Equatorial Guinea men's national basketball team

The Equatorial Guinea national basketball team is the national basketball team from Equatorial Guinea. It has yet to appear at the FIBA World Championship or the FIBA Africa Championship.

Not to be confused with Guinea national basketball team.

Equatorial Guinea
FIBA rankingIncrease (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1994
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFeguibasket
CoachStéphane Dumas and
Alejandro Paniagua
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Africa Championship
AppearancesNone

The team was originally set to take part in the AfroBasket 2017 qualification.[2]

At the AfroBasket 2021 qualification, the team started out strong as it won its first four games. Yet, at the end the Equatoguineans did not qualify due to narrowly losing the direct comparison against Guinea by two points.

Competitive record

AfroBasket

Equatorial Guinea has never qualified for an AfroBasket tournament, although it was close in the 2021 qualification.

AfroBasket record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L GP W L –
Algeria 1995 Did not qualify
Senegal 1997
Angola 1999
Morocco 2001
Egypt 2003
Algeria 2005
Angola 2007
Libya 2009 Did not enter
Madagascar 2011
Ivory Coast 2013
Tunisia 2015 Withdrew
Senegal Tunisia 2017 Did not enter
Rwanda 2021 10 5 5 2021
2025 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/13 0 0 0 10 5 5 –

Team

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2021 qualification:[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Equatorial Guinea roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 7 Mba, Frank 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1989-02-14)14 February 1989
PF 8 Cabral, Walter 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-09-25)25 September 1995
PG 9 Mbansogo, Sebas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987
SF 11 Obiekwe, Kingseley 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994
12 Koka, Salvador 33 – (1990-03-13)13 March 1990
14 Obiang, Pastor 27 – (1996-07-29)29 July 1996
15 Hinestrosa, Ruslán 30 – (1993-05-08)8 May 1993
PF 17 Ngomo, Óscar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 31, 2020

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4, FIBA.COM, 28 January 2017. Accessed 25 February 2017.
  3. "Equatorial Guinea - FIBA AfroBasket 2021 - Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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