South Africa national basketball team

South Africa
FIBA ranking	73 1
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Basketball South Africa
Coach	Mlungisi Ngwenya
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	8
Medals	None
Uniforms
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Former Basketball South Africa Logo

South Africa national basketball team is the basketball team that represents South Africa in international competitions.^[1] The governing body of the team is called Basketball South Africa.

Team South Africa is one of FIBA's youngest members, as it joined in 1992. Yet, it qualified for every FIBA Africa Championship between 1997 and 2011.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

African Games

Commonwealth Games

• 2006 : 7th
• 2018 : To be determined

Current roster

At the 2015 AfroBasket qualification:^[2]

South Africa men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. Nhlanhla Dlamini 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) RSA ! Nkosianthi Festile 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 Stephen Gabriel 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-06-22)22 June 1991 Celumusa Khumalo 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-09-08)8 September 1988 RSA ! Masego Loate 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kyle MacLean 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 2.5 !G/F Shane Marhanele 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Limpopo Pride RSA ! Motjile Jubere Matsie 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 Lesego Prince Molebatsi 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-07-11)11 July 1982 RSA ! Somusa Mthembu 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 Tsakani Ngombeni 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-12-16)16 December 1983 Kagiso Ngoetjana 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-15)15 November 1989 Reece Wade Prinsloo 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 Lebesa Selepe 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991 McDonald Mlungisi Shongwe 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-08-06)6 August 1987 Lindokuhle Sibankulu 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-04-09)9 April 1981 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) RSA ! Sakhile Sithole 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 Vusimuzi Vincent Sithole 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 Lehlogonolo Charles Tholo 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 Jonathan Christopher Van der Bijl 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-02-06)6 February 1992	Head coach Assistant coaches Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Notable players

Other current notable players from South Africa:

South Africa men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club 5.0 !C Christopher Gabriel 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KD Hopsi Polzela Slovenia ! 5.0 !C Nephawe Tshilidzi 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-06-10)10 June 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sendai 89ers JPN !	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 10 December 2016

Past rosters

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FIBA Africa Championship 2007: finished 13th among 16 teams

Quintin Denyssen, Neo Mothiba, Lesego Molebatsi, Joseph Mazibuko, Nyakallo Nthuping, Kenneth Motaung, Thabang Kgwedi, Justin Paton, Patrick Engelbrecht, Tsakane Ngobeni, Vusumuzi Dlamini, Lowell Mndaweni, Thabo Letsebe

FIBA Africa Championship 2011: finished 14th among 16 teams

2011 South Africa National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 1.0 !PG 4 Dlamini, Nhlanhla 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) A.P.N. Durban RSA ! 1.5 !G 5 Mettler, Brendan 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1982-01-10)10 January 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Cape Peninsula University of Technology RSA ! 1.0 !PG 7 Loate, Masego 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) University of Johannesburg RSA ! 1.5 !G 8 Keogatile, Amogelang 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) University of Johannesburg RSA ! 3.5 !F 9 Kgwedi, Thabang 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1978-04-15)15 April 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) WildCats Johannesburg RSA ! 2.5 !G/F 10 Marhanele, Shane 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Pretoria Heat RSA ! 3.5 !F 11 Sibankulu, Lindokuhle 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1981-04-09)9 April 1981 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) A.P.N. Durban RSA ! 2.5 !G/F 12 Mothiba, Neo 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1982-03-21)21 March 1982 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Pretoria Heat RSA ! 5.0 !C 13 Kalombo, Cedrick 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ferroviario Maputo MOZ ! 5.0 !C 14 Gabriel, Christopher 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) University of San Diego USA ! 2.5 !G/F 15 Letsebe, Kegorapetse 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-10-14)14 October 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) University of Johannesburg RSA !	Head coach Mlungisi Ngwenya Assistant coach(es) Patrick Engelbrecht Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club

Head coach position

• Sam Vincent – 2003

Kit

Sponsor

2011: National Lottery

External links

• Basketball South Africa
• FIBA Fact Sheet South Africa
• South Africa Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Africabasket - South Africa Men National Team

References