South Africa national basketball team is the

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team that represents

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in international competitions. The governing body of the team is

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. Team South Africa is one of

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's youngest members, as it joined in 1992, yet it has qualified for every FIBA Africa Championship between 1997 and

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Competitive record

AfroBasket

African Games

*1999: 6th *2007: 7th *2011: 10th

Commonwealth Games

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: 7th *

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: ''TBD''

Team

Current roster

Team for

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: At the

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and

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Lehlogonolo Tholo Lehlogonolo "Hlogi" Sechaba Tholo (born 12 November 1992) is a South African basketball player for Cape Town Tigers and the South Africa national basketball team. Professional career In the 2021 season, Tholo played with the Soweto Panthers. Wit ...

played most minutes and recorded most assists and steals for South Africa.

Depth chart

Past rosters

FIBA Africa Championship Qualification 2015:

FIBA Africa Championship 2011 AfroBasket 2011 was the 26th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake is the berth allocated to Africa in th ...

: finished 14th among 16 teams

FIBA Africa Championship 2009 AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Afr ...

: finished 15th among 16 teams

FIBA Africa Championship 2007 AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the ci ...

: finished 13th among 16 teams

FIBA Africa Championship 2005 The 2005 FIBA Africa Championship was the 23rd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to 24 2005 and took ...

: finished 12th among 12 teams

FIBA Africa Championship 2003 The 2003 FIBA Africa Championship was the 22nd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Egypt from August 7 to 16 2003. Angola de ...

: finished 9th among 12 teams Coach. Sam Vincent (Mobile Revelers -USA) *Emmanuel Madondo (180-G-80) *Lowell Mndaweni (178-G-76) *Joseph Mazibuko (190-G-80) Levski Sophia (BUL) *Sifiso Ngoobo (192-G-78) *Kenneth Motaung (195-F-78) *Nyakallo Nthuping (200-C-80) *Floid Mtimkulu (196-F-81) *Craig Ngobeni Tsakani (198-F-83) *Quinton Denyssen (203-C/F-80) Wits University Rebels *Thuso Moiloa (199-C-78) 21882 *Thabang Kgwedi (198-F-78) *Lesego Molebatsi (201-F/C-82)

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: finished 12th among 12 teams *Mazibuko Joseph 192 G 80 *Uniacke David 208 C 69 *Madondo Emanuel 180 G 81 *Jesinskis Paul 200 F 81 *Molebatsi L. Prince 201 F 82 *Gilchrist Craig 200 F 70 *Trauernicht Chris 209 C 76 *Ngcobo Ndaba Sifiso 189 G 78 *Maepa Lepo 204 C 84 *Ntunja Vincent 184 G 81 *Maxima Mokoena 189 G 81 *Denyssen Quinton 203 C 80 Head Coach : Zoran Zupcevic

Head coach position

* Zoran Zupcevic – 2001 *

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– 2003 * Terry Pretoritis – 2005 * Flosh Ngwenya – 2007–11 *

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– 2014, 2015SA Men’s Basketball National Team coach appointed
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– 2017

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