Cameroon national basketball team
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Cameroon national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Cameroon
on international competitions. Their best achievement is reaching the Silver Medal in FIBA Africa Championship
held in 2007.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
on international competitions. Their best achievement is reaching the Silver Medal in FIBA Africa Championship
FIBA Africa Championship
The FIBA Africa Championship is the men's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof...
held in 2007.
African Championship record
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FIBA Africa Championship 1987 The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was hosted by Tunisia from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in Tunis. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 1989 The FIBA Africa Championship 1989 was hosted by Angola from December 16 to December 27, 1989. The games were played in Luanda. Angola won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 1992 The FIBA Africa Championship 1992 was hosted by Egypt from December 28 to January 8, 1993. The games were played in Cairo. Angola won the tournament, the country's 2nd consecutive African championship, by beating Senegal in the final.-Competing Nations:... : 8th FIBA Africa Championship 1993 The FIBA Africa Championship 1993 was hosted by Kenya from September 18 to September 28, 1993. The games were played in Nairobi. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 1995 The FIBA Africa Championship 1995 was hosted by Algeria from December 11 to December 18, 1995. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the berth allocated to Africa for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 1997 The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 1999 The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was hosted by Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999. The games were played in Cabinda and Luanda. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the berth allocated to Africa for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 2001 The FIBA Africa Championship 2001 was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 2003 The FIBA Africa Championship 2003 was hosted by Egypt from August 7 to August 16, 2003. The games were played in Alexandria. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the one berth allocated to Africa for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 2005 The FIBA Africa Championship 2005 was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to August 24, 2005. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to Africa for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan... : Did not participate FIBA Africa Championship 2007 -5th-8th Playoff:-9th-12th playoff:-13th-16th Playoff:-Final standings:-External links:*... : 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship... : 4th |
Roster
Team that won the Silver medal in the FIBA Africa Championship 2007FIBA Africa Championship 2007
-5th-8th Playoff:-9th-12th playoff:-13th-16th Playoff:-Final standings:-External links:*...
- Alexandre N'KembeAlexandre N'KembeAlexandre N'Kembe is a Franco-Cameroonian basketball player. A member of the Cameroon national basketball team, N'Kembe appeared with the team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007, where he won a silver medal.-References:...
– (BC Souffelweyersheim)
- Brice VounangBrice VounangBrice Vounang is a Cameroon-ian professional basketball player. Vounang signed with Étendard de Brest of the French League for the 2009-10 season.-College career:...
– (SPO Rouen BasketSPO Rouen BasketSPO Rouen Basket is a basketball club based in Rouen, France that plays in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball.-External links:*...
) - Christian Bayang – (Phoenix de Douala)
- Jean-Pierre Elong
- Joachim Ekanga-EhawaJoachim Ekanga-EhawaJoachim Ekanga-Ehawa is a Cameroonian professional basketball with ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône of France's Ligue Nationale de Basketball. A member of the Cameroon national basketball team, Ekanga-Ehawa first represented his country in 2003. In 2007, he won a silver medal at the FIBA Africa...
– (ES Chalon-Sur-Saone) - Joseph Owona – (JSA Bordeaux BasketJSA Bordeaux BasketJSA Bordeaux Basket is a Pro B French basketball club, based in Bordeaux.Boris Diaw is a president of the club. As a teenager, Diaw started his career with the JSA....
) - Luc Richard Mbah a MouteLuc Richard Mbah a MouteLuc Richard Mbah a Moute is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association . Mbah a Mouté is a prince in his native village of Bia Messe , as he is a son of the elected village chief, Camille Mouté à Bidias...
– (Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
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- Franck NdongoFranck NdongoFranck Ndongo is a Cameroonian college basketball player at Virginia Commonwealth University.-Biography:...
– (Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
) - Parfait BiteeParfait BiteeParfait Bitee is a Cameroonian basketball player with the University of Rhode Island. In 2006-2007, Bitee became the starting point guard and primary ball-handler for the squad...
– (University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandThe University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
) - Patrick BouliPatrick BouliPatrick Bouli is a , 185 lbs. guard originally from Yaounde, Cameroon. He signed with the Manhattan College Jaspers out of the Massanutten Military Academy. He has played three years for the Jaspers, playing primarily off the bench...
– (Manhattan CollegeManhattan CollegeManhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City, United States. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 10 miles north of Midtown. Manhattan College offers...
) - Romeo Dide Tatchoum – (Brinkford Tbilisi)
- Gaston EssengueGaston EssengueGaston Essengué is a Cameroonian basketball power forward with Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi in the Turkish Basketball League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national basketball team. Essengué first attended Weatherford College in Texas, where he graduated from in 2005...
– (University of Nevada - Las Vegas)