The Algeria national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represent Algeria in international competition, administered by the Fédération Algérienne de Basket-Ball.FIBA National Federations – Algeria, fiba.com, accessed 14 July 2013.
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). 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.
The team withdrew from the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to COVID-19 related issues and was replaced by South Sudan, who managed to qualify for their first World Cup finals.
Competitive record Olympic Games Olympic Games recordAppearances: 0Olympic Games finalsAfroBasket/Pre-OlympicYearPosition 1936Part of 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964did not qualify 1968523 1972 1976 1980633 1984523 1988404 1992624 1996633 2000633 2004633 2008 2012 2016734 2020 2024Total FIBA World Cup World Cup recordAppearances: 1World Cup finalsAfroBasket/WC QualificationYearPosition 1950Part of 1954 1959 1963Did not qualify 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982642 1986 1990523 1994422 1998 200215th514395476−81752 2006Did not qualify853 2010 2014514 2019 2023Withdrew 2027Did not qualify 2031To be determinedTo be determinedTotal514395476−81
AfroBasket AfroBasket recordAppearances: 16AfroBasket finalsQualificationYearPosition 1962did not qualify 1964 1965422210236−26 19688th523349353−4 1970did not qualify 1972 1974 1975 1978 19804th633550615−65 19814th642364335+29 19836th523337352−15 1985did not qualify 19878th404260315−55 19896th523399488−89 19929th624438434+4 19935th422197236−39 19954th633385363+22 1997did not qualify 19996th633379387−8 2001752507451+56 20037th633458450+8 20054th853579571+8 2007did not qualify 2009413 2011202 201312th514308353−45211 20156th734514517−3321 2017did not qualify404 2021Withdrew in qualification101 2025 2029To be determinedTo be determinedTotal90424862346456−222African Games African Games recordAppearances: 5YearPosition 19654th523112178−66 1973did not qualify 19784th413315323−8 1987did not qualify 1991 1995?th 1999did not qualify 2003 20075th743451468−17 20114th734417455−38 2015did not qualify 2019competition not held 2023Total
AfroCan 2019 Mali : 8th 2023 Angola : did not enter 2027 Rwanda : To be determined
Arab Championship 1974 Iraq : 4th 1981 Tunisia : 2nd 1994 Egypt : 2nd 2000 Algeria : 2nd 2002 Egypt : 2nd 2005 Saudi Arabia : Winner 2008 Tunisia : 5th 2009 Morocco : 5th 2010 Lebanon : 4th 2015 Egypt: 2nd 2017 Egypt: 6th 2018 Egypt: 2nd 2022 United Arab Emirates : 3rd 2023 Egypt : 5th 2025 Bahrain : Winner
Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis: 8th 1975 Algiers: 8th 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon: 9th 2001 Tunis: 7th 2005 Almería: 7th 2013 Mersin: 7th
Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Saudi Arabia : 2nd 2013 Indonesia : did not enter
Roster Team for the 2025 Arab Basketball Championship.
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Legend Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 25 July 2025
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 Sergey Bashkin: 1977–1981 Faid Bilal: 2000–2002 Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013. 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- Aug 2024 Ali Bouziane: Mar 2025- now
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Manufacturer 2015: Peak2015 Afrobasket - Final Round - Mohamed HARAT (ALG)'s profile - FIBA.com, Retrieved 3 October 2015.
Sponsor 2015: Ooredoo
References
External links Algeria Basketball Portal Africabasket – Algeria Men National Team FIBA Profile