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Mali

FIBA ranking	86 1 (26 November 2024)
Joined FIBA	1961
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Fédération Malienne de Basketball
Coach	Boubacar Kanouté
AfroBasket
Appearances	20
Medals	Bronze: (1972)
Home Away

Mali national basketball team (French: équipe du Mali de basket-ball) represents Mali in men's international basketball competitions has yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Their best finish at the FIBA Africa Championship was in 1972 where they ended with a bronze medal.

AfroBasket record

• Morocco 1964 – 6th
• Morocco 1968 – 4th
• Senegal 1972 – 3rd
• Central African Rep. 1974 – 7th
• Tunisia 1987 – 4th
• Angola 1989 – 4th
• Egypt 1992 – 4th
• Kenya 1993 – 7th
• Algeria 1995 – 5th
• Senegal 1997 – 6th
• Angola 1999 – 4th
• Morocco 2001 – 11th
• Algeria 2005 – 8th
• Angola 2007 – 11th
• Libya 2009 – 8th
• Madagascar 2011 – 9th
• Côte d'Ivoire 2013 – 15th
• Tunisia 2015 – 7th
• Senegal/Tunisia 2017 – 9th
• Rwanda 2021 – 15th

AfroCan record

• Mmli 2019 – 5th
• Angola 2023 – 12th

Team

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.

Mali men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 3 Mahamadou Kanté 29 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) GS Pétroliers PG 4 Siriman Kanouté 19 – (2001-09-25)25 September 2001 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) SLUC Nancy F 7 Ibrahim Djambo 29 – (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) CEP Lorient SG 9 Papa Tandina 28 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) AS Police PF 11 Abdramane Camara 21 – (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Chorale Roanne PF 12 Abdoul Karim Coulibaly 20 – (2000-12-23)23 December 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) St. Bonaventure Bonnies F 13 Benke Diarouma 26 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AS Police SG 16 Mamadou Keita 28 – (1993-02-01)1 February 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) AS Police 20 Soumaila Sissouma 19 – (2001-12-01)1 December 2001 AS Mandé F 23 Namakan Traoré 23 – (1998-04-16)16 April 1998 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CRB Dar El Beida SG 45 N'faly Kanouté 24 – (1996-12-02)2 December 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) AS Police PF 99 Boubacar Sidibe 26 – (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Alicante	Head coach Boubacar Kanouté Assistant coach(es) Zoumana Coulibaly Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 August 2021

Past rosters

Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.

Head coach position

• José Ruiz – 2011–2013

See also

• Mali national under-19 basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. "Team Roster Mali". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
3. Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

External links

• FIBA profile

v t e National men's basketball teams of Africa (FIBA Africa)
AfroBasket Men
Zone 1 (4)	Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia
Zone 2 (8)	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone 3 (8)	Benin Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ghana Liberia Niger Nigeria Togo
Zone 4 (8)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Zone 5 (11)	Burundi Egypt United Arab Republic Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia North Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Zone 6 (10)	Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Zone 7 (5)	Comoros Djibouti Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles

v t e National sports teams of Mali
Basketball M MU-19 MU-17 W WU-19 WU-17 Cricket M W Football M MU-20 MU-17 W WU-20 Rugby union Tennis
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