It is administered by the Fédération Malagasy de Basket-Ball (Madagascar Basketball Federation).

[2] Its biggest success has been the 9th place at the FIBA Africa Championship 1972 where Madagascar surprisingly finished ahead of team Côte d'Ivoire and team Nigeria.

Madagascar was chosen as host of the FIBA Africa Championship 2011.

The country received the bid from Côte d'Ivoire where the event could not take place because of instabilities after the civil war.

Its last appearance at Africa's most prestigious basketball event was in 2003. yet to qualify yet to qualify Roster for the AfroBasket 2021 qualification matches played on 19, 20 and 21 February 2021 against Tunisia, Central African Republic and DR Congo.