Liberia men's national basketball team

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Liberia
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances2 (1983, 2007)
MedalsNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The Liberia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Liberia. It is administered by the

2007.[3] Its most noteworthy international performance was in 1983 when Liberia finished among Africa's 10 elite basketball teams.[4] According to the website, Afrobasket.com, the Liberia National Basketball team has not been in existence since 2013.[5]

Current squad

Team for the AfroBasket 2007.[6] (last publicized squad)

Liberia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Stephen Kollie 19 – (1988-08-14)14 August 1988 Invincible Eleven Liberia
G
 		5 Samson Nyonno 32 – (1975-04-06)6 April 1975 NPA Pythons Liberia
6 Stuart Koffa 21 – (1986-02-24)24 February 1986 NPA Pythons Liberia
7 Sam Gbollie 24 – (1982-12-25)25 December 1982 Liberia
8 Jonathan Krah 35 – (1972-04-18)18 April 1972 NPA Pythons Liberia
9 Vernon Gbotoe 19 – (1988-04-01)1 April 1988 Dream Team (Liberia) Liberia
10 Patrick Tugbe 21 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985 Invincible Eleven Liberia
11 Harold Mulbah 25 – (1982-01-13)13 January 1982 Liberia
G
 		12 Phillip Flomo 19 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) NPA Pythons Liberia
13 Raymond Kromah 17 – (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 Liberia
14 Desmond Wesseh 25 – (1981-09-04)4 September 1981
15 Ryan Yakpah 23 – (1984-02-04)4 February 1984 Liberia
Head coach
  • Liberia Adam Sackor
Assistant coach(es)
Liberia Theodore Suah
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 August 2007

At the

Raphael M. Quaye played most minutes and recorded most assists and steals for Liberia.[7]

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench Bench 3
C
PF
SF
SG Samson Nyonno
PG Harold Mulbah J Wellington Barchue Jr

Notable players

Other current notable players from Liberia:

Liberia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G
 		Prince Williams 27 – (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C. Greece
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 January 2020

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1983 9 FIBA Africa Championship 1983 Alexandria, Egypt
2007 16
FIBA Africa Championship 2007
 Angola

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games
  • 1965-2003 : Did not qualify
  • 2007 : 11th
  • 2011-2015 : Did not qualify

Past rosters

1983 FIBA Africa Championship
: finished 9th among 10 teams

2007 FIBA Africa Championship
: finished 16th among 16 teams

John Bing, Jethro Bing, Varney Tulay, Marcus Wolo, Fitzgerald Cole, Alphonso Kuiah, Raphael Quaye, Francis Fayiah, Alvin Tapeh, Mark Smith, Joseph Lackey, Richelieu Allison, Cephus Solo, Meshach McBorrough, Samuel Assembe (Coach: Allan Jallah)

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "FIBA.com: Profile – Liberia". Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ^ "archive.FIBA.com: 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ^ "archive.FIBA.com: 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Afrobasket". Afrobasket.com. 2020.
  6. ^ Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

External links

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