Rwanda men's national basketball team is a

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team that represents

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in international competitions. It is administered by the

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(FERWABA) Rwanda has yet to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but has qualified for the AfroBasket six times. Before 2000, Team Rwanda was virtually unknown to most basketball fans worldwide. Since the mid-2000s however, the team slowly but surely has made a name for itself. Team Rwanda has emerged as a major force in East Africa and has qualified for the

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, Africa's prime basketball event, four times in a row between 2007 and 2013. At the

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on home soil, Rwanda beat

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, winner of ten AfroBasket editions between 1989 and 2013. The victory was considered an enormous achievement of the national team.AfroBasket : La chute de l’Angola, le peps du Rwanda
BasketEurope.com, 27 August 2021. Accessed 17 October 2021. Rwanda won a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA AfroCan in Angola, the first ever podium finish in the country's history.

Competitive record

Basketball World Cup

AfroBasket

FIBA AfroCan

African Games

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

Depth chart

Head coach position

* Većeslav Kavedžija – 2007–2011 * Moise Mutokambali – 2012–2013, 2014–2017 * Cheikh Sarr – 2021–present

Past rosters

Team for the

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. At

AfroBasket 2015 qualification AfroBasket 2015 Qualification occurred on various dates between 21 September 2014 and 8 March 2015. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other team ...

Kit

Manufacturer

2013 –

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Byarangije kwemezwa ko umukinnyi Kami Kabangu Milambwe w’amavubi agiye gukina muri Maroc !
FERWABA, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 2017–present

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References

External links

FIBA profileAfricabasket – Rwanda Men National Team
of Rwanda team participations

Videos

#AfroBasket – Day 2: Rwanda v Burkina Faso (highlights)
Youtube.com video {{FIBA Africa teams Men's national basketball teams 2007 establishments in Rwanda National sports teams established in 2007