The Equatorial Guinea national basketball team is the national basketball team from

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

. It has yet to appear at the

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or the

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. The team was originally set to take part in the

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. At the

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, the team started out strong as it won its first four games. Yet, at the end the Equatoguineans did not qualify due to narrowly losing the direct comparison against

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by two points.

Competitive record

AfroBasket

Equatorial Guinea has never qualified for an AfroBasket tournament, although it was close in the 2021 qualification.

Team

Current roster

At the

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References

External links

Profile
at FIBA.com

of Equatorial Guinea team participations
Profile
at Twitter {{National sports teams of Equatorial Guinea 1994 establishments in Equatorial Guinea Men's national basketball teams

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