Tunisia men's national basketball team
| FIBA ranking | 36 1 (25 February 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joined FIBA | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | FTBB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Mehdy Mary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | نسور قرطاج (Eagles of Carthage) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AfroBasket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | Gold: (2011, 2017, 2021) Silver: (1965) Bronze: (1970, 1974, 2009, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| African Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | Gold: (1973) Bronze: (1978) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arab Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | Gold: (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009) Silver: (2022) Bronze: (1991, 1992, 2002, 2007, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tunisia 77–68 Morocco (Beirut, Lebanon; 1957) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tunisia 101–40 Chad (Yaoundé, Cameroon; 25 November 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tunisia 36–93 France (Pau, France; 31 July 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Tunisia men's national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة السلة), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage, represents Tunisia in international basketball. The team is governed by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). To date, she has taken part in the regional championship the AfroBasket 23 times. In terms of the number of successful performances, it is inferior to the traditionally strong teams of Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt. In 2011, the Tunisian national team became the champion of Africa for the first time in its history, defeating the Angola team in the AfroBasket 2011 final. The team's previous success was silver at the home Africa Championship 1965. The team also won bronze medals in the 1970, 1974, 2009 and 2015 competitions.
Despite fairly successful performances (the Tunisian national team never finished lower than eighth), the team was unable to repeat or even come close to the successes of the 1970s. The success of the 2009 was quite unexpected, when the team took third place at the AfroBasket 2009. Following the results of the draw, forward Amine Rzig was included in the symbolic team of the tournament, and the team in the preliminary round won 4 games with two defeats, but in three matches the Tunisian team won with a difference of two or one point. Tunisia reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1974, where they defeated Mali by one point. And although Tunisia lost to Angola in the semi-finals, Cameroon was beaten in the bronze medal match, and the Tunisian team automatically qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. This was also the first time in the team's history that they qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. However, the team performed poorly at the World Cup, losing all five matches in Group B and eventually finishing in 24th place. In 2017 as co-hosts, Tunisia won its second AfroBasket trophy by beating Nigeria 77–65 in the final. It retains its title in 2021 by beating Ivory Coast in the final with a score of 78–75.
At the Arab level, Tunisia participated in the Arab Basketball Championship 14 times, won the title four times in 1981, 1983, 2008, 2009, while it came in second place in 2022 and third place four times, the last of which was in 2023.