Angolan Basketball Federation
| Angolan Basketball Federation Portuguese: Federação Angolana de Basquetebol F.A.B. | |
|---|---|
| IOC nation | ANG |
| National flag | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Official website | www |
| HISTORY | |
| Year of formation | 1976 |
| AFFILIATIONS | |
| International federation | International Basketball Federation (FIBA) |
| Continental association | FIBA Africa |
| ELECTED | |
| President | Paulo Madeira Dec 2012 - |
| Address |
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| Country | Angola |
The Angolan Basketball Federation (Federação Angolana de Basquetebol or simply FAB) is the governing body of official basketball competitions in Angola. FAB was founded in 1976, with José Jaime de Castro Guimarães serving as chairman. The federation was first housed at Rua Rainha Ginga and later moved to the current address on the ground floor of an apartment building located in the Cidadela Sports Compound.[1] FAB oversees the activities of the 18 provincial basketball associations in the country. Typically the federation has a 42-member staff, including 3 members of the general assembly, 3 from the audit committee, 5 from the legal board, 5 from the disciplinary board and 16 collaborators while the management is made up of 10 members.
On an annual basis, the federation organizes the men's national championship aka BAI Basket, the women's championship as well as the Angolan Cup and Super Cup, including in the under-age categories. It also oversees the provincial championships organized by the related basketball associations and the participation of national squads in continental and other international events.
History
[edit]Basketball in Angola was celebrated on May 18, 2011, its diamond jubilee as it was in May 1930 that a basketball match was first played in the country.[2] Pina Cabral, a Portuguese army officer and physical education teacher, organized in May 1930 the first exhibition game between Sporting Clube de Luanda and Associação Académica, with the former winning by a final score of 8–5.[3]
Angola played an international match for the first time in a friendly against Nigeria in 1976 (lost 62-71), made its debut in the African arena in 1980 (7th place) and in the world arena at the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Madrid (20th place).[4] At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, in the opening Olympic game for both teams, the Angolan team played the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, which included Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, among others.[5]
Current squads
[edit]Roster for the AfroBasket 2025.[6]
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Roster for the 2025 Women's Afrobasket.[7]
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Past squads
[edit]Africa Palmarès (national squad)
[edit]Men
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1983 | Afrobasket Alexandria | ||||||
| 1985 | Afrobasket Abidjan | ||||||
| 1987 | Afrobasket Tunis | 1987 | All Africa Games Nairobi | ||||
| 1989 | Afrobasket Luanda | ||||||
| 1992 | Afrobasket Cairo | ||||||
| 1993 | Afrobasket Nairobi | ||||||
| 1995 | Afrobasket Algiers | ||||||
| 1997 | Afrobasket Dakar | ||||||
| 1999 | Afrobasket Luanda | 1999 | All Africa Games Jo'burg | ||||
| 2001 | Afrobasket Casablanca | ||||||
| 2003 | Afrobasket Alexandria | 2003 | All Africa Games Abuja | ||||
| 2005 | Afrobasket Algiers | ||||||
| 2007 | Afrobasket Luanda | 2007 | All Africa Games Algiers | ||||
| 2009 | Afrobasket Benghazi | ||||||
| 2011 | Afrobasket Antananarivo | 2011 | All Africa Games Maputo | ||||
| 2013 | Afrobasket Abidjan | ||||||
| 2015 | Radès 2015 | 2015 | African Games Brazzaville |
Women
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1981 | Afrobasket Senegal | ||||||
| 1986 | Afrobasket Mozambique | 1987 | All Africa Games Nairobi | ||||
| 1994 | Afrobasket South Africa | ||||||
| 2007 | Afrobasket Senegal | 2007 | All Africa Games Algiers | ||||
| 2009 | Afrobasket Madagascar | ||||||
| 2011 | Afrobasket Mali | 2011 | All Africa Games Maputo | ||||
| 2013 | Afrobasket Maputo | 2013 | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | African Games Brazzaville |
Participation in world events
[edit]| Year | Event | Ranking | Year | Event | Ranking | Year | Event | Ranking |
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| 1986 | FIBA World Championship Madrid | 20th (out of 24) | ||||||
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| 1990 | FIBA World Championship Buenos Aires | 13th (out of 16) | ||||||
| 1992 | Summer Olympics Barcelona | 10th (out of 12) | ||||||
| 1994 | FIBA World Championship Toronto | 16th (out of 16) | ||||||
| 1996 | Summer Olympics Atlanta | 21st (out of 24) | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 2000 | Summer Olympics Sydney | 23rd (out of 24) | ||||||
| 2002 | 2002 FIBA World Championship Indianapolis | 11th (out of 16) | ||||||
| 2004 | Summer Olympics Athens | 23rd (out of 24) | ||||||
| 2006 | FIBA World Championship Saitama | 10th (out of 24) | ||||||
| 2008 | Summer Olympics Beijing | 23rd (out of 24) | 2008 | 2008 Stanković Cup | Champion | |||
| 2010 | FIBA World Championship Instambul | 15th (out of 24) | 2011 | 2011 Stanković Cup | Champion | |||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2014 | FIBA World Championship Spain | 17th (out of 24) |
National Champions
[edit]| Team | Won | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Primeiro de Agosto | 18 | 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 |
| Petro Atlético | 12 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| ASA | 3 | 1980,[9] 1996, 1997 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 2 | 2012, 2014 |
| Sporting de Luanda | 1 | 1984 |
| Ferroviário de Luanda | 1 | 1979 |
| Team | Won | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Primeiro de Agosto | 12 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 |
| Interclube | 11 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Desportivo Nocal | 5 | 1998 |
Angola Cup Winners
[edit]Men
| Team | Won | Years won |
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| Primeiro de Agosto | 13 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 |
| Petro Atlético | 12 | 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 5 | 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| ASA | 2 | 1993, 1999 |
| Dínamos | 1 | 1989 |
Women
| Team | Won | Years won |
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| Primeiro de Agosto | 10 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Interclube | 6 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
Angola Super Cup Winners
[edit]Men
| Team | Won | Years won |
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| Primeiro de Agosto | 12 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Petro Atlético | 5 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2015 |
| ASA | 3 | 1996, 1997, 1998 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 1 | 2011, 2016 |
Women
| Team | Won | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Interclube | 7 | 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 7 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015 |
| Desportivo Nocal | 1 | 2000 |
Africa Palmarès (clubs)
[edit]Chairman history
[edit]| José Guimarães Periquito | 1977 - | 1987 | |
| Carlos Teixeira Cagi | 1987 - | 1996 | |
| Pires Ferreira | 1996 - | Dec 2004 | |
| Gustavo da Conceição | Dec 2004 - | Dec 2012 | |
| Paulo Madeira | Dec 2012 - |
Head coaches history
[edit]| Coach (Men) | Achievements | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1992 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||
| Mário Palma (M.P.) | G | V.C. | V.C. | V.C. | W.R. | M.P. | M.P. | M.P. | M.P. | A.C. | L.M. | P.M. | |||||||||
| Victorino Cunha (V.C.) | S | W.R. | W.R. | M.G. | M.L. | ||||||||||||||||
| Wlademiro Romero (W.R.) | B | W.R. | W.R. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paulo Macedo (P.M.) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luís Magalhães (L.M.) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto de Carvalho (A.C.) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moncho López (M.L.) | 7 | M.P. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Michel Gomez (M.G.) | 8 | W.R. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coach (Women) | Achievements | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1981 | 1983 | 1984 | 1986 | 1990 | 1993 | 1994 | 1997 | 2000 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||
| Aníbal Moreira (A.M.) | G | A.M. | A.M. | |||||||||||||||
| António Henriques (A.H.) | S | |||||||||||||||||
| Apolinário Paquete (A.P.) | B | A.H. | A.H. | 1994 | A.M. | A.M. | ||||||||||||
| Jaime Covilhã (J.C.) | 4 | A.P. | J.C. | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | A.H. | 1997 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | A.H. | 1993 | A.M. | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | A.H. | |||||||||||||||||
Trivia
[edit]In a match played for the Lusophony (Portuguese-speaking countries) Games, on October 7, 2006, Angola beat East Timor 193–33 in what might be the highest score ever reached by the Angolan squad.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "FAB Address and Contact Information". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.[dead link]
- ↑ "Basquetebol angolano 75 anos" (in Portuguese). FAB.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ↑ "Embaixador africano completa 79 anos de existência" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ "1986 World Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ↑ "Angola Vs. Dream Team". Philly.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ↑ "Team roster: Angola" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 12 August 2025. p. 1.
- ↑ "Team roster: Angola". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Palmarés do Campeonato Nacional" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ↑ "By then club was called "Desportivo da TAAG"" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ↑ "Basquetebol: Angola `humilha` Timor Leste nos Jogos da Lusofonia" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Angola basketball portal (in Portuguese)
- Angolan Basketball - Afrobasket.com
- Angolan Basketball Federation at Fiba Live Stats