Afghanistan national basketball team

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Afghanistan Afghanistan
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FIBA ranking T-94 Steady[1]
Joined FIBA 1968
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation National Basketball Association of Afghanistan (NBAA)
Coach Mamo Rafiq
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Asian Championship
Appearances None
South Asian Games
Appearances 1
Medals Gold medal with cup.svg Gold: 2010
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The Afghanistan national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Afghanistan in international competitions.[2][3][4][5]

The gold medal at the 2010 South Asian Games was the first ever gold medal of any Afghan sports team in the history of the country.[6]

History

Basketball was first played in Afghanistan in 1936. In 1966, the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (ANOC) founded the first national basketball team after receiving challenges from India and Pakistan. Tom Gouttierre, an American Peace Corps volunteer and coach of the team at Habibia High School, became the first coach. Using detailed, confidential instructions from John Wooden, the Afghan team became the only other to run the famous UCLA zone press.[7]:{{{3}}}

Although the international games were canceled, in 1969 Gouttierre returned on a Fulbright Fellowship and again became the Habibia coach, and in 1970 Bill Bradley of the New York Knicks tutored the team while visiting the country. That year China challenged the ANOC. Because of the lack of preparation time, Gouttierre decided that current and former Habibia players were the best choice for a second Afghan national team. Using the zone press, it defeated a much larger Chinese team in Parwan Province in the Afghan team's first international victory.[7]

Current roster

Afghanistan National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 3 Gholami, Akbar Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1996-01-11)January 11, 1996 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sweden Basketball Afghanistan
G 4 Kader, Yama Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-12-08)December 8, 1987 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Malibu Pirates Afghanistan
F 5 Mashriqi, Nafi Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1979-06-03)June 3, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) none Afghanistan
F 6 Haider, Qais Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-10-16)October 16, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) none Afghanistan
PG 7 Tahiry, Masseh Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1989-10-28)October 28, 1989 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) none Afghanistan
F 8 Ansary, Sayed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1989-12-16)December 16, 1989 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) none Afghanistan
PF 9 Kabir, Habib Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-05-25)May 25, 1987 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) none Afghanistan
G 10 Karimi, Abdullah Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1982-12-23)December 23, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) none Afghanistan
G 11 Arefi, Haroun Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-11-10)November 10, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) none Afghanistan
G 12 Noorzad, Ali Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1985-10-25)October 25, 1985 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) none Afghanistan
G 13 Mojaddidi, Safi Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-02-03)February 3, 1987 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) none Afghanistan
PG 14 Soratgar, Mohammad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1991-06-21)June 21, 1991 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) none Afghanistan
F 15 Amiri, Sayad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1988-01-29)January 29, 1988 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) none Afghanistan
Head coach
Assistant coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • nat field describes country

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Nafi Mashriqi Habib Kabir
PF Haroun Arefi
SF Qais Haider
SG Ali Noorzad Abdullah Karimi
PG Safi Mojaddidi

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Asia Championship

yet to qualify

Asian Games

  • 1970-2002 : Did not qualify
  • 2006 : 13th
  • 2010 : 13th
  • 2014 : Did not qualify
  • 2018 : To be determined

South Asian Games

  • 1995-2004 : Did not participate
  • 2010 : 1st Gold medal with cup.svg
  • 2016 : To be determined

Islamic Solidarity Games

never participated

Head coach position

See also

External links

Videos

References

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