Algeria men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Algeria women's national basketball team.

Algeria
FIBA ranking121 (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationAlgerian Basketball Federation
CoachAli Bouziane
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances1
MedalsNone
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances16
Medals Silver: 2001
Bronze: 1965

The Algeria national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represent Algeria in international competition, administered by the Fédération Algérienne de Basket-Ball.[2]

The squad finished in the final four every time it hosted a major international basketball tournament, including the African Basketball Championship and the All-Africa Games. They played in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States, where they finished 15th.

History

Algeria team took part in the World Cup for the first time in 2002. It drew into the 'Group of Death' (alongside host United States, eventual Bronze medal winner Germany and Asian champion China), the Algerian Team struggled at its first Basketball World Cup appearance. They lost their first preliminary round game against the United States 60-100 and also their second and third first-round games against China (82-96) and Germany (70-102).[3] to a 4th place out of 4 finish. In their 2nd classification game, Algeria fared much better and dominated Lebanon to a 100-70 final score.

The team withdrew from the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to COVID-19 related issues and was replaced by South Sudan, who managed to qualify for their first World Cup finals.[4]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Appearances: 0
Olympic Games finals AfroBasket/
Pre-Olympic
Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L
1936 Part of  France
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964 did not qualify
1968 5 2 3
1972
1976
1980 6 3 3
1984 5 2 3
1988 4 0 4
1992 6 2 4
1996 6 3 3
2000 6 3 3
2004 6 3 3
2008
2012
2016 7 3 4
2020
2024
Total

FIBA World Cup

World Cup record
Appearances: 1
World Cup finals AfroBasket/
WC Qualification
Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L
1950 Part of  France
1954
1959
1963 Did not qualify
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982 6 4 2
1986
1990 5 2 3
1994 4 2 2
1998
2002 15th 5 1 4 395 476 −81 7 5 2
2006 Did not qualify 8 5 3
2010
2014 5 1 4
2019
2023 Withdrew
2027 To be determined
Total 5 1 4 395 476 −81

AfroBasket

AfroBasket record
Appearances: 16
AfroBasket finals Qualification
Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD Pld W L
1962 did not qualify
1964
1965 4 2 2 210 236 −26
1968 8th 5 2 3 349 353 −4
1970 did not qualify
1972
1974
1975
1978
1980 4th 6 3 3 550 615 −65
1981 4th 6 4 2 364 335 +29
1983 6th 5 2 3 337 352 −15
1985 did not qualify
1987 8th 4 0 4 260 315 −55
1989 6th 5 2 3 399 488 −89
1992 9th 6 2 4 438 434 +4
1993 5th 4 2 2 197 236 −39
1995 4th 6 3 3 385 363 +22
1997 did not qualify
1999 6th 6 3 3 379 387 −8
2001 7 5 2 507 451 +56
2003 7th 6 3 3 458 450 +8
2005 4th 8 5 3 579 571 +8
2007 did not qualify
2009 4 1 3
2011 2 0 2
2013 12th 5 1 4 308 353 −45 2 1 1
2015 6th 7 3 4 514 517 −3 3 2 1
2017 did not qualify 4 0 4
2021 Withdrew in qualification 1 0 1
2025 Wd in qualif.
2029 To be determined To be determined
Total 90 42 48 6234 6456 −222

African Games

African Games record
Appearances: 5
Year Position Pld W L PF PA PD
1965 4th 5 2 3 112 178 −66
1973 did not qualify
1978 4th 4 1 3 315 323 −8
1987 did not qualify
1991
1995 ?th
1999 did not qualify
2003
2007 5th 7 4 3 451 468 −17
2011 4th 7 3 4 417 455 −38
2015 did not qualify
2019 competition not held
2023
Total

AfroCan

  • 2019 Mali : 8th
  • 2023 Angola : did not enter

Arab Championship

  • 1974 Iraq : 4th
  • 1981 Tunisia : 2nd
  • 1994 Egypt : 2nd
  • 2000 Algeria : 2nd
  • 2002 Egypt : 2nd
  • 2005 Saudi Arabia : Winner
  • 2008 Tunisia : 5th
  • 2009 Morocco : 5th
  • 2010 Lebanon : 4th
  • 2015 Egypt: 2nd
  • 2017 Egypt: 6th
  • 2018 Egypt: 2nd
  • 2022 United Arab Emirates : 3rd
  • 2023 Egypt : 5th
  • 2025 Bahrain : Winner

Mediterranean Games

Islamic Solidarity Games

Roster

Team for the 2025 Arab Basketball Championship.

Algeria men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
1 Moussaab Koob 22 – (2003-03-01)1 March 2003 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) USM Blida
PF 2 Lamouri Merahi 29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) USM Alger
C 7 Faredj Messaoudi 22 – (2003-01-20)20 January 2003 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) USM Alger
9 Mohammed Amine Bensalah – 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) NB Staouéli
10 Chakib Sedoud 20 – (2004-10-15)15 October 2004 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) NB Staouéli
12 Sid Ali Ben Zaim – 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
14 Louai Chebel 27 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) WA Boufarik
20 Sofiane Briki 26 – (1999-04-15)15 April 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
24 Sami Aious 19 – (2005-10-12)12 October 2005 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) NB Staouéli
26 Mahdi Zaim 20 – (2005-02-15)15 February 2005 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
32 Nadyr Labouize 27 – (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Béliers de Kemper
35 Mohamed Amine Roubai – 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
93 Adel Alain 21 – (2004-04-30)30 April 2004 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Saint-Chamond ABB
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 July 2025

Notable players

There are several Algerian players playing professionally in Europe, mostly in France. As of 2010/2011, two play in the top level division.

Head coach position

  • Faid Bilal: 2000–2002 [5]
  • Ahmed Loubachria:2007-2009
  • Ali Filali:2009-2010
  • Sean Whalen: 2010-2013
  • Faid Bilal: 2013-2014
  • Ali Filali: 2014-2015
  • Ahmed Loubachria: 2016-2017
  • Mohamed Yahya: 2018-2019
  • Faid Bilal: 2019- Dec 2021
  • Ahmed Bendjabou: 2022- Aug 2024
  • Ali Bouziane: Mar 2025- now

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Peak[6]

2015: Ooredoo[6]

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Algeria, fiba.com, accessed 14 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Schedule & results | 2002 World Championship for Men". www.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Senior Men qualify for World Cup 2023". South Sudan Basketball Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b 2015 Afrobasket - Final Round - Mohamed HARAT (ALG)'s profile - FIBA.com, Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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