Kenya national basketball team is the national men basketball team in Kenya. It is operated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF).
Kenya hosted the 1993 FIBA Africa Championship where the team beat Algeria by an 80–50 blowout and progressed to the semi-final on a point differential, its best performance to date.
History Basketball in Kenya was started in Mang'u High School in the 1960s by the Marianist Brothers when Brother Frank Russell took over as Principal. He had previous experience in the USA as a sports master and basketball coach in several schools.
Kenya beat Africa's 11-time champion Angola 74–73 in the AfroBasket 2021 qualification in Yaoundé, Cameroon, hence booking a place at the African tournament for the first time since 1993.
In 2020, Kenya hired Australian Liz Mills as head coach, the first female coach in the Morans' history. She helped the team qualify for AfroBasket 2021, its first tournament in 18 years. Mills became the first female head coach to coach at an AfroBasket tournament.
In 2022, Kenya hired former national team coach Cliff Owuor for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Under Owuor leadership the team went 0–6 in the first round of the qualifiers and failed to progress to the second round. Owuor will continue to lead the team for the 2023 FIBA AfoCan with the team automatically qualifying to the final round due to the team finishing runners up in the 2019 edition.
Kenya also has a u16 boys team and a u18 boys team that are also part of FIBA and the Olympic Committee. Kenyas u18 National Team is led by their team captain from Chicago, Illinois. His name is Iffi Kazmi, a 6’2 Guard that plays for Chi-Prep Sports Academy.
In July 2023 the team will compete in the 2023 AfroCAN tournament. They automatically qualified to the final stage by coming second in the 2019 edition but finished 6th in the final standings. The event was hosted in Angola.
Competitions FIBA Basketball World Cup Year Round Position 1950 Not a FIBA member 1954 1959 1963 1967 Did not qualify 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 // 2023 2027 2031 To be determined Total0/21 9 0 9
AfroBasket Fourth place YearRoundPosition 1965 Did not qualify 1968 1970 1972 1974 1975 1978 1980 1981 1983 1985 Classification round 12th 6 0 6 1987 Did not qualify 1989 Preliminary round 11th 4 0 4 1992 Did not qualify 1993 Fourth place 4th 5 1 4 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2021 Round of 16 9th 4 1 3 2025 Did not qualify Total Fourth place 4th 19 2 17
African Games 1987 – 4th
FIBA AfroCan Runners-up Year Round Position 2019 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 2023 6th place 6th 5 2 3 2027To be determined Total 2/3 2nd 5 2 3
Team Current roster Roster for the AfroBasket Qualifiers 2025.
Depth chart
Head coach position Ronnie Owino – 1993, 2001–02, 2007, 2010 Francis Ngunjiri – 2013 Cliff Owuor – 2020 Liz Mills – 2021
Past rosters Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:
See also Kenya national under-19 basketball team Kenya women's national basketball team
References
External links FIBA profile Kenya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive