The Central African Republic national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball.
The team won the African Basketball Championship twice. It became the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Basketball World Cup.
Achievements
The Central African Republic has won the African Championship twice. Their first title came in 1974 when they hosted the tournament and beat Senegal 72–67 in the final. They hoisted the trophy again in 1987 by defeating Egypt 94–87 for the championship. The team also took third place in the 1968 tournament.
Performances Olympic Games YearPositionTournamentHost 1988 10 Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea 2020 Not Qualified Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 2024 Not Qualified Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France
FIBA World Championship YearPositionTournamentHost 1974 14 1974 FIBA World Championship Puerto Rico
FIBA Africa Championship YearPositionTournamentHost 1964 – FIBA Africa Championship 1964 Casablanca, Morocco 1965 – FIBA Africa Championship 1965 Tunis, Tunisia 1968 FIBA Africa Championship 1968 Casablanca, Morocco 1970 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1970 Alexandria, Egypt 1972 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1972 Dakar, Senegal 1974 FIBA Africa Championship 1974 Bangui, Central African Republic 1975 – FIBA Africa Championship 1975 Alexandria, Egypt 1978 – FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal 1980 – FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco 1981 – FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Mogadishu, Somalia 1983 7 FIBA Africa Championship 1983 Alexandria, Egypt 1985 5 FIBA Africa Championship 1985 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 1987 FIBA Africa Championship 1987 Tunis, Tunisia 1989 7 FIBA Africa Championship 1989 Luanda, Angola 1992 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1992 Cairo, Egypt 1993 – FIBA Africa Championship 1993 Nairobi, Kenya 1995 – FIBA Africa Championship 1995 Algiers, Algeria 1997 5 FIBA Africa Championship 1997 Dakar, Senegal 1999 – FIBA Africa Championship 1999 Angola 2001 9 FIBA Africa Championship 2001 Morocco 2003 5 FIBA Africa Championship 2003 Alexandria, Egypt 2005 5 FIBA Africa Championship 2005 Algiers, Algeria 2007 7 FIBA Africa Championship 2007 Angola 2009 6 FIBA Africa Championship 2009 Libya 2011 6 FIBA Africa Championship 2011 Antananarivo, Madagascar 2013 13 FIBA Africa Championship 2013 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 2015 14 FIBA Africa Championship 2015 Radès, Tunisia 2017 11 AfroBasket 2017 Senegal/Tunisia 2021 14 AfroBasket 2021 Kigali, Rwanda 2025 – AfroBasket 2025 Angola
African Games
1991 : Beginning with the 2019 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
Team Current roster Roster for the AfroBasket 2025 qualification.
Head coach position Jean-Paul Rabatet Johny Robert Madozein – 2001–2003 Michel Perrim – 2007 Eugene Pehoua-Pelema – 2009 Johny Robert Madozein – 2010 Paco Garcia – 2011 Johny Robert Madozein – 2013 Michel Perrim – 2015 Aubin-Thierry Goporo – 2015Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Ulrich Marida – 2017–present
Past rosters 2013 AfroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
At the AfroBasket 2015.tab=roster Afrobabasket 2015 – CAF, FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
This was the Central African Republic team for the AfroBasket 2017.
Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.
Kit Manufacturer 2015–2020: – Peak2015 FIBA Africa Championship – CAF, FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Sponsor 2015 – Orange
See also Central African Republic women's national basketball team Central African Republic men's national under-18 basketball team Central African Republic men's national under-16 basketball team
References
External links FIBA Profile Africabasket – Central African Republic Men National Team
Videos #AfroBasket – Day 1: Central African Republic v Mozambique (highlights)