South Africa national basketball team

South Africa

FIBA ranking	73 1
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Basketball South Africa
Coach	Mlungisi Ngwenya
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	8
Medals	None
Uniforms
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Former Basketball South Africa Logo

South Africa national basketball team is the basketball team that represents South Africa in international competitions.^[1] The governing body of the team is called Basketball South Africa.

Team South Africa is one of FIBA's youngest members, as it joined in 1992. Yet, it qualified for every FIBA Africa Championship between 1997 and 2011.

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

Performance at World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at FIBA Africa Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1993	-	FIBA Africa Championship 1993	Nairobi, Kenya
1995	-	FIBA Africa Championship 1995	Algiers, Algeria
1997	9	FIBA Africa Championship 1997	Dakar, Senegal
1999	12	FIBA Africa Championship 1999	Angola
2001	12	FIBA Africa Championship 2001	Morocco
2003	9	FIBA Africa Championship 2003	Alexandria, Egypt
2005	12	FIBA Africa Championship 2005	Algiers, Algeria
2007	13	FIBA Africa Championship 2007	Angola
2009	15	FIBA Africa Championship 2009	Libya
2011	14	FIBA Africa Championship 2011	Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013	-	FIBA Africa Championship 2013	Côte d'Ivoire
2015	-	FIBA Africa Championship 2015	Tunisia
2017	TBD	FIBA Africa Championship 2017	TBD

Current roster

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Inactive
C	fikile morongwa	Sandile Torto
PF	Thabang Kgwedi	Dean Chimhini
SF	jonah Lekoro	Kegorapetse David Letsebe	Amogelang Keogatile
SG	Thabo Sefolosha	Shane Marhanele
PG	Nhlanhla Dlamini	Brendan Mettler	Khayane Nzama

Past rosters

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FIBA Africa Championship 2007: finished 13th among 16 teams

Quintin Denyssen, Neo Mothiba, Lesego Molebatsi, Joseph Mazibuko, Nyakallo Nthuping, Kenneth Motaung, Thabang Kgwedi, Justin Paton, Patrick Engelbrecht, Tsakane Ngobeni, Vusumuzi Dlamini, Lowell Mndaweni, Thabo Letsebe

FIBA Africa Championship 2011: finished 14th among 16 teams

2011 South Africa National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Dlamini, Nhlanhla 25 – 2 September 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) A.P.N. Durban G 5 Mettler, Brendan 30 – 10 January 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Cape Peninsula University of Technology G/F 6 Sefolosha, Thabo 27 – 2 May 1984 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Atlanta Hawks PG 7 Loate, Masego 29 – 19 August 1982 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) University of Johannesburg G 8 Keogatile, Amogelang 24 – 10 October 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) University of Johannesburg F 9 Kgwedi, Thabang 33 – 15 April 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) WildCats Johannesburg G/F 10 Marhanele, Shane 29 – 28 August 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Pretoria Heat F 11 Sibankulu, Lindokuhle 30 – 9 April 1981 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) A.P.N. Durban G/F 12 Mothiba, Neo 29 – 21 March 1982 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Pretoria Heat C 13 Kalombo, Cedrick 28 – 2 June 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ferroviario Maputo C 14 Gabriel, Christopher 23 – 19 December 1988 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) University of San Diego G/F 15 Letsebe, Kegorapetse 31 – 14 October 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) University of Johannesburg	Head coach Mlungisi Ngwenya Assistant coach(es) Patrick Engelbrecht Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club

Head coach position

• Sam Vincent – 2003

Kit

Sponsor

2011: National Lottery

External links

• Basketball South Africa
• FIBA Fact Sheet South Africa
• South Africa Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Africabasket - South Africa Men National Team

References

1. FIBA National Federations – South Africa, fiba.com, accessed 17 February 2012.