# Central African Republic men's national basketball team

The Central African Republic national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball.
The team won the African Basketball Championship twice. It became the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Basketball World Cup.

## Achievements

The Central African Republic has won the African Championship twice. Their first title came in 1974 when they hosted the tournament and beat Senegal 72–67 in the final. They hoisted the trophy again in 1987 by defeating Egypt 94–87 for the championship. The team also took third place in the 1968 tournament.

## Performances
### Olympic Games

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1988 | 10 | Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea |
| 2020 | Not Qualified | Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2024 | Not Qualified | Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics | Paris, France |

### FIBA World Championship

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1974 | 14 | 1974 FIBA World Championship | Puerto Rico |

### FIBA Africa Championship

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1964 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1964 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1965 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1965 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1968 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1968 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1970 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 1970 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1972 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 1972 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1974 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1974 | Bangui, Central African Republic |
| 1975 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1975 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1978 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1978 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1980 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1980 | Rabat, Morocco |
| 1981 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1981 | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| 1983 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 1983 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1985 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 1985 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1987 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1987 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1989 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 1989 | Luanda, Angola |
| 1992 | 6 | FIBA Africa Championship 1992 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 1993 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1993 | Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1995 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1995 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 1997 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 1997 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1999 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1999 | Angola |
| 2001 | 9 | FIBA Africa Championship 2001 | Morocco |
| 2003 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 2003 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 2005 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 2005 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 2007 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 2007 | Angola |
| 2009 | 6 | FIBA Africa Championship 2009 | Libya |
| 2011 | 6 | FIBA Africa Championship 2011 | Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| 2013 | 13 | FIBA Africa Championship 2013 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2015 | 14 | FIBA Africa Championship 2015 | Radès, Tunisia |
| 2017 | 11 | AfroBasket 2017 | Senegal/Tunisia |
| 2021 | 14 | AfroBasket 2021 | Kigali, Rwanda |
| 2025 | – | AfroBasket 2025 | Angola |

### African Games

* 1991 :
Beginning with the 2019 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.

### Head coach position

* Jean-Paul Rabatet
* Johny Robert Madozein – 2001–2003
* Michel Perrim – 2007
* Eugene Pehoua-Pelema – 2009
* Johny Robert Madozein – 2010
* Paco Garcia – 2011
* Johny Robert Madozein – 2013
* Michel Perrim – 2015
* Aubin-Thierry Goporo – 2015
* Ulrich Marida – 2017–present

### Past rosters

* 2013 AfroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
At the AfroBasket 2015.
This was the Central African Republic team for the AfroBasket 2017.

## Kit
### Manufacturer

2015–2020: – Peak

### Sponsor

2015 – Orange