United Arab Republic women's national basketball team

United Arab Republic United Arab Republic
Joined FIBA1958
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationUnited Arab Republic Basketball Federation
AfroBasket[3]
Appearances3
Medals Gold: (1966,[1] 1968[2])

The United Arab Republic women's national basketball team or in (Arabic: منتخب الجمهورية العربية المتحدة للسيدات لكرة السلة) was a historical women's national basketball team that existed between the year 1958–1971 that has represented the United Arab Republic which was a union between Egypt (including the occupied Gaza Strip) and Syria.

History

The United Arab Republic women's national basketball team has since the foundation back in 1958 won two African Championships from 3 appearances but has no appearances of World Championship nor in the Olympics.

Performance table

FIBA Africa Championship[4][5]

Year Position Tournament Hosts
1966 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1966 FIBA Africa Championship for Women Guinea
1968 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1968 FIBA Africa Championship for Women United Arab Republic
1970 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women Togo

African Games

Year Position Tournament Hosts
1965 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1965 All-Africa Games Congo

References

  1. ^ 1966 AfroBasket Women FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021
  2. ^ 1968 AfroBasket Women FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021
  3. ^ AfroBasket at The-Sports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
  4. ^ AfroBasket Info Retrieved 5 September 2021
  5. ^ African basketball competitions Retrieved 5 September 2021