Algeria men's national basketball team

Algeria

FIBA Africa Championship

Appearances	16
Medals	Silver: 2001 Bronze: 1965
Home Away

The Algeria national basketball team (

The team withdrew from the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to COVID-19 related issues and was replaced by South Sudan, who managed to qualify for their first World Cup finals.^[4]

Competitive record

Olympic Games Olympic Games record Appearances: 0 Olympic Games finals AfroBasket/ Pre-Olympic Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L 1936 Part of  France 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 did not qualify 1968 5 2 3 1972 1976 1980 6 3 3 1984 5 2 3 1988 4 0 4 1992 6 2 4 1996 6 3 3 2000 6 3 3 2004 6 3 3 2008 2012 2016 7 3 4 2020 did not qualify Total

FIBA World Cup World Cup record Appearances: 1 World Cup finals AfroBasket/ WC Qualification Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L 1950 Part of  France 1954 1959 1963 Did not qualify 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 6 4 2 1986 1990 5 2 3 1994 4 2 2 1998 2002 15th 5 1 4 395 476 −81 7 5 2 2006 Did not qualify 8 5 3 2010 2014 5 1 4 2019 2023 Withdrew 2027 To be determined Total 5 1 4 395 476 −81

AfroBasket AfroBasket record Appearances: 16 AfroBasket finals Qualification Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L 1962 did not qualify 1964 1965 4 2 2 210 236 −26 1968 8th 5 2 3 349 353 −4 1970 did not qualify 1972 1974 1975 1978 1980 4th 6 3 3 550 615 −65 1981 4th 6 4 2 364 335 +29 1983 6th 5 2 3 337 352 −15 1985 did not qualify 1987 8th 4 0 4 260 315 −55 1989 6th 5 2 3 399 488 −89 1992 9th 6 2 4 438 434 +4 1993 5th 4 2 2 197 236 −39 1995 4th 6 3 3 385 363 +22 1997 did not qualify 1999 6th 6 3 3 379 387 −8 2001 7 5 2 507 451 +56 2003 7th 6 3 3 458 450 +8 2005 4th 8 5 3 579 571 +8 2007 did not qualify 2009 4 1 3 2011 2 0 2 2013 12th 5 1 4 308 353 −45 2 1 1 2015 6th 7 3 4 514 517 −3 3 2 1 2017 did not qualify 4 0 4 2021 Withdrew in qualification 1 0 1 2025 Withdrew in qualification Total 81 42 49 6234 6456 −222

African Games African Games record Appearances: 5 Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD 1965 4th 5 2 3 112 178 −66 1973 did not qualify 1978 4th 4 1 3 315 323 −8 1987 did not qualify 1991 1995 ?th 1999 did not qualify 2003 2007 5th 7 4 3 451 468 −17 2011 4th 7 3 4 417 455 −38 2015 did not qualify 2019 did not participate 2023 Total

AfroCan

• 2019 Mali : 8th

Arab Championship

• 1981 Tunisia : 2nd
• 1994 Egypt : 2nd
• 2000 Algeria : 2nd
• 2005 Saudi Arabia : Winner
• 2015 Egypt: 2nd
• 2018 Egypt: 2nd
• 2022 Dubai : 3rd

Mediterranean Games

• 2005 Almería: 7th
• 2022 Oran
  : 5th (3×3)

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2005 Saudi Arabia : 2nd

Roster

Team for the

Algeria men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 5 Abdesslem Dekkiche 29 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) GS Pétroliers PG 7 Samir Mekdad 28 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Berck PG 8 Mounir Benzegala 28 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) GS Pétroliers F 9 Mohamed Harat 25 – (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al-Shamal SC C 11 Touhami Ghezzoul 28 – (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) GS Pétroliers F 14 Mehdi Cheriet 28 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Roanne	Head coach Ali Fellali Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Notable players

There are several Algerian players playing professionally in Europe, mostly in France. As of 2010/2011, two play in the top level division.

• JDA Dijon
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• Entente Orléanaise 45
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Head coach position

• Faid Bilal: 2000–2002 ^[5]
• Ahmed Loubachria:2007-2009
• Ali Filali:2009-2010
• Sean Whalen: 2010-2013
• Faid Bilal: 2013-2014
• Ali Filali: 2014-2015
• Ahmed Loubachria: 2016-2017
• Mohamed Yahya: 2018-2019
• Faid Bilal: 2019- Dec 2021
• Ahmed Bendjabou: 2022- now

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Peak^[6]

Sponsor

2015: Ooredoo^[6]

References

External links

• Algeria Basketball Portal (in French)
• Africabasket – Algeria Men National Team
• FIBA Profile