Liberia men's national basketball team

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Liberia men's national basketball team - Wikipedia

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Liberia

FIBA ranking

NR (26 November 2024)^[1]

Joined FIBA

1964

FIBA zone

FIBA Africa

National federation

LBF

Coach

Adam Sackor

Olympic Games

Appearances

None

FIBA World Cup

Appearances

None

FIBA Africa Championship

Appearances

2 (1983, 2007)

Medals

None

Home

Away

The Liberia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Liberia. It is administered by the Liberia Basketball Federation.^[2] Its last qualification to the FIBA Africa Championship dates back to 2007.^[3] Its most noteworthy international performance was in 1983 when Liberia finished among Africa's 10 elite basketball teams.^[4] According to the website, Afrobasket.com, the Liberia National Basketball team has not been in existence since 2013.^[5]

Current squad

Team for the AfroBasket 2007.^[6] (last publicized squad)

Liberia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
	4	Stephen Kollie	19 – (1988-08-14)14 August 1988		Invincible Eleven
G	5	Samson Nyonno	32 – (1975-04-06)6 April 1975		NPA Pythons
	6	Stuart Koffa	21 – (1986-02-24)24 February 1986		NPA Pythons
	7	Sam Gbollie	24 – (1982-12-25)25 December 1982
	8	Jonathan Krah	35 – (1972-04-18)18 April 1972		NPA Pythons
	9	Vernon Gbotoe	19 – (1988-04-01)1 April 1988		Dream Team (Liberia)
	10	Patrick Tugbe	21 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985		Invincible Eleven
	11	Harold Mulbah	25 – (1982-01-13)13 January 1982
G	12	Phillip Flomo	19 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	NPA Pythons
	13	Raymond Kromah	17 – (1990-06-29)29 June 1990
	14	Desmond Wesseh	25 – (1981-09-04)4 September 1981
	15	Ryan Yakpah	23 – (1984-02-04)4 February 1984

Head coach

Adam Sackor

Assistant coach(es)

Theodore Suah

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 15 August 2007

At the AfroBasket 2007 in Angola, Raphael M. Quaye played most minutes and recorded most assists and steals for Liberia.^[7]

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 3
C
PF
SF
SG	Samson Nyonno
PG	Harold Mulbah	J Wellington Barchue Jr

Notable players

Other current notable players from Liberia:

Liberia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G		Prince Williams	27 – (1992-08-22)22 August 1992	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C.

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age
on 13 January 2020

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1983	9	FIBA Africa Championship 1983	Alexandria, Egypt
2007	16	FIBA Africa Championship 2007	Angola

African Games

1965-2003 : Did not qualify
2007 : 11th
2011-2015 : Did not qualify

Past rosters

1983 FIBA Africa Championship: finished 9th among 10 teams

2007 FIBA Africa Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams

John Bing, Jethro Bing, Varney Tulay, Marcus Wolo, Fitzgerald Cole, Alphonso Kuiah, Raphael Quaye, Francis Fayiah, Alvin Tapeh, Mark Smith, Joseph Lackey, Richelieu Allison, Cephus Solo, Meshach McBorrough, Samuel Assembe (Coach: Allan Jallah)

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ "FIBA.com: Profile – Liberia". Retrieved 29 January 2012.
^ "archive.FIBA.com: 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "archive.FIBA.com: 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Afrobasket". Afrobasket.com. 2020.
^ Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ Liberia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, FIBA.COM. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

External links

v t e National sports teams of Liberia
Basketball M M U/18 W W U/18 Football M M U/20 M U/17 W
Olympics Paralympics

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

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Current squad

Depth chart

Notable players

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

World championships

FIBA Africa Championship

African Games

Past rosters

See also

References

External links