Timor-Leste national basketball team

Timor-Leste East Timor
FIBA ranking T-92 Steady[1]
Joined FIBA 2013
FIBA zone FIBA Oceania
National federation National Basketball Federation of East Timor
Coach Leandro Dos Santos
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
FIBA Oceania Championship
Appearances None
Oceania Basketball Tournament
Appearances None
Uniforms
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The Timor-Leste national basketball team represents East Timor in international basketball competitions and is managed by the National Basketball Federation of East Timor abbreviated as FNBTL (Portuguese: Nacional de Basquetebol de Timor-Leste).

History

Prior to the team's national federation admission to FIBA in 2013, the national team has participated at the 2006 Lusophony Games. The team loss all five games against Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Portugal with an average score of 166-39. East Timor did not score more than 39 points against all opposition except against Portugal, whom they scored 69 points against.[2]

Timor-Leste's first tournament as part of FIBA was the 2015 Southeast Asian Games facing Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the group stage.[3]

Timor-Leste was initially assigned to FIBA Asia; on 2015, it was reassigned to FIBA Oceania "to facilitate the development of the game in the country and the participation of its athletes in international competitions."[4]

Results

Filipino player, Norberto Brian Torres (left) against Paulo das Dores (right)on tip off; June 12, 2015 at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Lusophony Games
Southeast Asian Games

Coaches

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. Hein, David. "Welcome to the FIBA family South Sudan and East Timor". FIBA. Regensburg: David Hein’s Eye on the Future. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. Siswo, Sujadi (4 June 2015). "Sporting dream about to be realised by Timor Leste's basketballers". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. "Decisions aplenty as FIBA Central Board concludes". FIBA.com. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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