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The Belgium men's national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale Belge de basketball, Dutch: Belgisch nationaal basketbalelftal, German: Belgier Basketballnationalmannschaft) represents Belgium in international basketball tournaments. The supervising body is Basketball Belgium. Belgium has qualified for the EuroBasket 17 times, having their best result in 1947, when they finished fourth. Further, they entered the Summer Olympics on three occasions, in 1936, 1948, and 1952. Their top finish there was 11th place at the 1948 London Games. However, Belgium is still in pursuit of their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup. The team is nicknamed and also represents itself as Belgian Lions.