Timor-Leste men's national basketball team

The Timor-Leste national basketball team represents East Timor in international basketball competitions and is managed by the National Basketball Federation of East Timor abbreviated as FNBTL (Portuguese: Nacional de Basquetebol de Timor-Leste).

Timor-Leste
FIBA ranking165 4 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA2013
FIBA zoneFIBA Oceania
National federationNational Basketball Federation of East Timor
CoachLeandro Dos Santos
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Oceania Championship
AppearancesNone
Oceania Basketball Tournament
AppearancesNone

History

Prior to the team's national federation admission to FIBA in 2013, the national team participated at the 2006 Lusophony Games. The team lost its five games against Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Portugal with an average score of 166-39. East Timor did not score more than 39 points against all opposition except against Portugal, whom they scored 69 points against.[2]

Timor-Leste's first tournament as part of FIBA was the 2015 Southeast Asian Games facing Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the group stage.[3]

Timor-Leste was initially assigned to FIBA Asia; on 2015, it was reassigned to FIBA Oceania "to facilitate the development of the game in the country and the participation of its athletes in international competitions."[4]

Results
Filipino player, Norberto Brian Torres (left) against Paulo das Dores (right)on tip off; June 12, 2015 at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup

yet to qualify

FIBA Oceania Championship

never participated

Oceania Basketball Tournament

never participated

Lusophony Games
  • 2006 – 6th place
  • 2009–2014 – Did not participate

Southeast Asian Games
See also: Basketball at the Southeast Asian Games

Current roster

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games: (incomplete)

Timor-Leste men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
Melchior Pereira –
Ivo Miranda –
Baptista Da Silva Ribeiro –
R. P. Joao Soares –
Roberto Da Costa Martins –
Paulo Das Dores –
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 June 2015

Coaches
  • Leandro Dos Santos (2015– )

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Hein, David. "Welcome to the FIBA family South Sudan and East Timor". FIBA. Regensburg: David Hein’s Eye on the Future. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. Siswo, Sujadi (4 June 2015). "Sporting dream about to be realised by Timor Leste's basketballers". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. "Decisions aplenty as FIBA Central Board concludes". FIBA.com. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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