Equatorial Guinea men's national basketball team

Not to be confused with Guinea national basketball team.

The Equatorial Guinea national basketball team is the national basketball team from Equatorial Guinea. It has yet to appear at the FIBA World Championship or the FIBA Africa Championship.

Equatorial Guinea

FIBA ranking	(1 March 2024)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1994
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Feguibasket
Coach	Stéphane Dumas and Alejandro Paniagua
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	None
Home Away

The team was originally set to take part in the AfroBasket 2017 qualification.^[2]

At the AfroBasket 2021 qualification, the team started out strong as it won its first four games. Yet, at the end the Equatoguineans did not qualify due to narrowly losing the direct comparison against Guinea by two points.

Competitive record

AfroBasket

Equatorial Guinea has never qualified for an AfroBasket tournament, although it was close in the 2021 qualification.

AfroBasket record							Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L		GP	W	L
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009							Did not enter
2011
2013
2015							Withdrew
2017							Did not enter
2021							10	5	5
2025							2	1	1
Total	0/13		0	0	0		12	6	6

Team

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2025 qualification:^[3]

Equatorial Guinea men's national basketball team – AfroBasket 2025 qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Roberto Raúl Ondo 31 – (1992-11-07)7 November 1992 Malabo Kings   PF 5 Salvador Koka 34 – (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 Nueva Era   C 6 José Antonio Nve – 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Conejero   PG 7 Juan Coffi 25 – (1998-08-07)7 August 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) CB Clavijo   PF 8 Guillermo Mayende – 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Santa Perpètua   PG 9 Sebas Mbansogo 29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Real Canoe   SG 10 Juan Bautista Aboho – 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) The Panthers   SF 11 Kingsley Obiekwe 30 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ASD Loreto Basket   C 13 Juan Manuel Esono – UE Mataró U21 [ca]   SF 14 Bruno Ondo Mengue 31 – (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Costone Siena   PF 15 Ruslán Hinestrosa 30 – (1993-05-08)8 May 1993 San Antonio de Palé   PF 17 Óscar Ngomo 33 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) CB Valls   SG 18 Silvestre Coffi 27 – (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) UE Mataró [ca]   PG 19 Jorge Luis Esono 23 – (2000-05-15)15 May 2000 Nueva Era   PG 20 Gilberto Obama 21 – (2002-09-30)30 September 2002 Nueva Era   SF Josué Alberto Ebendeng – Litoral Basket   SF Pablo Ndong Enzema – Living Sport Academy   C Luis Javier Nve – Litoral King	Head coach   Alejandro Paniagua Roster

See also

• Equatorial Guinea national under-19 basketball team
• Equatorial Guinea national under-17 basketball team
• Equatorial Guinea national 3x3 team
• Equatorial Guinea women's national basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
2. Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4, FIBA.COM, 28 January 2017. Accessed 25 February 2017.
3. "Equatorial Guinea - FIBA AfroBasket 2021 - Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links

• Profile at FIBA.com
• Archived records of Equatorial Guinea team participations
• Profile at Twitter