Angolan Basketball Federation Portuguese: Federação Angolana de Basquetebol F.A.B.
IOC nation	ANG
National flag
Sport	Basketball
Official website	www.fab.ao/web/
HISTORY
Year of formation	1976
AFFILIATIONS
International federation	International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
Continental association	FIBA Africa
ELECTED
President	Paulo Madeira Dec 2012 -
Address	Complexo Desportivo da Cidadela
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 Mr. 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 African and worldwide events.

History

As the most successful sports in Angola, together with handball, basketball in Angola 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] Since then, it's been 75 years of a successful journey. Mr. 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 an 8–5 final score for the former.^[3]

Angola played for the very first time internationally 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, the Angolan players must have lived a dream by sharing the court with the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, among others.^[5]

Current squads

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[6][7]

Angola men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 0 Eduardo Francisco 19 – (2003-11-05)5 November 2003 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Benfica G 1 Gerson Domingos 27 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Petro de Luanda PG 2 José Dimitri Maconda 21 – (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) LWD Basket G 3 Gerson Gonçalves 27 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Petro de Luanda PG 5 Childe Dundão 25 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Petro de Luanda C 8 Jilson Bango 24 – (1999-01-06)6 January 1999 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Löwen Braunschweig F 9 Leonel Paulo (C) 37 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sangalhos DC F 10 Antonio Monteiro 34 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Sporting CP C 13 João Fernandes 30 – (1992-12-01)1 December 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Sporting CP C 20 Bruno Fernando 25 – (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Atlanta Hawks PF 22 Silvio De Sousa 24 – (1998-10-07)7 October 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Aris C 34 Kevin Kokila 21 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) JL Bourg Basket	Head coach Josep Clarós Assistant coach(es) Miguel Lutonda Aníbal Moreira Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 25 August 2023

Roster for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket.The roster was announced on 28 July 2023.^[8][9]

Angola women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 3 Edvania Pascoal 24 – (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube PG 4 Artémis Barbosa 30 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Castelló PF 5 Joana António 26 – (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube G 6 Isabel Fernando 23 – (2000-06-05)5 June 2000 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Primeiro de Agosto SG 7 Arminda Joaquim 17 – (2006-02-26)26 February 2006 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto SF 8 Sara Caetano 19 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Formigas do Cazenga SF 11 Isabel João 19 – (2004-05-31)31 May 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto G 12 Nelma Cunha 21 – (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) PF 14 Nadir Manuel 36 – (1986-11-30)30 November 1986 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Interclube PF 15 Jessica Malagi 25 – (1997-12-17)17 December 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Interclube C 20 Cristina Matiquite 31 – (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube PG 23 Cacia Antonio 22 – (2001-05-06)6 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Interclube	Head coach José Villa Assistant coach(es) João Formosa Elisa Pires Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2023

Past squads

Africa Palmarès (national squad)

Men

Women

Participation in world events

National Champions

^[10]

Men

Women

Angola Cup Winners

Men

Women

Angola Super Cup Winners

Men

Women

Africa Palmarès (clubs)

Men

Women

Chairman history

	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

	Coach (Men)	Achievements
			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
			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

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.^[12]