The Lebanon men's national under-17 basketball team is the junior boy's national basketball team, administered by Lebanese Basketball Federation, that represents Lebanon in international under-17 and under-16 men's basketball competitions.[2]
| FIBA ranking | 39  5 (Dec 2022)[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Joined FIBA | 1947 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | ||
| National federation | FLB | ||
| Coach | Rabih Francis | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Asia Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 | ||
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History
editWorld Cup Qualification
editThe team was able to reach the Semi-Finals at 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship which awarded Lebanon participation at 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. That marked first time representation for Lebanon at the global event.[3] At 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, Lebanon lost all their games and finished 16th overall.[4]
Tournament records
editWorld Cup
edit| FIBA Under-17 World Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 2022[5] |
16th | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
Asia Championship
edit| FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 2009 |
did not participate | |||||||
 2011 |
6th | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
 2013 |
did not participate | |||||||
 2015[6] |
6th | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
 2017[7] |
8th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
 2022[8] |
4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2023[9] |
11th | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 16 | 19 | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, boys". Archived from the original on July 16, 2014.
- ^ "Lebanon FIBA Profile Page". FIBA. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon claim last spots at 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup". FIBA. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Final standings - FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2015 FIBA U16 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved 21 September 2023.