The Timor-Leste national basketball team represents Timor-Leste in international basketball competitions and is managed by the National Basketball Federation of Timor-Leste abbreviated as FNBTL (Portuguese: Nacional de Basquetebol de Timor-Leste).
History Prior to the team's national federation admission to FIBA in 2013, the national team participated at the 2006 Lusophony Games. The team lost its five games against Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Portugal with an average score of 166–39. East Timor did not score more than 39 points against all opposition except against Portugal, whom they scored 69 points against.
Timor-Leste's first tournament as part of FIBA was the 2015 Southeast Asian Games facing Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the group stage.
Timor-Leste was initially assigned to FIBA Asia; on 2015, it was reassigned to FIBA Oceania "to facilitate the development of the game in the country and the participation of its athletes in international competitions."
Results
Summer Olympics yet to qualify
FIBA World Cup yet to qualify
FIBA Oceania Championship never participated
Oceania Basketball Tournament
never participated
Lusophony Games
2006 – 6th place 2009–2014 – Did not participate
Southeast Asian Games
2015 – 9th
Current roster
At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games: (incomplete)
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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 9 June 2015
Coaches Leandro Dos Santos (2015– )
References