This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the
AfroBasket 2015. The player ages are as of August 30, 2015, which will be the final day of the tournament.
Group A
Tunisia
Tunisia's final roster as announced in the official website.
Central African Republic
Central African Republic announced its 20-man preliminary squad on June 26, 2015, through head coach
Aubin-Thierry Goporo
Aubin-Thierry Goporo (born 15 May 1968) is a Central African basketball coach and former player who is the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team. He played college basketball for the Florida Tech Pa ...
. However,
William Kossangue,
James Mays, and
Maxime Zianveni later dropped out. Goporo said he would not pursue "players who do not want to play for their country."
On July 30, 2015,
Michael Mokongo
Michael Benoît Mokongo (born July 11, 1986) is a professional basketball player who last played for AS Monaco Basket of the LNB Pro B in France.
International career
Mokongo first represented the Central African Republic internationally at the ...
was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.
The final squad of the Central African Republic team for the
AfroBasket 2015:
Nigeria
On July 2, 2015, the
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) announced that
Will Voigt would be the head coach for Nigeria at the AfroBasket. Ayinla Johnson and Abdulrahaman Mohammed would serve as assistant coaches. The team announced its preliminary squad on July 22.
Uganda
Head coach Mandy Juruni announced Uganda's final roster on August 5, 2015.
Ivan Lumanyika
Ivan Lumanyika Jumba (born June 28, 1992) is a Ugandan professional basketball player who for City Oilers.
International career
Lumanyika represents Uganda in international competition. He helped the team appear in its first-ever AfroBask ...
, who played a key role in the team's qualification, was known as the most notable player to be cut from the squad. Juruni added four new players:
Brandon Sebirumbi,
Marial Dhal,
Stanley Ocitti, and
Joseph Ikong.
Group B
Angola
Angola's final roster as announced in the official website.
Senegal
Morocco
Group C
Egypt
Egypt's final roster as announced in the official website.
Cameroon
Cameroon's final squad as shown in the official website of the competition.
Gabon
On June 11, 2015, head coach
Thierry Bouanga
Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname.
People ...
announced the 21-man preliminary roster for Gabon.
Mali
Group D
Algeria
Algeria's final squad as shown in the official website of the competition.
Zimbabwe
Cape Verde
Cape Verde's final squad as shown in the official FIBA website.
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Ivory Coast
References
External links
Official website
{{FIBA Africa Championship
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squads
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