The Madagascar national basketball team is the national basketball team representing
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It is administrated by the Fédération Malagasy de Basket-Ball ''(Madagascar Basketball Federation)''.
Its biggest success has been the 9th place at the
FIBA Africa Championship 1972
The FIBA Africa Championship 1972, was the sixth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1972 Summer Olympics, granting berths to the champion and runner-up. It ...
where Madagascar surprisingly finished ahead of team Côte d'Ivoire and team Nigeria.
Madagascar was chosen as host of the FIBA Africa Championship 2011. The country received the bid from Côte d'Ivoire where the event could not take place because of instabilities after the civil war. Madagascar's automatic qualification is only the 3rd time in its history. Its last appearance at Africa's most prestigious basketball event was in 2003.
Competitive record
Summer Olympics
''yet to qualify''
World championships
''yet to qualify''
FIBA Africa Championship
African Games
*1965-1978 : ''Did not qualify''
*1987 : ? (''Qualified'')
*1991-2015 : ''Did not qualify''
Current roster
Roster for the
AfroBasket 2021 qualification
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matches played on 19, 20 and 21 February 2021 against
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Central African Republic
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FIBA
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. Accessed 30 April 2021.
Depth chart
Past rosters
Roster for the
2011 FIBA Africa Championship
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At the
AfroBasket 2011
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in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
Romule Razafimahasahy
The Madagascar national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Madagascar. It is administrated by the Fédération Malagasy de Basket-Ball ''(Madagascar Basketball Federation)''.
Its biggest success has been the 9th plac ...
hit most three pointers, and
Yerison Rabekoto
Yerison Rabekoto (born 16 April 1982) is a Malagasy retired basketball player. He played for SEBAM in Madagascar and Jeunesse Canon in France. Rabekoto was one of Madagascar's most prominent basketball figures.
He recorded second most minutes a ...
hit most free throws.
Head coach position
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Angel Manzano
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
: 2011
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Juan Collazo
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
: 2020-present
See also
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Madagascar women's national basketball team
The Madagascar women's national basketball team is the nationally controlled basketball team representing Madagascar at international basketball competitions for women. The squad won the African championship in 1970.
It is administrated by the ...