The Somalia national basketball team is the national basketball team of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. It is a member of the

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(FIBA) and is governed by the ''Somali Basketball Federation''.

Administration

As of April 2014, Nur Mohamed Abdullahi serves as the president of the Somalia Basketball Federation. Sadak Abdulkadir is the Secretary General. The captain of the team is Yusuf Qaafow.

History

The Somalia Basketball Federation became affiliated with FIBA in 1960. It is part of the executive board of the Arab Basketball Confederation. Although the national basketball squad has yet to pass the qualification stages of the

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, it won a bronze medal at the 1981 FIBA Africa Championship, when Somalia hosted the tournament. The team also participates in the basketball event at the

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Roster

Competitive record

AfroBasket

Somalia has played in five AfroBasket tournaments, with its best result being the bronze medal in 1981 when the country hosted the tournament. Since 1985, Somalia has been absent from the tournament, although it has played in all qualifying rounds since 2015.

African Games

*1965-1978 : ''Did not qualify'' *1987 : ? *1991-2015 : ''Did not qualify'' *2019 : ''To be determined''

Islamic Solidarity Games

*2005 : 17th *2013 : ''Did not participate''

Past rosters

Team for AfroBasket 2013 qualification Team for

AfroBasket 2015 qualification AfroBasket 2015 Qualification occurred on various dates between 21 September 2014 and 8 March 2015. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams ...

References

External links

Somali Basketball FederationPresentation at FIBA WebsiteFIBA Africa – Somalia Men National TeamSomali National Basketball Team
– Presentation on Facebook

Videos

Zone V Hoops Tourney: Uganda Silverbacks bounce back to defeat Somalia 85-74
Youtube.com video {{FIBA Africa teams Basketball in Somalia Basketball teams in Somalia Men's national basketball teams

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1960 establishments in Somalia