Gabon men's national basketball team

Gabon has participated at the AfroBasket (previously the FIBA Africa Championship) three times, its best result being the quarter-finals in 2015.

AfroBasket record							Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L		GP	W	L	–
1968	Did not qualify
1970
1972
1974
1975
1978
1980
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1992
1993	Preliminary round	9th	4	0	4
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Preliminary round	9th	7	3	4
2007	Did not qualify
2009							Did not enter
2011
2013
2015	Quarter-finalist	8th	7	1	6		4	3	1	2015
2017	Did not qualify						4	0	4	2017
2021							4	0	4	2021
2025	To be determined						To be determined			2025

AfroBasket record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L
2019	Did not qualify
2023	9th place	9th	3	1	2

Basketball was part of the African Games until 2015. Later, it was replaced by the 3x3 version.

• 1973-2011 : Did not qualify
• 2015 : 8th

Gabon team for the AfroBasket 2017 qualification.

Gabon men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G/F 4 Tonny Boussougou Ibrahim 26 – (1990-04-30)30 April 1990 7.0 Owendo   PG 5 Christ Ndikuedi 22 – (1995-03-01)1 March 1995 F 6 Dean Bezazouma 28 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988 Espoir BC   PF 7 Lerry Essono 25 – (1992-03-11)11 March 1992 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) IRB BBA   F 8 Jeriel Breel Dinga Igana 19 – (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 70 SNI F 9 Sylvere Abessolo 33 – (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tali Somo B Libreville   G 10 Francis Kobangoye 26 – (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Libreville Ezobe Dragons   G/F 11 Marien Stephane Ellang 28 – (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 Manga BB   G/F 12 Gildas Ekouaghe 30 – (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 CAS 1987   G 13 Jean Eude Enguena Oworce 34 – (1982-08-05)5 August 1982 F 14 Channick Nkoma 19 – (1997-12-27)27 December 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Harcum College   C 15 Adam Obangome 18 – (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ezanga Team	Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 March 2017

2015: Erima

Gabon team for the AfroBasket 2015.

Gabon men's national basketball team - AfroBasket 2015 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Steeve Ndong 27 – (1987-12-20)20 December 1987 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Manga   SF 5 Rodrigue Atsu 22 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Manga   F 6 Thérence Mayimba 20 – (1995-03-10)10 March 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) George Mason   PF 7 Lerry Essono 23 – (1992-03-11)11 March 1992 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) IRB BBA   PG 8 Cabrel Boundou 32 – (1982-11-11)11 November 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Stade Mandji   F 9 Sylvere Abessolo 31 – (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Somo   G 10 Francis Kobangoye 24 – (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Tali   SF 11 Marvin Mapaga 22 – (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hope   C 12 Jason Reteno 37 – (1977-10-08)8 October 1977 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tali   C 13 Stéphane Lasme 32 – (1982-12-17)17 December 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray   C 14 Freddy Obame 29 – (1986-04-06)6 April 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) AS Estuaire   G 15 Lionel Fabre 30 – (1985-03-21)21 March 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Tali	Head coach   Thierry Bouanga Assistant coach(es)   Miodrag Marjanovic Michael Oganda Igoue Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 30 August 2015

• Gabon national under-19 basketball team
• Gabon national under-17 basketball team
• Gabon national 3x3 team
• Gabon women's national basketball team
• Stéphane Lasme
• Chris Silva

• Presentation on Afrobasket.com Archived 6 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Gabon Basketball Federation Presentation on Facebook
• Gabon Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

• Cape Verde v Gabon - Game Highlights - Round of 16 - AfroBasket 2015 Youtube.com video