Trinidad and Tobago national basketball team

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
FIBA ranking T-94 Steady
Joined FIBA 1958
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT)
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances None
Caribbean Championship
Appearances 10
Medals Gold: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
Silver: 1981, 1982, 1996
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Trinidad and Tobago national basketball team represents Trinidad and Tobago in international basketball competitions. It is administrated by the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago. (NBFTT)[1]

The team won four straight gold medals from 1986–1990 in the FIBA CBC Championship. Overall, Trinidad and Tobago has six total medals in this tournament and is second in the medal list only one behind the Bahamas which has seven.

History

In the 2009 CBC Trinidad finished in fourth place with a 3–0 record led by Kern George who averaged 18.6 PPG and Wilferd Benjamin who averaged 12.4 PPG and led their team with a total of 45 rebounds. A close second was Kyle Rowley who had 41 rebounds.

Competitions

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Americas Championship

yet to qualify

Caribbean Championship

  • 1981 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 1982 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 1984 : ?
  • 1985 : ?
  • 1986 : 1st, gold medalist(s)
  • 1987 : 1st, gold medalist(s)
  • 1988 : 1st, gold medalist(s)
  • 1990 : 1st, gold medalist(s)
  • 1991 : ?
  • 1993 : ?
  • 1994 : ?
  • 1995 : ?
  • 1996 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 1998 : –
  • 2000 : 7th
  • 2002 : –
  • 2004 : –
  • 2006 : –
  • 2007 : 9th
  • 2009 : 4th
  • 2011 : –
  • 2014 : -

Current roster

At the 2009 FIBA CBC Championship: [2] (last publicized squad)

Trinidad and Tobago men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
4 Ian Curtis Young 27 – (1981-09-27)27 September 1981 Venezuela
5 Kern Joel George 23 – (1985-10-23)23 October 1985
6 Steven Arthur Lewis 29 – (1980-01-10)10 January 1980
8 Sheldon Kurt Christian 26 – (1983-01-17)17 January 1983
8 Kevin Bevon Garcia 25 – (1984-04-30)30 April 1984
9 Kenyatta Alfred 25 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983
10 Miguel Michael Williams 31 – (1978-01-30)30 January 1978
11 Reginald David George 25 – (1984-04-05)5 April 1984
12 Marlon Pompey 26 – (1983-04-01)1 April 1983
13 Julius Ashby 26 – (1982-09-14)14 September 1982
14 Wilfred Benjamin 24 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984
15 Kyle Christian Rowley 19 – (1990-01-21)21 January 1990
Head coach
  • United States Terry Layton
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 June 2009

References

  1. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Trinidad and Tobago, fiba.com, accessed 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago | 2009 CBC Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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