Afghanistan men's national basketball team

Afghanistan
FIBA ranking77
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.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ "FIBA National Federations – Afghanistan". Fiba.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Keeping Afghan Men's basketball Alive is a Scramble". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Afghan national team making basketball inroads". Usatoday.Com. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Afghan Men's Basketball Team Denied Chance at Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  5. ^ "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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