The Lebanon men's national under-19 basketball team is the junior men's national basketball team, administered by Lebanese Basketball Federation, that represents Lebanon in international under-19 and under-18 men's basketball competitions.[2]
| FIBA ranking | 39  5 (Dec 2022)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1947 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | ||
| National federation | FLB | ||
| Coach | Charbel El Bach | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Asia Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 | ||
| Medals |  Bronze: 2006 | ||
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Medal record | |||
History edit
World Cup Qualification edit
The team has reached the 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship Semi-Finals that brought the nation a ticket to its second FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup appearance.[3]
In 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, Lebanon men's U19 team were able to win their last game against the host nation Hungary 73–66 to finish the competition 15th out of 16 teams.[4]
Tournament records edit
World Cup edit
| FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 2007[5] |
14th | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
 2023 |
15th | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 10 | |||||
Asia Championship edit
| FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 1998 |
13th | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 2000 |
10th | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 2002 |
9th | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2004 |
4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
 2006 |
3rd | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
 2008 |
8th | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
 2010 |
7th | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
 2012 |
7th | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
 2014 |
did not participate | |||||||
| 2016[6] |
4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
 2018[7] |
10th | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2022[8] |
4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 78 | 41 | 37 | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, boys". Archived from the original on July 8, 2014.
- ^ "Lebanon FIBA Profile Page". FIBA. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon bound for 2022 FIBA U19 World Cup". FIBA. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon v Hungary game". FIBA. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ "2007 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2016 FIBA U18 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2018 FIBA U18 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship". FIBA. Retrieved August 28, 2022.