The Ethiopia national basketball team represents
Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the
Ethiopian Basketball Federation
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic language, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Et ...
(E.B.F.). (
Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...
: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the
FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to return to former glory.
Competitive record
Summer Olympics
''yet to qualify''
FIBA World Cup
''yet to qualify''
FIBA Africa Championship
African Games
''yet to qualify''
Current roster
At the
2007 AfroBasket
AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cit ...
qualification:
Ethiopia , 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men
ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2016. (''last publicized squad'')
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;Head coach
*
;Assistant coaches
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*Club – describes last
club before the tournament
*Age – describes age
on 15 August 2007
Depth chart
At the 2007 AfroBasket
AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cit ...
qualification, Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Ethiopia joined FIBA ...
led the team in points.
Omod Oman Ogud
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Ethiopia joined FIBA ...
led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Ethiopia joined FIBA ...
led his team in assists.
See also
*Ethiopia national under-16 basketball team
The Ethiopian national under-16 basketball team is governed by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (FTBB).(Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር)
It represents the country in international under-16 (under age 16) basketba ...
* Ethiopia national football team
*Eyassu Worku
Eyassu Worku (Amharic: እያሱ ወርቁ; born 18 October 1998) is an American basketball player of Ethiopian descent.
Early and personal life
Eyassu Worku was born in the United States to Ethiopian immigrants Shibeshi and Yodit Berhanu.
References
External links
Ethiopia Basketball Federation
at Twitter
Ethiopia
at the FIBA website.
Ethiopia
at Africabasket.com
of Ethiopia team participations
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Men's national basketball teams
Basketball
Basketball teams in Ethiopia
1949 establishments in Ethiopia