Timor-Leste men's national basketball team

Timor-Leste
FIBA ranking	NR (15 August 2024)
Joined FIBA	2013
FIBA zone	FIBA Oceania
National federation	National Basketball Federation of East Timor
Coach	Leandro Dos Santos
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Oceania Championship
Appearances	None
Oceania Basketball Tournament
Appearances	None
Home	Away

The Timor-Leste national basketball team represents East Timor in international basketball competitions and is managed by the National Basketball Federation of East Timor abbreviated as FNBTL (Portuguese: Nacional de Basquetebol de Timor-Leste).

History

Prior to the team's national federation admission to FIBA in 2013, the national team participated at the 2006 Lusophony Games. The team lost its five games against Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Portugal with an average score of 166–39. East Timor did not score more than 39 points against all opposition except against Portugal, whom they scored 69 points against.^[2]

Timor-Leste's first tournament as part of FIBA was the 2015 Southeast Asian Games facing Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the group stage.^[3]

Timor-Leste was initially assigned to FIBA Asia; on 2015, it was reassigned to FIBA Oceania "to facilitate the development of the game in the country and the participation of its athletes in international competitions."^[4]

Results

Filipino player, Norberto Brian Torres (left) against Paulo das Dores (right)on tip off; June 12, 2015 at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup

yet to qualify

FIBA Oceania Championship

never participated

Oceania Basketball Tournament

never participated

Lusophony Games

2006 – 6th place
2009–2014 – Did not participate

Southeast Asian Games

2015 – 9th

Current roster

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games: (incomplete)

Timor-Leste men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club	Ctr.
		Melchior Pereira	–
		Ivo Miranda	–
		Baptista da Silva Ribeiro	–
		R. P. João Soares	–
		Roberto da Costa Martins	–
		Paulo das Dores	–

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 9 June 2015

Coaches

Leandro Dos Santos (2015– )

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ Hein, David. "Welcome to the FIBA family South Sudan and East Timor". FIBA. Regensburg: David Hein’s Eye on the Future. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ Siswo, Sujadi (4 June 2015). "Sporting dream about to be realised by Timor Leste's basketballers". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "Decisions aplenty as FIBA Central Board concludes". FIBA.com. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[2] Hein, David. "Welcome to the FIBA family South Sudan and East Timor". FIBA. Regensburg: David Hein’s Eye on the Future. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[3] Siswo, Sujadi (4 June 2015). "Sporting dream about to be realised by Timor Leste's basketballers". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[4] "Decisions aplenty as FIBA Central Board concludes". FIBA.com. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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