Rwanda men's national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Rwanda in international competitions. It is administered by the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA)FIBA National Federations – Rwanda, fiba.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 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 AfroBasket, Africa's prime basketball event, four times in a row between 2007 and 2013., fiba.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
At the AfroBasket 2021 on home soil, Rwanda beat Angola, 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 YearRoundPosition 1950 Not a FIBA member 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 Did not enter 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 Did not qualify 2010 2014 2019 2023 2027 2031 To be determinedTotal0/7 0 0 0
AfroBasket YearRoundPosition 1978 Did not qualify 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1992 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 Classification rounds 12th 6 1 5 2009 Classification rounds 9th 8 5 3 2011 Round of 16 12th 5 1 4 2013 Round of 16 10th 5 1 4 2015 Did not qualify 2017 Preliminary round 10th 3 1 2 2021 Round of 16 10th 4 2 2 2025 Preliminary round 13th 3 0 3Total7/23 34 11 23
FIBA AfroCan YearRoundPositionGPWL 2019 Did not qualify 2023 3rd place 3rd 6 3 3 2027 Qualified as hostTotalThird place2/3623
African Games
YearRoundPosition 2011 Quarter-finals 7th 7 2 5 2015 Did not qualifyTotal 7 2 5
Team
Current roster Roster for the AfroBasket 2025.
Head coach position Većeslav Kavedžija – 2007–2011 Moise Mutokambali – 2012–2013,Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013. 2014–2017 Cheikh Sarr – 2021–present
Past rosters Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.
At AfroBasket 2015 qualification:Rwanda|2015 Afrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
Kit Manufacturer 2013 – NikeByarangije kwemezwa ko umukinnyi Kami Kabangu Milambwe w’amavubi agiye gukina muri Maroc !, FERWABA, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2017–present Erreà
See also Rwanda national under-19 basketball team Rwanda national under-17 basketball team Rwanda women's national basketball team Rwanda national 3x3 team
References
External links
FIBA profile Africabasket – Rwanda Men National Team Archived records of Rwanda team participations
Videos #AfroBasket – Day 2: Rwanda v Burkina Faso (highlights) Youtube.com video