Algeria men's national basketball team

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

The Algeria national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Algeria in international competition, administered by the Fédération Algérienne de Basket-Ball.^[2]

Algeria

FIBA ranking	101 (18 November 2022)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1963
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Algerian Basketball Federation
Coach	Faid Bilal
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	16
Medals	Silver: 2001 Bronze: 1965
Home Away

The squad finished in the final four every time it hosted a major international basketball tournament including the African Basketball Championship and the All-Africa Games. They played in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States where they finished 15th.

History

Algeria team took part in the World Cup for the first time in 2002. It drew into the 'Group of Death' (alongside host United States, eventual Bronze medal winner Germany and Asian champion China), the Algerian Team struggled at its first Basketball World Cup appearance. They lost their first preliminary round game against the United States 60-100 and also their second and third first-round games against China (82-96) and Germany (70-102).^[3] to a 4th place out of 4 finish. In their 2nd classification game, Algeria fared much better and dominated Lebanon to a 100-70 final score.^{[citation needed]}

Competitive record

Olympic Games Olympic Games record Appearances: 0 Olympic Games finals AfroBasket/ Pre-Olympic Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L   1936 Part of   France   1948   1952   1956   1960   1964 Did not qualify   1968 5 2 3   1972   1976   1980 6 3 3   1984 5 2 3   1988 4 0 4   1992 6 2 4   1996 6 3 3   2000 6 3 3   2004 6 3 3   2008   2012   2016 7 3 4   2020 Did not qualify Total

FIBA World Cup World Cup record Appearances: 1 World Cup finals AfroBasket/ WC Qualification Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L   1950 Part of   France   1954   1959   1963 Did not qualify   1967   1970   1974   1978   1982 6 4 2   1986   1990 5 2 3   1994 4 2 2   1998   2002 15th 5 1 4 395 476 −81 7 5 2   2006 Did not qualify 8 5 3   2010   2014 5 1 4   2019     2023 To be determined Total 5 1 4 395 476 −81

AfroBasket AfroBasket record Appearances: 16 AfroBasket finals Qualification Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L   1962 Did not qualify   1964   1965   4 2 2 210 236 −26   1968 8th 5 2 3 349 353 −4   1970 Did not qualify   1972   1974   1975   1978   1980 4th 6 3 3 550 615 −65   1981 4th 6 4 2 364 335 +29   1983 6th 5 2 3 337 352 −15   1985 Did not qualify   1987 8th 4 0 4 260 315 −55   1989 6th 5 2 3 399 488 −89   1992 9th 6 2 4 438 434 +4   1993 5th 4 2 2 197 236 −39   1995 4th 6 3 3 385 363 +22   1997 Did not qualify   1999 6th 6 3 3 379 387 −8   2001   7 5 2 507 451 +56   2003 7th 6 3 3 458 450 +8   2005 4th 8 5 3 579 571 +8   2007 Did not qualify   2009 4 1 3   2011 2 0 2   2013 12th 5 1 4 308 353 −45 2 1 1   2015 6th 7 3 4 514 517 −3 3 2 1    2017 Did not qualify 4 0 4   2021 Withdrew in qualification 1 0 1   2025 To be determined Total 81 42 49 6234 6456 −222

African Games African Games record Appearances: 5 Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD   1965 4th 5 2 3 112 178 −66   1973 Did not qualify   1978 4th 4 1 3 315 323 −8   1987 Did not qualify   1991   1995 ?th   1999 Did not qualify   2003   2007 5th 7 4 3 451 468 −17   2011 4th 7 3 4 417 455 −38   2015 Did not qualify   2019 Did not participate   2023 Total

Arab Championship

• 1981 Tunisia : 2nd
• 1994 Egypt : 2nd
• 2000 Algeria : 2nd
• 2005 Saudi Arabia : Winner
• 2022 Dubai : 3rd

Mediterranean Games

• 2005 Almería: 7th
• 2022 Oran: 5th

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2005 Saudi Arabia : 2nd

Roster

Team for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship.

Algeria men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 5 Abdesslem Dekkiche 29 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) GS Pétroliers   PG 7 Samir Mekdad 28 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Berck   PG 8 Mounir Benzegala 28 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) GS Pétroliers   F 9 Mohamed Harat 25 – (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al-Shamal SC   C 11 Touhami Ghezzoul 28 – (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) GS Pétroliers   F 14 Mehdi Cheriet 28 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Roanne	Head coach   Ali Fellali Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Notable players

There are several Algerian players playing professionally in Europe, mostly in France. As of 2010/2011, two play in the top level division.

• Ali Bouziane (JDA Dijon)
• Ahmed Fellah (Entente Orléanaise 45)

Head coach position

•   Faid Bilal: 2000–2002 ^[4]
•   Ahmed Loubachria:2007-2009
•   Ali Filali:2009-2010
•   Sean Whalen: 2010-2013
•   Faid Bilal: 2013-2014
•   Ali Filali: 2014-2015
•   Ahmed Loubachria: 2016-2017
•   Mohamed Yahya: 2018-2019
•   Faid Bilal: 2019- Dec 2021
•   Ahmed Bendjabou: 2022- now

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Peak^[5]

Sponsor

2015: Ooredoo^[5]

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. FIBA National Federations – Algeria, fiba.com, accessed 14 July 2013.
3. "Schedule & results | 2002 World Championship for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
4. Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
5. 2015 Afrobasket - Final Round - Mohamed HARAT (ALG)'s profile - FIBA.com, Retrieved 3 October 2015.

External links

• Algeria Basketball Portal (in French)
• Africabasket – Algeria Men National Team
• FIBA Profile