The Egypt national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
team of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
, governed by the
Egyptian Basketball Federation
The Egyptian Basketball Federation is the governing body of the sport of basketball in Egypt. It joined International Basketball Federation FIBA in 1934.
History
It was founded in 1934, and was a member of FIBA Europe, as the FIBA Africa zone w ...
. It represents the country in international under-16 and under-17 (under age 16 and under age 17) basketball competitions.
The team was crowned as the champion of the
2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship
The 2019 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, alternatively the 6th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Praia, Cape Verde from 5–14 July 2019. It served as a qualifier for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cu ...
Egypt men's national basketball team
The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة).
Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement. In addition ...
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...