Afghanistan men's national basketball team

Afghanistan
FIBA rankingNR (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1968
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationAfghanistan National Basketball Federation
CoachMamo Rafiq
Asian Games
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
MedalsNone
South Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Medals Gold: 2010
Medal record
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The Afghanistan men's national basketball team (Persian: تیم ملی بسکتبال مردان افغانستان) is the men's national basketball team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan National Basketball Federation.[2][3][4][5] Afghanistan joined FIBA and became a member of FIBA Asia in 1968. Afghanistan won the 2010 South Asian Games, becoming the first sports team to win gold in the nation's history.[6]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  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.

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