Guinea men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 76 3 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1962 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
National federation | Fédération Guinéenne de Basket-Ball (FeGuiBasket) | ||
Coach | Željko Zečević | ||
Nickname(s) | Syli nationale (National Elephants) | ||
AfroBasket | |||
Appearances | 6 | ||
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The Guinea national basketball team represents
Guinea has played at the AfroBasket six times, with its best performance being a fourth place in 1962.
History
Establishment as an African pioneer (1962)
Guinea was one of five countries that participated at the
Three Afrobasket qualifications in 50 years (1964–2015)
After the inauguration tournament, Guinea almost completely disappeared from the Afrobasket. The only exception was the time 1980–1985 where the team qualified for the Afrobasket on 3 out of 4 occasions.
Cedric Mansare becomes the leading player (2017–2020)
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Unexpected success (2021)
At the
Željko Zečević takes over (2021–present)
In 2021, the team qualified again. This was accomplished under the Serbian head coach Željko Zečević who replaced Frenchman Michel Perrin at the helm ahead of the decisive last window of the Qualifiers in February 2021. As of 2021, Zečević had coaching experience not only as head coach of
At the
Performance at AfroBasket
Guinea has played at the AfroBasket (formerly the FIBA Africa Championship) six times, with its first appearance during the inaugural season in 1962. Its first appearance was its best one as the team finished in fourth place. After 18 years of absence, Guinea returned to the tournament in 1980 and later played in the 1983 and 1985 editions. After another 22 years of absence, the team returned in 2017. In the
Fourth place
AfroBasket record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
1962 | Main stage | 4th | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
1964 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
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1980 | Classification stage | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
1981 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
1983 | Classification stage | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
1985 | Classification stage | 11th | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||
1987 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
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2009 | Did not enter | |||||||||
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2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2015 | ||||||
2017 |
Preliminary round | 16th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6[a] | 3 | 3 | 2017 | |
2021 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2021 | |
2025 | To be determined | To be determined | 2025 | |||||||
Total | 6/30 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 3 | – |
- AfroBasket 2017.
Performance at AfroCan
Fourth place
AfroCan record | |||||
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2019 | 12th place | 12th | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | Did not qualify | ||||
Total | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Team
Current roster
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References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Guinea, fiba.com. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f AfroBasket 2021 – Team Profile: Guinea FIBA, 10 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Team Roster Guinea". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Guinea – Afrobasket 2017, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Guinea | 2015 African Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 August 2016.