Tunisia national basketball team

Tunisia
FIBA ranking	21 2
Joined FIBA	1956
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	FTBB
Coach	Adel Tlatli
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (2012)
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1 (2010)
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	21
Medals	Gold: 2011 Silver: 1965 Bronze: 1970, 1974, 2009, 2015
Uniforms
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The Tunisian national basketball team is the national basketball team of Tunisia.

The team is governed by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). (Arabic: الاتحاد التونسي لكرة السلة‎‎)

When Tunisia became the 2011 African Basketball Champion, it was the first North African country to do so in almost 30 years. To date, they have 19 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking them behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt, in total appearances.

History

In 2011, they won their first ever FIBA Africa Championship, after beating Angola in the final. Their previous best finish was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1965, when they won the silver medal as the host country.^[1] They also won a bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 1970 and FIBA Africa Championship 1974.^[2][3]

Although the Tunisians never finished worse than eighth in any of their succeeding appearances, they were not able to break onto the podium again until a surprise bronze medal run at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. Led by All-Tournament First Team forward Amine Rzig,^[4] the Tunisians went 4–2 in the preliminary rounds, winning three games by two points or less. They reached the semifinals for only the second time since 1974, by another slim margin – this time a one-point victory over Mali. Although they were defeated by Angola in the semifinals, the Tunisians topped Cameroon in the bronze medal game, to claim Africa's third and final automatic berth in the 2010 FIBA World Championship – its first ever FIBA World Cup berth. The Tunisians struggled to compete in the World Championship, losing all five of their games, and finishing last in Group B, and 24th overall. Yet, after almost forty years of mediocrity in Africa, Tunisia has become one of the continent's prime competitors again. Its appearances at the global stage have become a new milestone in the team's history.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2012	11th	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
2016	To be determined	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

World Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2010	24th	2010 FIBA World Championship	Turkey
2019	To be determined	2019 FIBA World Championship	China

FIBA Africa Championship

FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances : 20
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1962	Did not participate		1987	5th place		2013	9th place
1964	4th place		1989	8th place		2015	Third Place
1965	Runners-up		1992	7th place		2017	To be determined
1968	Did not participate		1993	8th place
1970	Third place		1995	Did not participate
1972	5th place		1997
1974	Third place		1999	5th place
1975	5th place		2001	4th place
1978	Did not participate		2003	6th place
1980			2005	8th place
1981	6th place	2007	6th place
1983	Did not participate	2009	Third place
1985	8th place	2011	Champions

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

African Games 1965 : Did not qualify 1973 : 1978 : 1987-2003 : Did not qualify 2007 : 10th 2011-15 : Did not qualify 2019 : To be determined

Pan Arab Games 1953 : ? 1957 : 1961 : ? 1965 : ? 1976 : ? 1985 : ? 1992 : ? 1997 : ? 1999 : ? 2004 : ? 2007 : ? 2011 : 4th

Mediterranean Games 1951-71 : Did not participate 1975 : 8th 1979-83 : Did not participate 1987 : 4th 1979-97 : Did not participate 2001 : 5th 2005-09 : Did not participate 2013 : 2017 : To be determined

Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 : 4th 2013 : Did not participate 2017 : To be determined

Roster

Salah Mejri is the country's most recognized player

This is the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship roster.

Tunisia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Abada, Omar 22 – 20 April 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Étoile Sportive de Radès C 5 Abbassi, Mohamed 29 – 22 April 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Étoile Sportive de Radès G 6 Knioua, Nizar 32 – 8 June 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Stade Nabeulien G 7 El Mabrouk, Mourad 28 – 19 October 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Club Africain PG 8 Sayeh, Mehdi 24 – 4 September 1990 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Etoile Sportive Du Sahel F 9 Hdidane, Mohamed 29 – 27 April 1986 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Stade Nabeulien SG 10 Roll, Michael 27 – 12 October 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Tüyap Büyükçekmece B.K. C 11 Ghyaza, Mokhtar 28 – 15 November 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Étoile Sportive de Radès C 12 Ben Romdhane, Makrem 26 – 27 March 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Etoile Sportive Du Sahel F 13 Rzig, Amine 34 – 25 August 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al Ahly SC PF 14 Braa, Hamdi 28 – 7 September 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Etoile Sportive Du Sahel C 15 Mejri, Salah 29 – 15 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Dallas Mavericks	Head coach Adel Tlatli Assistant coaches Khelil Ben Ameur Kacem Louerchefani Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 20 August 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Salah Mejri	Mokhtar Ghayaza	Mohamed Abbassi
PF	Makram Ben Romdhane	Amine Rzig	Hamdi Braa
SF	Mohamed Hadidane	Nizar Knioua
SG	Mourad El Mabrouk
PG	Michael Roll	Omar Abada	Mehdi Sayeh

All Time Head coaches

Period Head Coach 1957–1959 Hammadi Driss 1960–1961 Griffith 1961–1962 Borhane Errais 1962–1963 Miodrag Stefanović 1963–1965 Borhane Errais 1965–1966 Valensky 1966–1967 Faherty 1967–1968 Katarinsky 1968–1971 Igor Tocigl 1971 Václav Krása 1971–1972 Bill Sweek 1972–1978 Mohamed Senoussi 1978–1979 Khaled Senoussi 1979–1981 Mohamed Senoussi 1981 Khaled Senoussi

Period Head Coach 1982–1983 Mohamed Zaouali 1983–1987 Youri Velligoura 1988–1990 Ridha Laabidi 1990–1991 Mohamed Senoussi 1991–1992 Khaled Senoussi 1992–1994 Mohamed Zaouali 1994–1996 Igor Tocigl 1997–1998 Juan Manuel Monsalve 1998–1999 Mustapha Bouchenak 1999–2000 Zoran Zupecevic 2000–2001 Francis Jordane & Mounir Ben Sliman 2001–2002 Adel Tlatli 2002–2003 Marijan Novovic 2004 Walid Gharbi

Period Head Coach 2004–Present Adel Tlatli

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Nike ^[5]

Sponsor

2015: Ooredoo, SEAT ^[5]

See also

• Tunisia women's national basketball team
• Tunisia national under-19 basketball team
• Tunisia national under-17 basketball team
• Tunisia national 3x3 team

External links

• Official website of the Tunisia Basketball Federation
• FIBA Profile
• Tunisia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Afrobasket – Tunisia Men National Team

Videos

• Olympic Basketball Tournament - Team Tunisia Youtube.com video

References

1. 1965 African Championship at FIBA archive
2. 1970 African Championship at FIBA Archive
3. 1974 African Championship at FIBA.com
4. LBA – Gomes Leads All-Star Team
5. 2015 FIBA Africa Championship - Tunisia, FIBA.com, Retrieved 27 January 2016.