United Arab Republic men's national basketball team

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United Arab Republic

Joined FIBA

1958

FIBA zone

FIBA Africa

National federation

United Arab Republic Basketball Federation

FIBA World Cup

Appearances

AfroBasket^[4]

Appearances

Medals

Gold: (1962,^[1] 1964,^[2] 1970^[3])

Home

Away

The United Arab Republic national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب الجمهورية العربية المتحدة لكرة السلة للرجال) was a historical national basketball team that existed between the year 1958–1971 that has represented first the United Arab Republic which was a union between Egypt (including the occupied Gaza Strip) and Syria from 1958 to 1961 and then the name has continued with Egypt until the year 1971.

History

The United Arab Republic men's national basketball team has since the foundation back in 1958 won three African Championships from 3 appearances and has participated in two World Championships but has no Olympic appearances.

Performance table

FIBA World Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Hosts
1959	11	1959 FIBA World Championship	Chile
1970	13	1970 FIBA World Championship	Yugoslavia

FIBA Africa Championship^[5] ^[6]

Year	Position	Tournament	Hosts
1962		FIBA Africa Championship 1962	Cairo, United Arab Republic
1964		FIBA Africa Championship 1964	Casablanca, Morocco
1965	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1965	Tunis, Tunisia
1968	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1968	Casablanca, Morocco
1970		FIBA Africa Championship 1970	Alexandria, United Arab Republic

African Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Hosts
1965		1965 All-Africa Games	Congo

Pan Arab Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Hosts
1961		1961 Pan Arab Games
1965		1965 Pan Arab Games

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Tournament	Hosts
1959		1959 Mediterranean Games	Beirut

References

^ 1962 African Championship for Men FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021
^ 1964 African Championship for Men FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021
^ 1970 African Championship for Men FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021
^ AfroBasket at The-Sports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
^ AfroBasket Info Retrieved 5 September 2021
^ African basketball competitions Retrieved 5 September 2021

External links

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

FIBA AfroBasket winners

v t e African Games Basketball ( Men ) winners
1965: United Arab Rep. 1973: Tunisia 1978: Senegal 1987: Angola 1991: Egypt 1995: Egypt 1999: Egypt 2003: Angola 2007: Angola 2011: Nigeria 2015: Angola

Category:

Men's national basketball teams

Hidden categories:

History

Performance table

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Africa Championship[5] [6]

African Games

Pan Arab Games

Mediterranean Games

References

External links

FIBA Africa Championship^[5] ^[6]