Benin men's national basketball team
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The Benin national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Benin in international competitions. It is administered by the Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB).[2]
FIBA rankingNR (1 September 2026)[1]
Joined FIBA1962
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB)
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| FIBA ranking | NR (1 September 2026)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1962 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Fédération Béninoise de Basketball (FBB) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (1974) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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Benin had its best performance at the 1974 FIBA Africa Championship when it finished in Africa's Top Ten, ahead of Somalia.
Roster
Team for the AfroBasket 2015 qualification.[3]
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Competitive record
Benin has never played any games in the Olympics, FIBA Basketball World Cup or African Games.
FIBA Africa Championship
| AfroBasket record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | GP | W | L | – | |
 1964 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
 1965 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||
 1970 | ||||||||||
 1972 | ||||||||||
 1974 |
Preliminary round | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1975 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||
 1981 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | ||||||||||
 1985 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||||
 1989 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||
 1993 | ||||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||
 2009 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
 2011 |
6 | 0 | 6 | 2011 | ||||||
| 2013 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2015 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 2015 | ||||||
| 2017 |
4 | 1 | 3 | 2017 | ||||||
 2021 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1/29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | – | ||
Head coaches
Brigitte Affidehome Tonon: (2017)[4]