Libya national basketball team

Libya

FIBA ranking	T-79 2
Joined FIBA	1961
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Libya Arab Basketball Federation
Coach	Kevin Nickelberry
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	4
Medals	None
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Libyan national basketball team represents Libya in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Kurat As-Sallah al-Leebiyyah (Libyan Basketball Federation). Libya has been an official affiliate of FIBA since 1961.

Whenever Libya shows up at an international tournament, the team is quite competitive. They finished 5th at the African Basketball Championship twice. The country hosted the 2009 event where they finished 11th, ahead of heavily favored Morocco and Mozambique.

International competitions

Overall, Libya has competed in many international competitions, including the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, and the 2007 Pan Arab Games. The Libyan national team participated in the FIBA Africa Championship games four times, in 1965, 1970, 1978 and 2009, where they placed fifth, fifth, tenth and eleventh respectively.

Performance at Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

Performance at World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at FIBA Africa Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1965	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1965	Tunis, Tunisia
1970	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1970	Alexandria, Egypt
1978	10	FIBA Africa Championship 1978	Dakar, Senegal
2009	11	FIBA Africa Championship 2009	Multiple Cities, Libya
2017	To Be Determined	FIBA Africa Championship 2017	To Be Determined

Pan Arab Games

never participated

Mediterranean Games

never participated

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2005 : 11th
• 2013 : Did Not Participate
• 2017 : To Be Determined

2008 Arabian Basketball Cup

They competed in the Arabian Basketball Cup 2008 in Group B alongside the Tunisia national basketball team, Algeria national basketball team, Iraq national basketball team, and Saudi Arabia national basketball team. In group play, they finished with 2 wins (versus Saudi Arabia, and Iraq) and 2 losses (versus Algeria and Tunisia). After their 70–59 victory over Iraq, and a 65–60 win against Saudi Arabia, the Libyan team can enter the second stage of the league if Tunisia defeats Algeria on 30 October 2008. After completing their matches in the competition, the Libyan team's full results are as following.

Results

• Arabian Basketball Cup 2008:
  • Group B: Libya 67–83 Algeria
  • Group B: Libya 39–91 Tunisia
  • Group B: Libya 70–59 Iraq
  • Group B: Libya 65–60 Saudi Arabia

Current roster

Team for the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. (last available squad)

Libya national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club 4 Raed El-Hamali – (1979-08-08)August 8, 1979 Al Wasl 5 Mohamed Youssif Kuneidir – (1986-01-10)January 10, 1986 Al-Ahly 6 Mohamed Issa Mrsal – (1978-01-01)January 1, 1978 C 7 Hesham Ali Salem – (1984-05-13)May 13, 1984 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) La Guaira BBC 8 Mohamed Moftah Abu-Khir – (1987-03-04)March 4, 1987 Al Ittihad 9 Khaled Saad Matrud – (1989-11-09)November 9, 1989 C 10 Yahya Shakmak – (1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 Al Nasr Benghazi 12 Alamien Mohamed Yagoub – (1981-03-01)March 1, 1981 13 Mohamed Abdallah Belhaj – (1985-07-25)July 25, 1985 14 Wajdi Omran Dawo – (1988-10-29)October 29, 1988 15 Al-Fath Belgasem – (1980-02-04)February 4, 1980	Head coach Kevin Nickelberry Assistant coach Osman Bangora Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Hesham Ali Salem	Yahya Shakmak
PF	Raed El-Hamali
SF	Al-Fath Belgasem
SG	Mohamed Youssif Kuneidir
PG	Mohamed Issa Mrsal

Head coach position

• Kevin Nickelberry – 2009

Kit

Manufacturer

2009: Nike

See also

• Libya national under-19 basketball team
• Libya women's national basketball team

External links

• Libya on AfricaBasket.com
• Libya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Presentation on Facebook