The Algeria national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Algeria in international competition, administered by the Fédération Algérienne de Basket-Ball.

They played in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States, where they finished 15th.

It drew into the 'Group of Death' (alongside host United States, eventual Bronze medal winner Germany and Asian champion China), the Algerian Team struggled at its first Basketball World Cup appearance.

In their 2nd classification game, Algeria fared much better and dominated Lebanon to a 100-70 final score.

[citation needed] The team withdrew from the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to COVID-19 related issues and was replaced by South Sudan, who managed to qualify for their first World Cup finals.