silver Medal roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angola national basketball team - 2009 FIBA Africa Championship - Gold Medal roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angola all-time record against all nations
Against | Pld | Wn | Lst | GF | GA | GD | Details | ||
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![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 377 | 354 | +23 |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 224 | −33 |
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![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 354 | 397 | −43 |
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![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 240 | −12 |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 316 | 284 | +32 |
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![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 338 | −68 |
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![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 402 | 259 | +143 |
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![]() | 10 | 9 | 1 | 774 | 628 | +146 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 56 | +59 |
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![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 404 | +18 |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 215 | +20 |
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 144 | −32 |
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![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 132 | −2 |
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![]() | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1560 | 1392 | +168 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 68 | −6 |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 96 | +92 |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 396 | 445 | −49 |
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 190 | −73 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 88 | +14 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 95 | −20 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 86 | −8 |
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![]() | 11 | 7 | 4 | 814 | 761 | +53 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 62 | +25 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 65 | +25 |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 157 | +113 |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 127 | +57 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 58 | +33 |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 238 | –54 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 84 | +4 |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 64 | +39 |
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![]() | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1092 | 834 | +258 |
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![]() | 11 | 9 | 2 | 881 | 675 | +206 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 79 | –24 |
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![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 739 | 433 | +306 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 70 | +13 |
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![]() | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1068 | 1004 | +64 |
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![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 211 | +8 |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 390 | 417 | −27 |
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![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 253 | 339 | −86 |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 125 | +48 |
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![]() | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1193 | 1085 | +108 |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 262 | −96 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 47 | +46 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 93 | –6 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 81 | −10 |
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![]() | 9 | 9 | 0 | 788 | 455 | +333 |
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![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 354 | 298 | +56 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 89 | −38 |
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![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 391 | 484 | −93 |
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![]() | 11 | 9 | 2 | 837 | 662 | +175 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 86 | −20 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 89 | +5 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 81 | +2 |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 297 | 510 | −213 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 83 | −6 |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 278 | −72 |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 99 | +63 |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 76 | +6 |
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See also
- Angola national basketball team Under-18
- Angola national basketball team Under-16
- List of Angola national basketball team players
Notes
References
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- "Trajectória Seleção nacional sénior masculino no Afrobasket" (in Portuguese). Nexus.ao. 16 Aug 2005. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 11 Jun 2016.
- Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
- "Basketball: Spanish Moncho Lopez appointed new coach of Angola". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 9 Feb 2015. Retrieved 10 Feb 2015.
- "Basketball: Carlos Dinis named new national head coach". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 2 Feb 2016. Retrieved 1 Feb 2016.
- "Basketball: US coach takes over Angolan basketball team". ANGOP – Angolan News Agency. 12 Nov 2017. Retrieved 14 Nov 2017.
- "Angola roster - 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- "Angola roster - 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- "Angola roster - 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- "Angola roster - 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.