Gabon_men's_national_basketball_team
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Gabon women's national basketball team.
The Gabon men's national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale de basket-ball du Gabon) representing Gabon in men's international basketball competitions, It is administered by the Gabon Basketball Federation.
Quick Facts FIBA ranking, Joined FIBA ...
| FIBA ranking | 152  1 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1965 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Gabon Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Thierry Bouanga | ||
| Nickname(s) | Les Panthères [2] (Panthers) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA Africa Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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At the AfroBasket 2015, Gabon finished 8th, its best placement ever.
AfroBasket
Gabon has participated at the AfroBasket (previously the FIBA Africa Championship) three times, its best result being the quarter-finals in 2015.
More information AfroBasket record, Qualification record ...
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
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 1993 |
Preliminary round | 9th | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
 1995 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
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| 2005 |
Preliminary round | 9th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 2007 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
 2009 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
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| 2015 |
Quarter-finalist | 8th | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2015 | |
| 2017 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2017 | |||||
 2021 |
4 | 0 | 4 | 2021 | ||||||
| 2025 |
To be determined | To be determined | 2025 | |||||||
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AfroCan
African Games
See also: Basketball at the African Games
Basketball was part of the African Games until 2015. Later, it was replaced by the 3x3 version.
- 1973-2011 : Did not qualify
- 2015 : 8th
Gabon team for the AfroBasket 2017 qualification.
More information Players, Coaches ...
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Depth chart
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Channick Nkoma | Adam Obangome | |||
| PF | Lerry Essono | Dean Bezazouma | |||
| SF | Sylvere Abessolo | Tonny Boussougou Ibrahim | Jeriel Breel Dinga Igana | ||
| SG | Francis Kobangoye | Marien Stephane Ellang | Gildas Ekouaghe | ||
| PG | Christ Ndikuedi | Jean Eude Enguena Oworce |
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Manufacturer
2015: Erima
Gabon team for the AfroBasket 2015.
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- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- Afrobasket 2015 : Les Panthères en mise au vert en Serbie, GABON Review, 19 Aug 2015. Retrieved 12 Aug 2016. (in French)
- Presentation on Afrobasket.com Archived 6 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Gabon Basketball Federation Presentation on Facebook
- Gabon Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos
- Cape Verde v Gabon - Game Highlights - Round of 16 - AfroBasket 2015 Youtube.com video