Cape Verde national basketball team

Cape Verde

FIBA ranking	54
Joined FIBA	1988
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Cape Verde Basketball Federation Portuguese: Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol
Coach	Luis Magalhães
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	6
Medals	Bronze: 2007
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Cape Verde national basketball team represents Cape Verde in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol.

Achievements

• Cape Verde Basketball team qualifies for AfroBasket 2013
• Silver medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games
• Bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007
• Bronze medal at the 2006 Lusophony Games

Roster

Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.^[1][2]

Cape Verde men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Coronel, Dimitry 21 – 13 August 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maine Univ. G 5 da Rosa, Shane 25 – 23 April 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Bristol Community College G/F 6 Oliver, Avey 29 – 12 October 1983 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) TV Hohenlimburg G 7 Freire, Braima 31 – 19 January 1982 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Seven Stars G 8 Correia, Mário 35 – 17 March 1978 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Promade Cabinda F 9 Gomes, Flávio 24 – 26 December 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) AngraBasket C 10 Mendes, Michel 23 – 17 August 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Prédio SGL C 11 Lima, Aldevino 26 – 25 August 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Northeastern C 12 Tavares, Walter 21 – 22 March 1992 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) Atlanta Hawks G 13 Rudolph, Jr., Brian 24 – 17 September 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Loyola (MD) F 14 Coronel, Kevin 21 – 3 September 1991 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Académica do Mindelo F 15 Mascarenhas, Rodrigo 33 – 24 March 1980 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Mindelo Vets	Head coach Alex Nwora Assistant coach António Tavares Fitness coach Paulo Fernandes Physiotherapist Flávio Furtado Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 20 August 2013

Head coach position

• Alex Nwora – 2009–2013^[3]

African Championship record

• Angola 1989: Did not participate
• Egypt 1992: Did not participate
• Kenya 1993: Did not participate
• Algeria 1995: Did not participate
• Senegal 1997: 7th
• Angola 1999: 9th
• Morocco 2001: Did not participate
• Egypt 2003: Did not participate
• Algeria 2005: Did not participate
• Angola 2007: 3rd
• Libya 2009: 13th
• Madagascar 2011: Did not participate
• Ivory Coast 2013: 6th
• Tunisia 2015: 10th

References

1. "Cabo Verde". Fcbb.cv. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
2. "Cape Verde Roster". Fcbb.cv. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
3. Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile