Mali national basketball team

Mali

FIBA ranking	T-57 5
Joined FIBA	1961
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Mali Basketball Federation
Coach	José Ruiz
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	18
Medals	Bronze: 1972

Mali national basketball team is a basketball team in Mali. They are yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Their best finish at the FIBA Africa Championship was in 1972 where they ended with a bronze medal.

African Championship record

Egypt 1962 : Did not participate
Morocco 1964 : 6th
Tunisia 1965 : Did not participate
Morocco 1968 : 4th
Egypt 1970 : Did not participate
Senegal 1972 : 3rd
Central African Rep. 1974 : 7th
Egypt 1975 : Did not participate
Senegal 1978 : Did not participate
Morocco 1980 : Did not participate
Somalia 1981 : Did not participate
Egypt 1983 : Did not participate
Côte d'Ivoire 1985 : Did not participate
Tunisia 1987 : 4th
Angola 1989 : 4th
Egypt 1992 : 4th
Kenya 1993 : 7th
Algeria 1995 : 5th
Senegal 1997 : 6th
Angola 1999 : 4th
Morocco 2001 : 11th
Egypt 2003 : Did not participate
Algeria 2005 : 8th
Angola 2007 : 11th
Libya 2009 : 8th
Madagascar 2011 : 9th
Côte d'Ivoire 2013 : 15th
Tunisia 2015 : 7th

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2015: ^[1]

Mali men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club	Ctr.
1.0 !PG	4	Ibrahim Saounera	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-04-03)3 April 1987	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Challans	FRA !
1.5 !G	5	Mahamadou Kante	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FUS Rabat	MAR !
1.0 !PG	6	Abdrahamane Maiga	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-11)11 January 1990	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Stade Malien	Mali !
3.5 !F	7	Ibrahim Djambo	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-07-14)14 July 1992	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Hofstra	USA !
1.5 !G	8	Waly Coulibaly	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-02-10)10 February 1988	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Chaminade	USA !
3.0 !SF	9	Boubacar Moungoro	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-09-22)22 September 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Getafe	ESP !
3.5 !F	10	Mohamed Bah	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Drexel	USA !
3.5 !F	11	Namory Boundy	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-10-26)26 October 1989	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Rueil	FRA !
5.0 !C	12	Boubakar Sidibe	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-09-08)8 September 1994	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Stade Malien	Mali !
2.5 !G/F	13	Sourata Cisse	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-01-16)16 January 1986	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Souffel	FRA !
4.5 !F/C	14	Mohamed Tangara	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-08-11)11 August 1984	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Malabo Kings	Equatorial Guinea !
5.0 !C	15	Drissa Ballo	7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-11-28)28 November 1995	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hyeres-Toulon	FRA !

Head coach

Sylvain Lautie

Assistant coaches

Boubakar Kanoute

Amidou Traore

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament

Age – describes age
on 19 August 2015

Past rosters

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Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.

Mali men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age	Ht.	Club
1.5 !G	4	Niakate, Modibo	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1981-03-26)26 March 1981	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
	5	Kante, Mahamadou	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992
	6	Maïga, Abdrahamane	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1990-01-11)11 January 1990
1.5 !G	7	Saounera, Ibrahim	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1987-04-03)3 April 1987	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
	9	Haidara, Ibrahima Cherif	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1992-10-09)9 October 1992
	11	Boundy, Namory	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1989-10-26)26 October 1989		Chorale Roanne Basket
	12	Sidibe, Boubacar Fadiala	7001180000000000000♠18 – (1994-09-08)8 September 1994
5.0 !C	13	Touré, Hassana	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1980-07-30)30 July 1980	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	ASVEL Basket
5.0 !C	14	Tangara, Mohamed	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1984-08-11)11 August 1984	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	C.R.D. Libolo
5.0 !C	15	Diakité, Nouha	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1980-12-20)20 December 1980	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	BK Prostějov

Head coach

José Ruiz

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 20 August 2013

Head coach position

José Ruiz – 2011–2013^[2]

References

↑ Mali | 2015 Afrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.

External links

National basketball teams of Africa (FIBA Africa)

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