The Gabon men's national basketball team (
French: Équipe nationale de basket-ball du Gabon) representing
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
in men's international
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 ...
competitions, It is administrated by the
Gabon Basketball Federation.
At the
AfroBasket 2015
AfroBasket 2015 was the 28th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. It also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament ...
, Gabon finished 8th, its best placement ever.
Competitive record
AfroBasket
Gabon has participated at the
AfroBasket (previously the FIBA Africa Championship) three times, its best result being the quarter-finals in
2015.
African Games
Basketball was part of the African Games until 2015. Later, it was replaced by the
3x3 version.
*1973-2011 : ''Did not qualify''
*2015 : 8th
Current squad
Gabon team for the
AfroBasket 2017 qualification
AfroBasket 2017 qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the ...
.
Depth chart
Kit
Manufacturer
2015:
Erima
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Past squads
Gabon team for the
AfroBasket 2015
AfroBasket 2015 was the 28th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. It also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament ...
.
See also
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Gabon national under-19 basketball team
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Gabon national under-17 basketball team
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Gabon national 3x3 team
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Gabon women's national basketball team
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Stéphane Lasme
Yann Ulrich Stéphane Lasme (born December 17, 1982) is a Gabonese former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), with the UMass Minutemen, and he was selected by the Golden State Wa ...
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Chris Silva
References
External links
Presentation on Afrobasket.comGabon Basketball FederationPresentation on Facebook
at FIBA Archive
Videos
Cape Verde v Gabon - Game Highlights - Round of 16 - AfroBasket 2015Youtube.com video
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Gabon National Basketball Team
1965 establishments in Gabon