Mali national basketball team () represents
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
in men's international
basketball
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competitions has yet to appear in the
FIBA World Championship
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. Their best finish at the
FIBA Africa Championship
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was in
1972
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where they ended with a bronze medal.
AfroBasket record
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Morocco 1964 – 6th
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Morocco 1968 – 4th
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Senegal 1972 – 3rd
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Central African Rep. 1974 – 7th
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Tunisia 1987 – 4th
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Angola 1989 – 4th
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Egypt 1992 – 4th
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Kenya 1993 – 7th
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Algeria 1995 – 5th
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Senegal 1997 – 6th
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Angola 1999 – 4th
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Morocco 2001 – 11th
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Algeria 2005 – 8th
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Angola 2007 – 11th
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Libya 2009 – 8th
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Madagascar 2011 – 9th
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Côte d'Ivoire 2013 – 15th
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Tunisia 2015 – 7th
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Senegal/Tunisia 2017 – 9th
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Rwanda 2021 – 15th
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Angola 2025 – ''Qualified''
AfroCan record
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Mmli 2019 – 5th
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Angola 2023 – 12th
Team
Current roster
Roster for the
AfroBasket 2021
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.
Past rosters
Team for the
2013 FIBA Africa Championship
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.
Head coach position
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José Ruiz – 2011–2013
Head coaches
fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
See also
*Mali national under-19 basketball team
The Mali men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is the representative for Mali in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the ''Fédération Malienne de Basketball''. The Mali men's national under-18 bas ...
References
External links
FIBA profile
{{National sports teams of Mali
Basketball in Mali
Men's national basketball teams
Basketball
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1964 establishments in Mali
National sports teams established in 1964