Cape Verde national basketball team
The Cape Verde national basketball team represents Cape Verde in the men's basketball internationals. After the selection of the Cape Verdean men until the mid- 1990s played no role within Africa and could never qualify to go for a continental finals of the African Cup of Nations, it was qualified since 1997 at five of the nine finals until 2013. 2007 succeeded in surprising winning the bronze medal in the European Championship. The following year, 2008 could therefore be the qualifying tournament in Athens still qualify for the basketball tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games. However, after two first round defeats in the tournament you missed the first part in a global finals.
In addition to the active as professionals in Spain Jeff Xavier and Walter Tavares Carlos Andrade is one of the most famous people born in the Cape Verde Islands basketball players. Andrade, however, occurs in international matches for the Portuguese selection of the former " mother country " to.
Squad
Performance in international competitions
World Championships
- Never qualified
Olympic games
- Never qualified
African Cup of Nations
To 1995 - not qualified
- 2007 -. space
- 2009 - 13th place
- 2011 - does not qualify
- 2013 - 6th place