Cape Verde Men’s National Basketball Team
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The Cape Verde national basketball team represents
Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
in international basketball matches and is administered by the ''Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol''. Its greatest accomplishment was the bronze medal at the
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, where Cape Verde beat
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in its last game. On 26 February 2023, Cape Verde qualified for their first-ever
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when they claimed their ticket to the
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. The country became the smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup, breaking a record that was held by
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Achievements

*Bronze medal at the
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*Bronze medal at the
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*Silver medal at the
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Competitive record


FIBA World Cup


AfroBasket

Third place   Fourth place  


African Games

*2011 – 6th


Lusophony Games

*2006 – *2009 – *2014 – 4th


Team


Current roster

Roster for the
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Head coach position

* Emanuel Trovoada – 2007 * Eric Silva – 2008 * Alex Nwora – 2009–2013 * Antonio Tavares – 2014 *
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– 2015 * Emanuel Trovoada – 2016–present


Past rosters

Team for the
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. Roster for
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Kit


Manufacturer

2015 –
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Sponsor

2015 – Zap


See also

* Cape Verde women's national basketball team


References


External links


FIBA profile


Videos


Cote d'Ivoire v Cape Verde – Game Highlights – Group D – AfroBasket 2015
Youtube.com video {{Africa topic, Basketball in
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Basketball teams in Cape Verde
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1997 establishments in Cape Verde National sports teams established in 1997