The Lebanon men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is a national

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, administered by

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.Lebanon (U18/U19 Men)
asia-basket.com It represents the country in men's international under-18 and under-19 basketball competitions.

History

World Cup Qualification

The Lebanese junior basketball team secured a place in the

2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was the 8th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 12 to 22 July ...

after earning a third-place finish in the

2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2006 is the 2006 edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Urumqi, China The top 3 teams qualified for the 2007 FIBA Under-19 Worl ...

. While they were unable to advance to the second round of the 2007 World Championship, having lost all three of their preliminary games, they managed to win one classification game and ultimately finished 14th out of 16 teams. The team qualified for the 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship Semi-Finals, securing a second appearance in the

FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, i ...

after more than a decade since their last appearance on the world stage. In the

2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup The 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. Th ...

, Lebanon men's U19 team concluded the competition in 15th place out of 16 teams, winning their last game against the host nation,

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, by a score of 73–66.

Tournament records

FIBA Under-19 World Cup

FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup

References

External links

Archived records
of Lebanon team participations
Official website

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