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| FIBA ranking | 34  (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1979 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | FAB Portuguese: Federação Angolana de Basquetebol | ||
| Coach | Josep Clarós | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 | ||
| AfroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 21 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) Silver: (1983, 1985, 2011, 2015) Bronze: (1987, 1997) | ||
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The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
History
Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71.[2]
International competitions
Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Championship, the 2010 World Championship, and the 2014 Basketball World Cup as well as the FIBA Africa Championship, where the team has won 11 of the last 16 championships, with the first coming in 1989, and the most recent in 2013. In addition, they won the tournament at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 2003 All-Africa Games and 2007 All-Africa Games.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Angola competed at the 2006 World Championship in Group B, alongside Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, and Spain. In group play, they finished with 3 wins (versus Panama, New Zealand, and Japan), and 2 losses (versus Spain and Germany). They lost in the knockout stage to France, for a total record of 3 wins and 3 losses, good for 10th place overall, ahead of traditional basketball powerhouse Serbia and Montenegro.
2014 FIBA World Championship
Angola qualified for the event through winning the AfroBasket 2013, its 11th title in 13 consecutive African Championship Tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Angola was especially noteworthy for its rebounds and steals. In both categories, the African Champion was among the top-5 at the World Cup.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
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FIBA World Cup
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FIBA Africa Championship
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GS | GA | GD |
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 Rabat 1980 |
7th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 371 | 404 | −33 | |
 Mogadishu 1981 |
10th | 5 | 1 | 6 | 275 | 295 | −20 | |
 Alexandria 1983 |
Final round | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | 450 | 443 | +7 |
 Abidjan 1985 |
Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 576 | 512 | +64 |
 Tunis 1987 |
Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 387 | 341 | +46 |
 Luanda 1989 |
Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 607 | 391 | +216 |
| Cairo 1992 |
Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 474 | 380 | +94 |
 Nairobi 1993 |
Final round | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 522 | 395 | +127 |
 Algiers 1995 |
Final round | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 421 | 253 | +168 |
 Dakar 1997 |
Final round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 324 | 243 | +81 |
| Luanda / Cabinda 1999 |
Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 586 | 392 | +194 |
| Rabat / Casablanca 2001 |
Final round | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 489 | 406 | +83 |
| Alexandria 2003 |
Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 603 | 433 | +170 |
| Algiers 2005 |
Final round | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 630 | 400 | +230 |
| 5 cities 2007 |
Final round | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 574 | 351 | +223 |
 Tripoli / Benghazi 2009 |
Final round | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 768 | 601 | +167 |
 Antananarivo 2011 |
Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 566 | 491 | +75 |
| Abidjan 2013 |
Final round | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 551 | 411 | +140 |
| Radès 2015 |
Final round | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 462 | +31 |
| Radès Dakar 2017 |
Final Round | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 270 | 257 | +13 |
 Kigali 2021 |
Final Round | 5th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 356 | 347 | +9 |
| Angola 2025 |
Qualified as host | |||||||
| Total | 22/22 | 11 titles | 131 | 106 | 25 | 10293 | 8208 | +2085 |
