Ghana men's national basketball team

The Ghana national basketball team represents Ghana in international competitions. It is administered by the Amateur Basketball Association of Ghana (GBBA).[2]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ghana women's national basketball team.

Ghana
FIBA ranking165 4 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1962
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationGhana Basketball Association (GBBA)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 Fiba3x3 Salbeach games
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
African Championship
AppearancesNone (to be updated)

Ghana's senior national team only plays friendly games, despite its potentials and to the dismay of its fans while the 3x3 Team has proven to put Ghana on the map. Ranking 8th as at 2019/01/01 for the Male side and 16th for the females. The 3x3 team has played in both qualifiers and African cups. Ghanaian basketball players have played in some of the world's strongest leagues such as the US-based NCAA or the Spanish Liga ACB. The country does have a U-18 national team that competes at the FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.

Ghana is Africa's most populous nation to never qualify for a major international basketball tournament, apart from the FIBA 3x3 Tournament.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

never entered qualifying round

World Championship

never entered qualifying round

FIBA Africa Championship

never entered qualifying round Placed 9th in FIBA 3x3 Africa cup (male) Placed 7th in Women's division

African Games
See also: Basketball at the African Games

never entered qualifying round

Notable players

Because of the unavailability of a national team, Ghanaian-born basketball players often opt to represent other national teams.

Current notable Ghanaian-born players include:

Ghana men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F Ben Bentil 21 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panathinaikos B.C.
C Amida Brimah 23 – (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
G David Cournooh 26 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Pallacanestro Cantù
G Kojo Mensah 31 – (1985-04-01)1 April 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Free agent
G Alhaji Mohammed 35 – (1981-10-29)29 October 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Alba Fehérvár
SG Billy Ouattara 25 – (1992-01-24)24 January 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Brooklyn Nets
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 February 2017

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Profile | Ghana, Fiba.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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