# Rwanda men's national basketball team

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) 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.
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.
Rwanda won a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA AfroCan in Angola, the first ever podium finish in the country's history.

## Competitive record
### Basketball World Cup

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
| 1950 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1954 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1959 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1963 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1967 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1970 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1974 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1978 | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member | Not a FIBA member |
| 1982 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1986 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1994 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1998 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2002 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### AfroBasket

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1980 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1981 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1983 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1985 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1989 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1993 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Classification rounds | 12th | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | Classification rounds | 9th | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | Round of 16 | 12th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | Round of 16 | 10th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Preliminary round | 10th | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | | | 31 | 11 | 20 |
Note: Red border denotes that the tournament was held on home soil.

### FIBA AfroCan

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | 3rd place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Third place | 1/2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |

### African Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | | | 7 | 2 | 5 |

## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Prince Ibeh | Elie Kaje | |
| PF | Alex Mpoyo | Olivier Shyaka | |
| SF | William Robeyns | Armel Sangwe | |
| SG | Emile Kazeneza | Dieudonné Ndizeye | Steven Hagumintwari |
| PG | Kenny Gasana | Jean Nshobozwabyose | Ntore Habimana |

## Head coach position

* Većeslav Kavedžija – 2007–2011
* Moise Mutokambali – 2012–2013, 2014–2017
* Cheikh Sarr – 2021–present

## Past rosters

Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.
At AfroBasket 2015 qualification:

## Kit
### Manufacturer

2013 – Nike
2017–present Erreà