Uganda_men's_national_basketball_team
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Uganda women's national basketball team.
The Uganda national basketball team represents Uganda in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Federation of Uganda Basketball Associations (FUBA).[3]
Quick Facts FIBA ranking, Joined FIBA ...
| FIBA ranking | 83  4 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1963 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Federation of Uganda Basketball Associations (FUBA) | ||
| Coach | George Galanopoulos | ||
| Nickname(s) | Silverbacks[2] | ||
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| Appearances | Qualifiers FIBA Africa | ||
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| Appearances | Qualifiers FIBA Africa | ||
| AfroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
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Uganda made its debut at the FIBA Africa Championship at its 2015 edition in Tunisia. There, Uganda beat Zimbabwe 72–64 to earn its first victory at the continent's prime tournament.
At the AfroBasket 2021 qualification, Uganda had group plays against Egypt, Morocco and Cape Verde.[4]
At AfroBasket 2021 in Rwanda, Uganda had its best performance in history as it reached the quarter-finals where it eventually lost to Cape Verde.
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| 2015 | Round of 16 | 15th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | Preliminary round | 13th | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 2021 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 10 | ||
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Current roster
Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.[5]
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Past rosters
Team for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship.[6]
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Team for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship.[7]
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Head coach position
Timothy Odeke – 2007–2009[8][9]- Mandy Juruni – 2015–2017[10]
George Galanopoulos – 2017[11]- Mandy Juruni – 2018–present[12][13]
- Andrew Tendo (interim) – February 2023[14]
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- Kaweru, Franklin, "Uganda’s Silverbacks ranked 89th in latest FIBA rankings", KAWOWO Sports, 9 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- FIBA National Federations – Uganda, fiba.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- Okello optimistic ahead of AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers Franklin Kaweru (Kawowo Sports), 10 February 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- "Team Roster Uganda". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- 2017 Afrobasket – Uganda, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- |tab=roster 2015 Afrobasket – Uganda, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- "Coach Wooden's words reach war-torn nation of Uganda". Daily News. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Rwanda - Uncertain Uganda Appoints New Coaches". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Kaweru, Franklin (27 July 2015). "Mandy Juruni to name final twelve Silverbacks this week | AfroBasket 2015". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Fischer, Jake. "How George Galanopoulos became Uganda's head coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Coach Wooden's words reach war-torn nation of Uganda". Daily News. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Silverbacks Start Preps In Lubowa | The SportsNation". the-sportsnation.com/. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Kaweru, Franklin (23 February 2023). "Home-based players make late trip to Angola for FIBA World Cup qualifiers". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 February 2024.