Kenya men's national basketball team

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Kenya Kenya
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FIBA ranking103 Increase 8 (7 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1965
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National federation
Coach
Nickname(s)Morans[2]
AfroBasket
Appearances4
Former logo of the Kenya Basketball Federation

Kenya national basketball team is the national men basketball team in Kenya. It is operated by the (KBF).

Kenya hosted the 1993 FIBA Africa Championship where the team surprisingly reached the Final Four, its best performance to date.

History[]

Basketball in Kenya was started in Mang'u High School in the 1960s by the Marianist Brothers when Brother Frank Russell took over as Principal. He had previous experience in the USA as a sports master and basketball coach in several schools.

Kenya beat Africa's 11-time champion Angola 74–73 in the AfroBasket 2021 qualification in Yaoundé, Cameroon, hence booking a place at the African tournament for the first time since 1993.[2]

In 2020, Kenya hired Australian Liz Mills as head coach, the first female coach in the Morans' history.[3] She helped the team qualify for AfroBasket 2021, its first tournament in 18 years. Mills became the first female head coach to coach at an AfroBasket tournament.

Competitions[]

AfroBasket[]

  Fourth place  

Year Round Position GP W L
Tunisia 1965 Did not qualify
Morocco 1968
Egypt 1970
Senegal 1972
Central African Republic 1974
Egypt 1975
Senegal 1978
Morocco 1980
Somalia 1981
Egypt 1983
Ivory Coast 1985 Classification round 12th 6 0 6
Tunisia 1987 Did not qualify
Angola 1989 Preliminary round 11th 4 0 4
Egypt 1992 Did not qualify
Kenya 1993 Fourth place 4th 5 1 4
Algeria 1995 Did not qualify
Senegal 1997
Angola 1999
Morocco 2001
Egypt 2003
Algeria 2005
Angola 2007
Libya 2009
Madagascar 2011
Ivory Coast 2013
Tunisia 2015
Tunisia Senegal 2017
Rwanda 2021 Round of 16 9th 4 1 3
Total Fourth place 4th 19 2 17

African Games[]

  • 1987 – 4th
  • 2019 – To Be Determined

FIBA AfroCan[]

  Runners-up  

Year Round Position GP W L
Mali 2019 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1
Total Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.[4]

Kenya men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 29 – (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ulinzi Warriors Kenya
PG 5 36 – (1985-05-19)19 May 1985 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kenya
SG 6 29 – (1992-05-29)29 May 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Ulinzi Warriors Kenya
G 7 32 – (1988-12-31)31 December 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ulinzi Warriors Kenya
PF 8 24 – (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Strathmore University Kenya
SF 9 Tylor Ongwae 30 – (1991-07-15)15 July 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bakken Bears Denmark
SF 10 24 – (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys United States
SF 11 29 – (1992-03-16)16 March 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kenya Ports Authority Kenya
C 12 33 – (1988-02-22)22 February 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Australia
PF 13 Ronald Gombe 29 – (1992-07-21)21 July 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Villarrobledo Spain
C 14 Tom Wamukota 27 – (1993-09-28)28 September 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Patriots BBC Rwanda
PF 15 31 – (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kampala International University Uganda
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kenya Collins Gaya
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 August 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Tom Wamukota Desmond Owili
PF Fidel Okoth Okall Koranga Ronald Gombe
SF Albert Odero Valentine Nyakinda
SG Tylor Ongwae Erick Mutoro
PG Victor Bosire Griffin Ligare Situma Khaemba

Head coach position[]

  • Kenya – 1993, 2001–02, 2007, 2010
  • Kenya Francis Ngunjiri – 2013
  • Cliff Owuor – 2020[5]
  • Australia Liz Mills – 2021[6]

Past rosters[]

Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:[7]

Kenya men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
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Head coach
  • Kenya Francis Ngunjiri
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 August 2015

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Top coach relishes leading Kenya in AfroBasket Championship Maxwell Wasike (Kenya's Watching), 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ayieko, Odindo. "Just who is Liz Mills, Kenya Morans' first-ever female coach?". The Standard. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Kenya". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ DANN OWERRE (10 September 2020). "Coach Owuor pursues France-based Awich ahead of Afro-basket". The Star. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Just who is Liz Mills, Kenya Morans' first-ever female coach? : The standard Sports".
  7. ^ "Kenya | 2015 Afrobasket | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM".

External links[]

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