Mauritania national basketball team is the national basketball team in Mauritania. They have appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship and are yet to make an appearance in the FIBA World Championship.
Its best performance was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1985 in Ivory Coast, where Mauritania finished 6th, ahead of favored teams such as Nigeria and Tunisia.
Current roster At the AfroBasket 2013 qualification: (last publicized squad, incomplete) Mauritania | 2013 Afrobasket Qualification, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 1 July 2012
Competitive record
Summer Olympics Yet to qualify
World championships Yet to qualify
FIBA Africa Championship YearPositionTournamentHost 1978 7th FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal 1980 8th FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco 1981 9th FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Mogadishu, Somalia 1985 6th FIBA Africa Championship 1985 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
African Games
Yet to qualify
See also Mauritania men's national under-20 basketball team
References
External links Official website Mauritania Basketball Federation Mauritania Basketball at afrobasket.com