Tunisia men's national basketball team

The Tunisian national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة السلة‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national basketball team of Tunisia.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tunisia women's national basketball team.

 Tunisia

FIBA ranking	33 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA	1956
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	FTBB
Coach	Dirk Bauermann
Nickname(s)	The Eagles of Carthage ( نسور قرطاج )
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	None
AfroBasket
Appearances	22
Medals	Champions : (2011, 2017) Silver : (1965) Bronze : (1970, 1974, 2009, 2015)
African Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold : (1973) Bronze : (1978)
Arab Championship
Appearances	8
Medals	Gold : (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009) Silver : (2002) Bronze : (1991, 1992, 2007)
Home Away
First international
Tunisia n / a Morocco  Beirut, Lebanon – 1957
Biggest win
Tunisia 101–40 Chad  Yaoundé, Cameroon – November 25, 2017
Biggest defeat
Tunisia 63–110 United States  London, United Kingdom – July 31, 2012
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIBA AfroBasket 2 1 4 African Games 1 0 1 Arab Championship 4 1 3 Pan Arab Games 0 0 3 Mediterranean Games 0 0 1 Stanković Cup 0 1 2 Total 7 3 14

The team is governed by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). (Arabic: الجامعة التونسية لكرة السلة‎)

When Tunisia became the 2011 African Basketball Champion, it was the first North African country to do so in almost 30 years. To date, the team has made 22 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking it behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt, in total appearances.

History

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 the host country.[2] They also won a bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 1970 and FIBA Africa Championship 1974.[3][4]

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,[5] 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 Cup 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. Yet, after almost forty years of mediocrity in Africa, Tunisia has become one of the continent's prime competitors again. Its appearances at the global stage have become a new milestone in the team's history.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics
Appearances : 1
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2012	11th	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
2016	Did not qualify	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020	To be determined	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan

FIBA Basketball World Cup

FIBA World Championship
Appearances : 2
Year	Position	Host
2010	24th	Istanbul Turkey
2019	20th	Beijing China
// 2023	To be determined	Bocaue Philippines, Okinawa Japan and Jakarta Indonesia

AfroBasket

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

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

AfroBasket
Appearances : 22
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1962	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1962	Cairo, Egypt
1964	4	FIBA Africa Championship 1964	Casablanca, Morocco
1965		FIBA Africa Championship 1965	Tunis, Tunisia
1968	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1968	Casablanca, Morocco
1970		FIBA Africa Championship 1970	Alexandria, Egypt
1972	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1972	Dakar, Senegal
1974		FIBA Africa Championship 1974	Bangui, Central African Republic
1975	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1975	Alexandria, Egypt
1978	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1978	Dakar, Senegal
1980	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1980	Rabat, Morocco
1981	6	FIBA Africa Championship 1981	Mogadishu, Somalia
1983	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1983	Alexandria, Egypt
1985	8	FIBA Africa Championship 1985	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1987	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1987	Tunis, Tunisia
1989	8	FIBA Africa Championship 1989	Luanda, Angola
1992	7	FIBA Africa Championship 1992	Cairo, Egypt
1993	8	FIBA Africa Championship 1993	Nairobi, Kenya
1995	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1995	Algiers, Algeria
1997	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1997	Dakar, Senegal
1999	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1999	Luanda, Angola
2001	4	FIBA Africa Championship 2001	Casablanca, Morocco
2003	6	FIBA Africa Championship 2003	Alexandria, Egypt
2005	8	FIBA Africa Championship 2005	Algiers, Algeria
2007	6	FIBA Africa Championship 2007	Luanda, Angola
2009		FIBA Africa Championship 2009	Tripoli Libya
2011		FIBA Africa Championship 2011	Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013	9	2013 FIBA Africa Championship	Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
2015		2015 FIBA Africa Championship	Radès, Tunisia
/ 2017		2017 FIBA Africa Championship	Radès, Tunisia & Dakar,Senegal

African Games

African Games
Appearances : 3
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1965	–	1965 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo
1973		1973 African Games	Lagos, Nigeria
1978		1978 African Games	Algiers, Algeria
1991	–	1991 African Games	Cairo, Egypt
1995	–	1995 African Games	Harare, Zimbabwe
1999	–	1999 African Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
2003	–	2003 African Games	Abuja, Nigeria
2007	10	2007 African Games	Algiers, Algeria
2011	–	2011 African Games	Maputo, Mozambique
2015	–	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo

Arab Championship

Arab Championship
Appearances : 8
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1981		1981 Arab Championship	Tunis, Tunisia
1983		1983 Arab Championship	Amman, Jordan
1985	Not held	1985 Arab Championship	Cairo, Egypt
1991		1991 Arab Championship	Cairo, Egypt
1992		1992 Arab Championship	Damascus, Syria
2002		2002 Arab Championship	Cairo, Egypt
2007		2007 Arab Championship	Cairo, Egypt
2008		2008 Arab Championship	Tunis, Tunisia
2009		2009 Arab Championship	Rabat, Morocco

Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games
Appearances : 4
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1957		1957 Pan Arab Games	Beirut, Lebanon
1985		1985 Pan Arab Games	Rabat, Morocco
1992		1992 Pan Arab Games	Damascus, Syria
2011	4	2011 Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games
Appearances : 5
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1975	7	1975 Mediterranean Games	Algiers, Algeria
1983	7	1983 Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco
1987	4	1987 Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria
2001	5	2001 Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia
2013		2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games
Appearances : 1
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2005	4	2005 Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Others

FIBA Stanković Cup

FIBA Stanković Cup
Appearances : 3
Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2012		2012 Stanković Cup	Guangzhou, China
2018		2018 Stanković Cup	Shenzhen, China
2019		2019 Stanković Cup	Shenzhen, China

• Silver: 1 time: Czech Republic Basketball Tournament :2019

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 FIBA World Cup

Tunisia national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Abada, Omar 23 – (1996-06-15)15 June 1996 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Saint-Chamond Basket SF 5 Chennoufi, Ziyed 27 – (1991-11-29)29 November 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Africain SG 7 El Mabrouk, Mourad 25 – (1993-10-19)19 October 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Hermine Nantes Basket SG 8 Mouhli, Omar 32 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel SG 10 Roll, Michael 30 – (1989-04-12)12 April 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Olimpia Milano C 11 Ghyaza, Mokhtar 30 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Club Africain PF 12 Ben Romdhane, Makram 26 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Saint-Chamond Basket SF 22 Hadidane, Mohamed 31 – (1988-04-27)27 April 1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Stade Nabeulien PF 44 Abbassi, Mohamed 27 – (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) ES Radès PF 45 Slimane, Radhouane 33 – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel C 50 Mejri, Salah 33 – (1986-06-15)15 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 66 Knioua, Nizar 33 – (1986-06-08)8 June 1986 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Head coach Mário Palma Assistant coach(es) Khelil Ben Ameur Kacem Louerchefani Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2019

Depth chart

Salah Mejri is the country's most recognized player

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Salah Mejri	Mokhtar Ghayaza
PF	Makram Ben Romdhane	Radhouane Slimane	Mohamed Abbassi
SF	Ziyed Chennoufi	Mohamed Hadidane
SG	Michael Roll	Mourad El Mabrouk	Omar Mouhli
PG	Omar Abada	Nizar Knioua

All Time Head coaches

Period Head Coach 1957–1959 Hammadi Driss 1960–1961 Griffith 1961–1962 Borhane Errais 1962–1963 Miodrag Stefanović 1963–1965 Borhane Errais 1965–1966 Valensky 1966–1967 Faherty 1967–1968 Katarinsky 1968–1971 Igor Tocigl 1971 Václav Krása 1971–1972 Bill Sweek

Period Head Coach 1972–1978 Mohamed Senoussi 1978–1979 Khaled Senoussi 1979–1981 Mohamed Senoussi 1981 Khaled Senoussi 1982–1983 Mohamed Zaouali 1983–1987 Youri Velligoura 1988–1990 Ridha Laabidi 1990–1991 Mohamed Senoussi 1991–1992 Khaled Senoussi 1992–1994 Mohamed Zaouali 1994–1996 Igor Tocigl

Period Head Coach 1997–1998 Juan Manuel Monsalve 1998–1999 Mustapha Bouchenak 1999–2000 Zoran Zupecevic 2000–2001 Francis Jordane & Mounir Ben Sliman 2001–2002 Adel Tlatli 2002–2003 Marijan Novović 2004 Walid Gharbi 2004–2016 Adel Tlatli 2016–2020 Mário Palma 2020–Present Dirk Bauermann

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Nike [6]

Sponsor

2015: Ooredoo, SEAT [6]

See also

• Tunisia A' national basketball team
• Tunisia women's national basketball team
• Tunisia men's national under-20 basketball team
• Tunisia national under-19 basketball team
• Tunisia national under-17 basketball team
• Tunisia women's national under-20 basketball team
• Tunisia women's national under-19 basketball team
• Tunisia women's national under-17 basketball team
• Tunisia national 3x3 team
• Tunisia women's national 3x3 team
• Tunisia Basketball Federation

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. 1965 African Championship at FIBA archive
3. 1970 African Championship at FIBA Archive
4. 1974 African Championship at FIBA.com
5. LBA – Gomes Leads All-Star Team
6. 2015 FIBA Africa Championship - Tunisia, FIBA.com, Retrieved 27 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Tunisia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Afrobasket – Tunisia Men National Team

Videos

• Olympic Basketball Tournament - Team Tunisia Youtube.com video