The Senegal national basketball team ( French: ''Équipe de basketball du Senegal'') represents

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

in men's international

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and it is overseen by Federation Senegalaise de basketball, five time a gold medallist (in

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, 1978, 1980, and

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), a six time silver medallist, and a four time bronze medallist at the FIBA Africa Championship. Senegal was the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the

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. The team has included several players who have competed in the U.S.

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, including former

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DeSagana Diop DeSagana N'gagne Diop ( ; born January 30, 1982) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who is currently head coach for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. Early life Diop played soccer while growing up in Senegal. He began ...

and current

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center

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, and is considered to be, along with those of

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History

Senegal's international participation debuted at the

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. They would have a dominating performance on the African continent at times in the years to follow. Senegal has had many world-elite basketball players, especially at the

position, which helped the team to compete at many major international tournaments. At times, however, the team was overly dependent on its NBA-players. An example was in the mid-2000s, when it struggled with injuries. Having finished as the runner-up to Angola in the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship, Senegal qualified for play in the

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, where the squad finished last in Group D and twenty-second among the twenty-four sides to have contested the championship, having lost to the

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Performance table

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Africa Championship

African Games

*1965 – *1973 – 4th *1978 – *1987 – *1991 – *1999 – 5th *2003 –

Team

Current roster

Rroster for the

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Depth chart

Notable players

Other current notable players from Senegal:

Famous former players

Head coach position

* Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2005 *

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– 2007 * Parfaito Adjivon – 2009 * Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2009–10 * Alain Weisz – 2011 * Cheikh Sarr – 2012–2015Head coaches
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Porfirio Fisac Porfirio Fisac de Diego (born January 24, 1965) is a Spanish basketball coach for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He was the head coach of the Senegalese national team, participant at the AfroBasket 2017. Coaching career Born in Fuente ...

– 2016–2017 * Moustapha Gaye – 2019–2020 *

Boniface N'Dong Boniface N'Dong (born September 3, 1977) is a Senegalese retired basketball player and current coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the Senegal national basketball team. Born in M'Bour, Senegal, he also holds German citizenship. Profession ...

– 2020–present

Past rosters

1968 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams Cheikh Fall, Moussa Sene, Alioune Gueye, Babacar Dia, Papa Diop, Mousse N'Diaye, Babacar Traore, Claude Sadio, Claude Constantino, Babacar Seck, Mansour Diagne, Doudou Camara (Coach: Alioune Diop) 1972 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams Cheikh Fall, Babacar Traore, Mohamadou Diop, Babacar Seck, Papa Diop, Alioune Gueye, Pierre Sagna, Abdourahmane N'Diaye, Sylvestre Lopis, Assane Thiam, Joseph Diandy, Doudou Camara (Coach: Amadou Diaw) 1978 World Championship: finished 14th among 14 teams Mathieu Faye, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Madiagne N'Diaye, A.Diouf, B.Kaba, J.Lopez, M.Diagne, M.Gueye, J.Toupane, A.Diop, A.Dogue, L.Diop (Coach: I.Diagne) 1980 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams Mathieu Faye, Madiagne N'Diaye, Mohamadou Diop, Oumar Dia, Mamadou Diop, Bassirou Badji, Yamar Samb, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Yaya Cissokho, Modou Tall, Moussa M'Bengue, Hadrame N'Diaye (Coach: Ibrahima Diagne) 1998 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams Makhtar N'Diaye, Mamadou Diouf, Mamadou N'Diaye,

Cheikh Yaya Dia Cheikh Yaya Dia (born March 20, 1974) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player. After growing up in Dakar, Dia moved to the United States and he played high school basketball at St. John's at Prospect Hall in Maryland; he then went ...

, Raymond Carvalho, Mouhamadou Sow, Assane N'Diaye,

Boubacar Aw Boubacar Richard Aw (born June 22, 1975) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player. After growing up in Thiès, Aw moved to the United States in 1993 and he played high school basketball in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina; he then went o ...

, Kader Malik Fall,

Vincent Da Sylva Vincent Da Sylva (born 8 January 1973) is a Senegalese-French retired basketball player. He represented Senegal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. In his career, he played in Senegal, Lebanon and France. Honours * Bronze medal with the Champi ...

, Samba Aly Ngone Niang, Omer Ba (Coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop) 2006 World Championship: finished 22nd among 24 teams Makhtar N'Diaye, Babacar Cisse, Mamadou Diouf, Sitapha Savane, Malick Badiane, Mamadou N'Diaye, El Kabir Pene, Pape Ibrahim Faye, Mouhamadou Niang, Souleymane Aw, N'Dongo N'Diaye, Meleye N'Doye (Coach: Moustapha Gaye) 2014 World Championship: finished 16th among 24 teams Team for the

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Kit

Manufacturer

2015 –

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Sponsor

2015 –

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References

External links

FIBA profile
at FIBA Archive

Videos

Senegal – Tournament Highlights – 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Youtube.com video {{FIBA Africa teams

Senegal national basketball team The Senegal national basketball team ( French: ''Équipe de basketball du Senegal'') represents Senegal in men's international basketball and it is overseen by Federation Senegalaise de basketball, five time a gold medallist (in 1968, 1972, 19 ...

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Basketball in Senegal 1962 establishments in Senegal