Before 2000, Team Rwanda was virtually unknown to most basketball fans worldwide.

Team Rwanda has emerged as a major force in East Africa and has qualified for the AfroBasket, Africa's prime basketball event, four times in a row between 2007 and 2013.

The victory was considered an enormous achievement of the national team.

[4] Rwanda won a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA AfroCan in Angola, the first ever podium finish in the country's history.

[5] Note: Red border denotes that the tournament was held on home soil.