The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.

History Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71.

International competitions Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Championship, the 2010 World Championship, and the 2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 championships, with the first coming in 1989, and the most recent in 2013. In addition, they won the tournament at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2003 All-Africa Games and 2007 All-Africa Games.

2006 FIBA World Championship Angola competed at the 2006 World Championship in Group B, alongside Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, and Spain. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand, and Japan), and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.

2014 FIBA World Championship Angola qualified for the event through winning the AfroBasket 2013, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Angola was especially noteworthy for its rebounds and steals. In both categories, the African Champion was among the top-5 at the World Cup.

Tournament record

Olympic Games YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD Moscow 1980Did not qualify Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992 10th 7 2 5 478 539 −61 Atlanta 1996 11th 7 2 5 446 516 −70 Sydney 2000 12th 6 0 6 363 480 −117 Athens 2004 12th 6 0 6 380 504 −124 Beijing 2008 12th 5 0 5 321 477 −156 London 2012Did not qualify Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024Total5/120 titles3142719882516−528

FIBA World Cup YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD Colombia 1982Did not qualify Spain 1986 20th 5 1 4 334 417 −83 Argentina 1990 13th 8 3 5 688 680 +8 Canada 1994 16th 8 1 7 532 633 −101 Greece 1998Did not qualify United States 2002 11th 8 2 6 600 697 −97 Japan 2006 9th 6 3 3 513 474 +39 Turkey 2010 15th 6 2 4 406 535 −129 Spain 2014 17th 5 2 3 375 399 −24 China 2019 27th 5 1 4 350 435 −85 26th 5 1 4 368 410 −42To be determinedTotal9/120 titles 56164041664680−514

FIBA Africa Championship YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD Rabat 1980 7th 5 2 3 371 404 −33 Mogadishu 1981 10th 5 1 6 275 295 −20 Alexandria 1983Final round2nd 6 3 3 450 443 +7 Abidjan 1985Final round2nd 7 5 2 576 512 +64 Tunis 1987Final round3rd 5 4 1 387 341 +46 Luanda 1989Final round1st 7 7 0 607 391 +216 Cairo 1992Final round1st 6 6 0 474 380 +94 Nairobi 1993Final round1st 6 5 1 522 395 +127 Algiers 1995Final round1st 5 5 0 421 253 +168 Dakar 1997Final round3rd 5 4 1 324 243 +81 Luanda / Cabinda 1999Final round1st 7 7 0 586 392 +194 Rabat / Casablanca 2001Final round1st 7 6 1 489 406 +83 Alexandria 2003Final round1st 7 7 0 603 433 +170 Algiers 2005Final round1st 8 8 0 630 400 +230 5 cities 2007Final round1st 6 6 0 574 351 +223 Tripoli / Benghazi 2009Final round1st 9 9 0 768 601 +167 Antananarivo 2011Final round2nd 7 5 2 566 491 +75 Abidjan 2013Final round1st 7 7 0 551 411 +140 Radès 2015Final round2nd 7 5 2 493 462 +31 Radès Dakar 2017 Final Round7th 4 2 2 270 257 +13 Kigali 2021 Final Round5th 5 2 3 356 347 +9 Angola 2025Final round1st 6 6 0 469 381 +88Total22/2212 titles13711225107628589+2173

FIBA AfroCan YearRoundPositionGPWL 2019 Third place 3rd 5 4 1 2023 7th place 7th 5 3 3 2027To be determinedTotalThird place2/31074

African Games YearRoundPositionGPWLGSGAGD Nairobi 1987Final round1st 5 4 1 – – – Cairo 1991No data available Harare 1995Final round4th 5 2 3 – – – Jo'burg 1999Final round2nd 5 4 1 398 358 +40 Abuja 2003Final round3rd 3 3 0 228 180 +48 Algiers 2007Final round1st 8 8 0 576 479 +97 Maputo 2011Final round3rd 7 6 1 487 424 +63 Brazzaville 2015Final round1st 6 6 0 511 359 +152Total8/83 titles3933622001800+400

Team

Current roster Roster for the AfroBasket 2025.

Notable players Jean-Jacques Conceição José Carlos Guimarães Miguel Lutonda Carlos Almeida

Head coach position Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Coach Years Mário Palma 1999–2005 Luís Magalhães 2009–2010 Michel Gomez 2011 Paulo Macedo May 2013 – August 2013 Moncho López February 2015 – August 2015 Carlos Dinis February 2016 – Manuel Silva Gi May 2017 – September 2017 Will Voigt November 2017 – ?José Neto2020Josep ClarósApril 2021–present

Past rosters

All-time record against all nations Against Pld Wn Lst GF GA GD Details 4 2 2 377 354 +23 (17 Sep 2011) Maputo (12 Aug 2001) Rabat (6 Aug 2001) Casablanca (21 Dec 1983) Alexandria (16 Dec 1981) Mogadishu 3 0 3 191 224 −33 (30 Aug 2010) Kayseri (6 Aug 1994) Hamilton (26 Jul 1996) Atlanta 5 2 3 354 397 −43 (4 Sep 2014) Las Palmas (1 Sep 2010) Kayseri (17 Aug 2004) Athens (23 Sep 2000) Sydney (8 Jul 1986) Ferrol 3 1 2 228 240 −12

(2 Sep 2002) Indianapolis (11 Aug 1994) Hamilton (29 Jul 1992) Barcelona 4 4 0 316 284 +32 (25 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (25 Aug 2007) Luanda (16 Jul 2007) Algiers (14 Sep 1999) Johannesburg 4 1 3 270 338 −68

(30 Aug 2002) Indianapolis (19 Sep 2000) Sydney (4 Aug 1994) Toronto (14 Aug 1990) Salta 5 5 0 402 259 +143

(20 Aug 2013) Abidjan (11 Sep 2011) Maputo (23 Aug 2007) Luanda (18 Aug 2007) Benguela (25 Jul 1997) Dakar 10 9 1 774 628 +146 (10 Sep 2017) Dakar (25 Aug 2015) Radès (24 Aug 2013) Abidjan (13 Aug 2009) Tripoli (21 Aug 2007) Luanda (18 Aug 2005) Algiers (5 Aug 2001) Casablanca (28 Dec 1992) Cairo (20 Dec 1985) Abidjan (23 Dec 1983) Alexandria 1 1 0 115 56 +59 (18 Aug 2011) Antananarivo 5 3 2 422 404 +18 (14 Aug 2008) Beijing (7 Sep 2002) Indianapolis (20 Jul 1996) Atlanta (4 Aug 1992) Barcelona (19 Aug 1990) Salta 3 2 1 235 215 +20 (14 Sep 2015) Brazzaville (22 Dec 1985) Abidjan (17 Dec 1981) Mogadishu 2 0 2 112 144 −32

(22 Jul 1996) Atlanta (2 Aug 1992) Barcelona 2 1 1 130 132 −2 (12 Jul 2007) Algiers (25 Mar 1980) Rabat 21 16 5 1560 1392 +168 (18 Sep 2015) Brazzaville (9 Sep 2015) Brazzaville (27 Aug 2015) Radès (31 Aug 2013) Abidjan (15 Sep 2011) Maputo (6 Aug 2009) Benghazi (22 Jul 2007) Algiers (14 Aug 2003) Alexandria (11 Aug 2001) Rabat (12 Sep 1999) Johannesburg (3 Aug 1997) Dakar (27 Jul 1997) Dakar (28 Sep 1993) Nairobi (23 Sep 1993) Nairobi (17 Aug 1990) Salta (27 Dec 1989) Luanda (18 Dec 1989) Luanda (26 Dec 1987) Tunis (27 Dec 1985) Abidjan (28 Dec 1983) Alexandria (20 Dec 1983) Alexandria 1 0 1 62 68 −6 (27 Aug 2006) Saitama 2 2 0 188 96 +92 (10 Sep 2015) Brazzaville (20 Sep 1993) Nairobi 5 0 5 396 445 −49 (1 Sep 2010) Kayseri (10 Aug 2008) Beijing (24 Aug 2006) Hiroshima (8 Aug 1994) Hamilton (27 Jul 1992) Barcelona 2 0 2 117 190 −73

(16 Aug 2008) Beijing (21 Aug 2004) Athens 1 1 0 102 88 +14 (24 Mar 1980) Rabat 1 0 1 75 95 −20 (6 Jul 1986) Ferrol 1 0 1 78 86 −8

(13 Aug 1990) Salta 11 7 4 814 761 +53 (30 Aug 2013) Abidjan (10 Sep 2011) Maputo (15 Aug 2009) Tripoli (10 Aug 2009) Benghazi (10 Oct 2003) Abuja (3 Aug 1999) Luanda (19 Sep 1993) Nairobi (16 Dec 1989) Luanda (28 Dec 1985) Abidjan (21 Dec 1985) Abidjan (23 Mar 1980) Rabat 1 1 0 87 62 +25 (20 Aug 2006) Hiroshima 1 1 0 79 65 +25 (29 Aug 2010) Kayseri 3 3 0 270 157 +113 (21 Dec 1989) Luanda (9 Aug 1987) Nairobi (24 Dec 1985) Abidjan 2 2 0 184 127 +57 (13 Jul 2007) Algiers (22 Dec 1983) Alexandria 1 1 0 91 58 +33 (9 Aug 2009) Benghazi 3 0 3 184 238 −54

(31 Aug 2014) Las Palmas (15 Aug 2004) Athens (26 Jul 1996) Atlanta 1 1 0 88 84 +4

(2 Jul 2012) Caracas 2 2 0 103 64 +39 (13 Aug 2003) Alexandria (— Jul 1987) Nairobi 14 13 1 1092 834 +258 (15 Sep 2015) Brazzaville (26 Aug 2013) Abidjan (5 Aug 2009) Benghazi (20 Jul 2007) Algiers (17 Jul 2007) Algiers (22 Aug 2005) Algiers (5 Aug 1999) Luanda (29 Jul 1997) Dakar (13 Dec 1995) Algiers (19 Sep 1995) Harare (7 Jan 1993) Cairo (26 Dec 1989) Luanda (27 Dec 1987) Tunis (18 Dec 1987) Tunis 11 9 2 881 675 +206 (24 Nov 2017) Luanda (9 Sep 2017) Dakar (22 Aug 2015) Radès (28 Aug 2013) Abidjan (22 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (19 Aug 2007) Benguela (20 Aug 2005) Algiers (12 Aug 2003) Alexandria (29 Dec 1992) Cairo (20 Dec 1989) Luanda (22 Mar 1980) Rabat 1 0 1 55 79 −24

(2 Sep 2014) Las Palmas 8 8 0 739 433 +306 (20 Aug 2015) Radès (22 Aug 2013) Abidjan (23 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (7 Aug 2009) Benghazi (19 Aug 2005) Algiers (31 Jul 1999) Luanda (15 Dec 1995) Algiers (25 Mar 1995) Maputo 16 12 4 1068 1004 +64 (30 Aug 2015) Radès (16 Sep 2011) Maputo (27 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (11 Aug 2009) Benghazi (14 Jul 2007) Algiers (23 Aug 2005) Algiers (9 Oct 2003) Abuja (16 Aug 2003) Luanda (7 Aug 2001) Casablanca (6 Aug 1999) Luanda (18 Sep 1999) Johannesburg (1 Aug 1999) Luanda (17 Dec 1995) Algiers (21 Sep 1995) Harare (19 Dec 1987) Tunis (2 Aug 1987) Nairobi 3 1 2 219 211 +8 (4 Jul 2012) Caracas (21 Aug 2006) Hiroshima (26 Sep 2000) Sydney 1 1 0 83 70 +13 (19 Aug 2006) Hiroshima 5 0 5 390 417 −27

(5 Jul 2016) Belgrade (19 Aug 2004) Athens (3 Sep 2002) Indianapolis (30 Jul 1996) Atlanta (8 Aug 1990) Santa Fe 4 0 4 253 339 −86 (6 Jul 2012) Caracas (6 Sep 2002) Indianapolis (25 Sep 2000) Sydney (5 Aug 1994) Toronto 2 2 0 173 125 +48 (19 Jul 2011) Maputo (15 Aug 2007) Luanda 18 14 4 1193 1085 +108 (14 Sep 2017) Radès (24 Aug 2015) Radès (20 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (24 Aug 2005) Algiers (16 Aug 2005) Algiers (6 Oct 2003) Abuja (8 Aug 2003) Alexandria (8 Aug 2001) Casablanca (13 Sep 1999) Johannesburg (2 Aug 1997) Dakar (18 Dec 1995) Algiers (11 Dec 1995) Algiers (27 Sep 1993) Nairobi (8 Jan 1993) Cairo (5 Jan 1993) Cairo (11 Aug 1987) Nairobi (— Jul 1987) Nairobi (27 Dec 1983) Alexandria 3 0 3 166 262 −96 (6 Jul 2016) Belgrade (28 Aug 2010) Kayseri (24 Aug 2004) Sydney 1 1 0 93 47 +46 (12 Sep 2015) Brazzaville 1 0 1 87 93 −6

(3 Sep 2014) Las Palmas 1 0 1 71 81 −10 (15 Dec 1981) Mogadishu 9 9 0 788 455 +333 (29 Mar 2017) Lusaka (26 Mar 2017) Lusaka (14 Sep 2011) Maputo (19 Jul 2007) Algiers (15 Aug 2005) Algiers (9 Aug 2003) Alexandria (9 Aug 2001) Casablanca (17 Sep 1999) Johannesburg (29 Jul 1999) Luanda 4 3 1 354 298 +56

(30 Aug 2014) Las Palmas (3 Aug 1996) Atlanta (12 Aug 1994) Hamilton (15 Aug 1990) Salta 1 0 1 51 89 −38 (5 Jul 1986) Ferrol 6 1 5 391 484 −93

(18 Aug 2008) Beijing (23 Aug 2006) Hiroshima (31 Aug 2002) Indianapolis (17 Sep 2000) Sydney (6 Aug 1992) Barcelona (31 Jul 1992) Barcelona 11 9 2 837 662 +175 (29 Aug 2015) Radès (28 Aug 2011) Antananarivo (14 Aug 2009) Tripoli (10 Aug 2003) Alexandria (2 Aug 1999) Luanda (25 Sep 1993) Nairobi (4 Jan 1993) Cairo (17 Dec 1989) Luanda (18 Dec 1987) Tunis (23 Dec 1985) Abidjan (15 Dec 1981) Mogadishu 1 0 1 66 86 −20

(3 Sep 2002) Indianapolis 1 1 0 94 89 +5

(8 Sep 2017) Dakar 1 1 0 83 81 +2

(10 Jul 1986) Ferrol 5 0 5 297 510 −213 (6 Sep 2010) Istanbul (12 Aug 2008) Beijing (23 Aug 2004) Athens (22 Jul 1996) Atlanta (26 Jul 1992) Barcelona 1 0 1 77 83 −6

(10 Aug 1990) Santa Fe 3 0 3 206 278 −72

(29 Aug 2002) Indianapolis (21 Sep 2000) Sydney (9 Aug 1990) Santa Fe 2 2 0 162 99 +63 (30 Mar 2017) Lusaka (27 Mar 2017) Lusaka 1 1 0 82 76 +6 (14 Sep 1995) Harare

See also Angola national basketball team Under-18 Angola national basketball team Under-16 List of Angola national basketball team players

References

External links

FIBA profile Angolan National Team – Afrobasket.com