| FIBA ranking | 92  (15 August 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1977 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA) | ||
| Coach | Cheikh Sarr | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| AfroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 6 | ||
| AfroCan | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals |  Bronze: (2023) | ||
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Rwanda men's national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Rwanda in international competitions. It is administered by the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA)[2] Rwanda has yet to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but has qualified for the AfroBasket six times.
Before 2000, Team Rwanda was virtually unknown to most basketball fans worldwide. Since the mid-2000s however, the team slowly but surely has made a name for itself. Team Rwanda has emerged as a major force in East Africa and has qualified for the AfroBasket, Africa's prime basketball event, four times in a row between 2007 and 2013.[3]
At the AfroBasket 2021 on home soil, Rwanda beat Angola, winner of ten AfroBasket editions between 1989 and 2013. The victory was considered an enormous achievement of the national team.[4]
Rwanda won a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA AfroCan in Angola, the first ever podium finish in the country's history.[5]
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Rwanda, fiba.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ [1], fiba.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ AfroBasket : La chute de l’Angola, le peps du Rwanda BasketEurope.com, 27 August 2021. Accessed 17 October 2021.(in French)
- ^ "Rwanda see off DR Congo for historic podium finish". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 21 July 2023.