The Cameroon national basketball team ( French: Équipe nationale de basketball de Camerounaise) represents

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

in men's international competitions. It is administered by the Fédération Camerounaise de Basketball. Once an only average team, Cameroon has turned into a major force and contender for the title of the African Basketball Championship. Their best achievement was reaching the Silver Medal in

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. Since the late 2000s, the team has competed well against non-African competition, too.

Competitive record

AfroBasket

AfroCan

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Since 2019, FIBA organises qualification tournaments for African teams in order to qualify for the

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Team

Current roster

''Roster in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers of August 27, 2022.''

Head coach position

Lazare Adingono Lazare Adingono (or Lazare Adie Ngono; born 11 January 1978) is a Cameroonian-American former basketball player and current head coach of Primeiro de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League. Playing career Adingono played basketball at the Univer ...

: (2007–2011) *

Michel Perrin Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

: (2013)Head coaches
fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013. *

: (2021–)

Notable Cameroonian players

The following notable Cameroonian players are also eligible to represent the country in FIBA competitions: *

Joel Embiid Joel Hans Embiid ( ; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), who also holds French and American citizenship. After one year of college basket ...

(born 1994, C) – Player for the

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who also holds the French nationality. *

Pascal Siakam Pascal Siakam (born 2 April 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Siakam played college basketball for the New Mexico State Aggies and was named the Western At ...

(born 1994, F) – Player for the

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. *

Luc Mbah a Moute Luc Richard Mbah a Moute ( ; born 9 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mbah a Moute also plays for the Cameroon national t ...

(born 1986, F) – Player for the Milwaukee Bucks. *

Christian Koloko Christian Junior Koloko (born 20 June 2000) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wild ...

(born 2000, C) – Player for the Toronto Raptors.

References

External links

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FIBA profileAfrobasket – Cameroon Men National Team
{{National sports teams of Cameroon Men's national basketball teams

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Basketball in Cameroon 1965 establishments in Cameroon