Afghanistan men's national basketball team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Afghanistan women's national basketball team.

Afghanistan Afghanistan
NBAA.jpg
FIBA rankingNR (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1968
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationNational Basketball Association of Afghanistan (NBAA)
Coach
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
AppearancesNone
South Asian Games
Appearances1
MedalsGold medal with cup.svg Gold: 2010

The Afghanistan national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Afghanistan in international competitions.[2][3][4][5] The gold medal at the 2010 South Asian Games was the first ever gold medal of any Afghan sports team in the history of the country.[6]

History[]

Basketball was first played in Afghanistan in 1936. In 1966, the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (ANOC) founded the first national basketball team after receiving challenges from India and Pakistan. Tom Gouttierre, an American Peace Corps volunteer and coach of the team at Habibia High School, became the first coach. Using detailed, confidential instructions from John Wooden, the Afghan team became the only other to run the famous UCLA zone press.[7]

Although the international games were canceled, in 1969 Gouttierre returned on a Fulbright Fellowship and again became the Habibia coach, and in 1970 Bill Bradley of the New York Knicks tutored the team while visiting the country. That year China challenged the ANOC. Because of the lack of preparation time, Gouttierre decided that current and former Habibia players were the best choice for a second Afghan national team. Using the zone press, it defeated a much larger Chinese team in Parwan Province in the Afghan team's first international victory.[7]

Competitive record[]

Summer Olympics[]

World championships[]

yet to qualify

FIBA Asia Cup[]

Main article: FIBA Asia Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Philippines 1960 Not a FIBA member
Taiwan 1963
Malaysia 1965
South Korea 1967
Thailand 1969 Did not enter
Japan 1971
Philippines 1973
Thailand 1975
Malaysia 1977
Japan 1979
India 1981
Hong Kong 1983
Malaysia 1985
Thailand 1987
China 1989
Japan 1991
Indonesia 1993
South Korea 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Japan 1999
China 2001
China 2003
Qatar 2005
Japan 2007
China 2009
China 2011
Philippines 2013 Did not qualify
China 2015 Did not enter
Lebanon 2017
Indonesia 2022
Total 0/30 0 0 0

Asian Games[]

See also: Basketball at the Asian Games
  • 1970-2002 : Did not qualify
  • 2006 : 13th
  • 2010 : 13th
  • 2014 : Did not qualify
  • 2018 : To be determined

South Asian Games[]

See also: Basketball at the South Asian Games
  • 1995-2004 : Did not participate
  • 2010 : 1st Gold medal with cup.svg
  • 2018 : To be determined

Honours[]

Head coach position[]

  • United States – 2007-now

See also[]

External links[]

Videos[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "FIBA National Federations – Afghanistan". Fiba.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Keeping Afghan Men's basketball Alive is a Scramble". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Afghan national team making basketball inroads". Usatoday.Com. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Afghan Men's Basketball Team Denied Chance at Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Afghan Sports Federation – 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh; BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan National Basketball Team Wins Gold". AfghanSportsFederation.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  7. ^ a b Ballard, Chris (22 July 2013). "The Wizard of Kabul". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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