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Tunisia men's national basketball team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tunisia women's national basketball team.

The Tunisia men's national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة السلة), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage, represents Tunisia in international basketball. The team is governed by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). To date, she has taken part in the regional championship the AfroBasket 23 times. In terms of the number of successful performances, it is inferior to the traditionally strong teams of Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt. In 2011, the Tunisian national team became the champion of Africa for the first time in its history, defeating the Angola team in the AfroBasket 2011 final. The team's previous success was silver at the home Africa Championship 1965. The team also won bronze medals in the 1970, 1974, 2009 and 2015 competitions.

Tunisia
FIBA ranking36 Increase 1 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1956
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFTBB
CoachMehdy Mary
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(Eagles of Carthage)[2]
Olympic Games
Appearances1
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
AfroBasket
Appearances23
MedalsGold Gold: (2011, 2017, 2021)
Silver Silver: (1965)
Bronze Bronze: (1970, 1974, 2009, 2015)
African Games
Appearances4
MedalsGold Gold: (1973)
Bronze Bronze: (1978)
Arab Championship
Appearances13
Medals1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold: (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver: (2022)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze: (1991, 1992, 2002, 2007)
First international
 Tunisia 77–68 Morocco 
(Beirut, Lebanon; 1957)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 101–40 Chad 
(Yaoundé, Cameroon; 25 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Tunisia 63–110 United States 
(London, United Kingdom; 31 July 2012)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
AfroBasket 3 1 4
African Games 1 0 1
Arab Championship 4 1 4
Pan Arab Games 0 0 3
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1
Stanković Cup 0 1 2
Total 8 3 15

Despite fairly successful performances (the Tunisian national team never finished lower than eighth), the team was unable to repeat or even come close to the successes of the 1970s. The success of the 2009 was quite unexpected, when the team took third place at the AfroBasket 2009. Following the results of the draw, forward Amine Rzig was included in the symbolic team of the tournament, and the team in the preliminary round won 4 games with two defeats, but in three matches the Tunisian team won with a difference of two or one point. Tunisia reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1974, where they defeated Mali by one point. And although Tunisia lost to Angola in the semi-finals, Cameroon was beaten in the bronze medal match, and the Tunisian team automatically qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. This was also the first time in the team's history that they qualified for the world championship. However, the team performed poorly at the World Cup, losing all five matches in Group B and eventually finishing in 24th place. In 2017 as co-hosts,[3] Tunisia won its second AfroBasket by beating Nigeria 77–65 in the final.[4] It retains its title in 2021 by beating Ivory Coast in the final with a score of 78–75.[5]

History

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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.[6] They also won a bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 1970 and FIBA Africa Championship 1974.[7][8]

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,[9] the Tunisians went 4–2 in the preliminary rounds, winning three games by two points or less. They reached the semi-finals 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 semi-finals, 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.

Honours

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Awards

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2011: Salah Mejri[10]
2021: Makram Ben Romdhane[11]
2009: Amine Rzig
2011: Marouan Kechrid, Makrem Ben Romdhane, Salah Mejri
2015: Makram Ben Romdhane (2)[12]
2017: Mourad El Mabrouk, Mohamed Hdidane[13]
2021: Omar Abada, Makram Ben Romdhane (3)[14]

Competitive record

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Tunisia vs Nigeria at the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 final.

Unlike other team sports, where Tunisia is well positioned at the regional level, the Tunisian men's basketball team has not managed to expand its list of trophies even if at the continental level it can consider among the most awarded countries. Finalist of the African championship held in home in 1965, four times third and twice fourth, Tunisia did not succeed in becoming African champion of the discipline until 2011 without however maintaining its rank since, during the following edition, it is relegated to ninth place.

At the Arab level, the prize list is more extensive with four champion titles, in 1981, 1983, 2008 and 2009, a second place and three third places. On 28 August 2011, the team won the AfroBasket for the first time after defeating Angola 67–56 in the final and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[15]

In 2017 as co-hosts,[16] Tunisia won its second AfroBasket by beating Nigeria 77–65 in the final.[17] It retains its title in 2021 by beating Ivory Coast in the final with a score of 78–75.[18] On 16 February 2022, Tunisia lost the final of the 2022 Arab Championship against Lebanon 69–72 in the United Arab Emirates.

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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

Olympic Games

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Olympic Games
Year Round Position GP W L PF PA PD
  1936 Part of France
  1948
  1952
  1956 Did not qualify
  1960
  1964
  1968
  1972
  1976
  1980
  1984
  1988
  1992
  1996
  2000
  2004
  2008
  2012 Group stage 11th 5 0 5 320 411 −91
  2016 Did not qualify
  2020
  2024
Total Group stage 1/18 5 0 5 320 411 −91

FIBA World Cup

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World Cup
Year Round Position GP W L PF PA PD
  1950 Part of France
  1954
  1959 Did not qualify
  1963
  1967
  1970
  1974
  1978
  1982
  1986
  1990
  1994
  1998
  2002
  2006
  2010 Group stage 24th 5 0 5 300 407 −107
  2014 Did not qualify
  2019 Group stage 20th 5 3 2 205 235 −30
    2023 Did not qualify
  2027 To be determined
Total Group stage 2/17 10 3 7 505 642 −137

AfroBasket

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AfroBasket
Year Round Position GP W L PF PA PD
  1962 Did not enter
  1964 Fourth place 4th 5 2 3 300 297 +3
  1965 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 2 212 217 −5
  1968 Did not enter
  1970 Third place 3rd 4 2 2 268 220 +48
  1972 Group stage 5th 6 4 2 482 398 +84
  1974 Third place 3rd 6 4 2 471 451 +20
  1975 Classification stage 5th 5 0 5 411 426 −15
  1978 Did not enter
  1980
  1981 Classification stage 6th 5 3 2 295 355 −60
  1983 Did not enter
  1985 Classification stage 8th 6 2 4 402 467 −65
  1987 Classification stage 5th 4 2 2 292 294 −2
  1989 Classification stage 8th 6 2 4 488 512 −24
  1992 Classification stage 7th 5 1 4 284 308 −24
  1993 Classification stage 8th 5 1 4 410 451 −41
  1995 Did not enter
  1997
  1999 Classification stage 5th 6 4 2 314 309 +5
  2001 Fourth place 4th 7 4 3 536 522 +14
  2003 Classification stage 6th 6 3 3 433 389 +44
  2005 Quarter-finals 8th 8 2 6 527 529 −2
  2007 Quarter-finals 6th 6 3 3 428 415 +13
  2009 Third place 3rd 9 6 3 659 641 +18
  2011 Champions 1st 7 7 0 544 375 +169
  2013 Round of 16 9th 5 4 1 382 311 +71
  2015 Third place 3rd 7 6 1 484 425 +59
   2017 Champions 1st 6 6 0 428 347 +81
  2021 Champions 1st 6 6 0 470 383 +87
  2025 To be determined
Total 3 Titles 23/30 134 76 58 9520 9042 +478

AfroCan

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AfroCan
Year Round Position GP W L PF PA PD
  2019 Quarterfinals 7th 5 3 2 356 339 +17
  2023 Quarterfinals 5th 5 4 1 335 306 +29
Total Quarterfinals 2/2 10 7 3 691 645 +46

Other records

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Tournament Round Position
  1957 Pan Arab Games Third place 3rd
  1973 African Games Champions 1st
  1978 African Games Third place 3rd
  1981 Arab Championship Champions 1st
  1983 Arab Championship Champions 1st
  1985 Pan Arab Games Third place 3rd
  1991 Arab Championship Third place 3rd
  1992 Arab Championship Third place 3rd
  1992 Pan Arab Games Third place 3rd
  2002 Arab Championship Third place 3rd
  2003 King's Cup Third place 3rd
  2004 King's Cup Runners-up 2nd
  2007 King's Cup Runners-up 2nd
  2007 Arab Championship Third place 3rd
  2008 Arab Championship Champions 1st
  2008 King's Cup Champions 1st
  2009 Arab Championship Champions 1st
  2011 King's Cup Runners-up 2nd
  2012 Stanković Cup Third place 3rd
  2013 Mediterranean Games Third place 3rd
  2018 Stanković Cup Runners-up 2nd
  2019 Stanković Cup Third place 3rd
  2019 Czech Republic Tournament Runners-up 2nd
  2021 King's Cup Third place 3rd
  2022 Arab Championship Runners-up 2nd
  2023 Arab Championship Third place 3rd

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 26, 27 and 28 August 2022 against Egypt, Senegal and DR Congo.[19]

Tunisia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 1 Oussama Marnaoui 23 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) US Monastir  
G 3 Achref Gannouni 25 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Étoile Sportive du Sahel  
PG 4 Omar Abada 29 – (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Al-Ittihad Jeddah  
SG 5 Ziyed Chennoufi 23 – (1998-11-29)29 November 1998 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) US Monastir  
SG 7 Mourad El Mabrouk 35 – (1986-10-19)19 October 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Jalaa SC  
PF 9 Mohamed Hadidane 36 – (1986-04-27)27 April 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Wahda  
PF 10 Yacine Toumi 21 – (2000-10-12)12 October 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) BWB Team 3 Men  
C 11 Mokhtar Ghyaza 35 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) US Monastir  
PF 12 Makrem Ben Romdhane 33 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Benfica  
SG 20 Michael Roll 35 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Pınar Karşıyaka  
PF 23 Firas Lahiani 31 – (1991-07-16)16 July 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Smouha SC  
C 50 Salah Mejri 36 – (1986-06-15)15 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Al-Jahra SC  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 August 2021

Depth chart

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Salah Mejri is the country's most recognized player
 
Michael Roll is a starter on the team
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Salah Mejri Mokhtar Ghyaza
PF Makram Ben Romdhane Firas Lahiani Yacine Toumi
SF Michael Roll Ziyed Chennoufi Mohamed Hadidane
SG Mourad El Mabrouk Oussama Marnaoui
PG Omar Abada Achref Gannouni

All Time Head coaches

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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
Period Head Coach
1978–1979   Khaled Senoussi
1979–1981   Mohamed Senoussi
1981   Khaled Senoussi
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
Period Head Coach
1999–2000   Zoran Zupecevic
2000–2001   Francis Jordane &
  Mounir Ben Sliman
2001–2002   Adel Tlatli
2002–2003   Marijan Novović
2004   Walid Gharbi
2004–2016   Adel Tlatli
2016–2020   Mário Palma
2020–2022   Dirk Bauermann
2022–2023     Erman Kunter
2023   Mário Palma
2023–present   Mehdy Mary

Kit

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Manufacturer

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2015 – Nike[20]

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2015 – Tunisie Telecom[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Omnisports – Basketball : Le Nigéria toujours " Number One " en Afrique". AfricaFootUnited.com (in French). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tunisia and Senegal to co-host FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Tunisia crowned FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Champions". fiba.basketball. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Mejri and Roll spark Tunisia to FIBA AfroBasket 2021 title". FIBA. 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ 1965 African Championship at FIBA archive
  7. ^ 1970 African Championship at FIBA Archive
  8. ^ 1974 African Championship at FIBA.com
  9. ^ LBA – Gomes Leads All-Star Team
  10. ^ "Mavericks sign 7-2 Tunisian center Salah Mejri". ESPN.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  11. ^ "MVP Ben Romdhane headlines FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Oguchi named MVP of AfroBasket 2015, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Dieng and Diogu headline All-Star Five at FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  14. ^ "MVP Ben Romdhane headlines FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team". FIBA. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  15. ^ "26th Afrobasket: Tunisia is Africa of the court, bag olympic ticket". fiba.com. 28 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  16. ^ "Tunisia and Senegal to co-host FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Tunisia crowned FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Champions". fiba.basketball. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Mejri and Roll spark Tunisia to FIBA AfroBasket 2021 title". FIBA. 5 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Tunisia during the 2023 FIBA World Cup African Qualifiers in August 2022". Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  20. ^ a b 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Tunisia, FIBA.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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