Senegal national basketball team

Senegal Senegal
FIBA ranking 31 Steady
Joined FIBA 1962
FIBA zone FIBA Africa
National federation Federation Senegalaise de Basketball
Coach Porfirio Fisac
Nickname(s) The Lions
Olympic Games
Appearances 3
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 4
AfroBasket
Appearances 28
Medals Gold: (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997)
Silver: (1970, 1974, 1975, 1992, 1995, 2005)
Bronze: (1983, 1989, 1993, 2013, 2017)
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Senegalese national basketball team has included several players who have competed in the U.S. National Basketball Association, including former Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop and current Minnesota Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng, and is considered to be, along with those of Nigeria and Angola, a top African side.

The team is a five time a gold medallist (in 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, and 1997), 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 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.

History

With its historic qualification for the 1968 Summer Olympics, Team Senegal gained international attention for the first time. The following years were marked by an at times, dominating performance on the African continent. Senegal has had many world-elite basketball players, especially at the center 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 2006 FIBA World Championship, where the squad finished last in Group D and twenty-second amongst the twenty-four sides to have contested the championship, having lost to the United States, Italy, Slovenia, China, and Puerto Rico.

Performance table

Olympic Games

Year Position Tournament Host
196815Basketball at the 1968 Summer OlympicsMexico City, Mexico
197215Basketball at the 1972 Summer OlympicsMunich, Germany
198011Basketball at the 1980 Summer OlympicsMoscow, Soviet Union
2016To Be DeterminedBasketball at the 2016 Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil

FIBA World Cup

Year Position Tournament Host
1978141978 FIBA World ChampionshipPhilippines
1998151998 FIBA World ChampionshipGreece
2006222006 FIBA World ChampionshipJapan
2014162014 FIBA Basketball World CupSpain
2019To Be Determined2019 FIBA Basketball World CupChina
2023To Be Determined2023 FIBA Basketball World CupPhilippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1962–FIBA Africa Championship 1962Cairo, Egypt
19645FIBA Africa Championship 1964Casablanca, Morocco
19654FIBA Africa Championship 1965Tunis, Tunisia
19681st, gold medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1968Casablanca, Morocco
19702nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1970Alexandria, Egypt
19721st, gold medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1972Dakar, Senegal
19742nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1974Bangui, Central African Republic
19752nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1975Alexandria, Egypt
19781st, gold medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1978Dakar, Senegal
19801st, gold medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1980Rabat, Morocco
19815FIBA Africa Championship 1981Mogadishu, Somalia
19833rd, bronze medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1983Alexandria, Egypt
19854FIBA Africa Championship 1985Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
19876FIBA Africa Championship 1987Tunis, Tunisia
19893rd, bronze medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1989Luanda, Angola
19922nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1992Cairo, Egypt
19933rd, bronze medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1993Nairobi, Kenya
19952nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1995Algiers, Algeria
19971st, gold medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 1997Dakar, Senegal
19997FIBA Africa Championship 1999Angola
20017FIBA Africa Championship 2001Morocco
20034FIBA Africa Championship 2003Alexandria, Egypt
20052nd, silver medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 2005Algiers, Algeria
20079FIBA Africa Championship 2007Angola
20097FIBA Africa Championship 2009Libya
20115FIBA Africa Championship 2011Antananarivo, Madagascar
20133rd, bronze medalist(s)FIBA Africa Championship 2013Côte d'Ivoire
20154FIBA Africa Championship 2015Radès, Tunisia
20173rd, bronze medalist(s)AfroBasket 2017Senegal/Tunisia

African Games

  • 1965 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 1973 : 4th
  • 1978 : 1st, gold medalist(s)
  • 1987 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 1991 : 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1999 : 5th
  • 2003 : 2nd, silver medalist(s)
  • 2019 : To Be Determined

Team

Current roster

Team for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila: [1]

Senegal men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
SG 3 Malick, El Hadji 29 – (1986-11-18)18 November 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Stade Gabèsien (basketball) Tunisia
G 4 Niang, Thierno 26 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Geish Army Egypt
PG 5 Adams, Louis 26 – (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) AS Douanes Senegal
F 6 Thomas, Ibrahima 29 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Cáceres Spain
F 8 Mendy, Antoine 32 – (1983-08-16)16 August 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Orléans Loiret Basket France
F 9 N'Doye, Maleye 35 – (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Paris-Levallois Basket France
C 10 Mbodj, Cheikh 28 – (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Czarni Słupsk Poland
PG 11 Hannah, Clevin 28 – (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Dominion Bilbao Spain
G 12 Gueye, Serigne 24 – (1992-01-12)12 January 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UGB St.Louis Senegal
C 13 N'Diaye, Hamady 29 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Bnei Herzliya Israel
C 15 N'Doye, Abdoulaye 20 – (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Élan Chalon France
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senegal Dame Diouf
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 July 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Gorgui Dieng Mouhamed Sene Youssou Ndoye
PF Mouhammad Faye Ibrahima Thomas Cheikh Mbodj
SF Maurice Ndour Maleye N'Doye Lamine Sambe
SG Antoine Mendy Mohamed Diop Louis Adams
PG Xane D'Almeida Thierno Niang Clevin Hannah

Notable players

Hamady N'Diaye

Other current notable players from Senegal:

Senegal roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C Hamady N'Diaye 29 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Bnei Hertzeliyya Israel
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age on 5 May 2016

Famous former players

Head coach position

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, Raymond Carvalho, Mouhamadou Sow, Assane N'Diaye, Boubacar Aw, Kader Malik Fall, Vincent Da Sylva, 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

Senegal men's national basketball team - 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G 4 Niang, Thierno 24 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Milwaukee Panthers United States
G 5 D'Almeida, Xane 31 – (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes–Lourdes France
F 6 Thomas, Ibrahima 27 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Azad University Iran
G 7 N'Doye, Mamadou 34 – (1979-10-06)6 October 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) UGB Senegal
F 8 Diop, Mohamed 33 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) UGB Senegal
F 9 N'Doye, Maleye 34 – (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Paris-Levallois Basket France
F 10 Thiam, Djibril 28 – (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Toyama Grouses Japan
F 11 Faye, Mouhammad 28 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panelefsiniakos Greece
F 12 Ndour, Maurice 22 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ohio Bobcats United States
C 13 N'Diaye, Hamady 27 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Guangxi Rhinos China
C 14 Dieng, Gorgui 24 – (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves United States
F 15 Badji, Abdou 22 – (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Neuchâtel Basket Switzerland
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2014

Team for the 2015 AfroBasket:

Senegal men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G 4 Niang, Thierno 25 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Geish Army Egypt
G 5 D'Almeida, Xane 32 – (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes–Lourdes France
F 6 Thomas, Ibrahima 28 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Al-Muharraq SC Bahrain
SF 7 Diop, Mohamed 34 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Escuela de Oficiales de la Fap Peru
F 8 Mendy, Antoine 32 – (1983-08-16)16 August 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Orléans Loiret Basket France
F 9 N'Doye, Maleye 35 – (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Paris-Levallois Basket France
G 10 Mbengue, Ibrahima 32 – (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) AS Douanes Dakar Senegal
F 11 Faye, Mouhammad 29 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Pallacanestro Varese Italy
C 12 Sene, Mouhamed 29 – (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Austin Spurs United States
C 13 Mbodj, Cheikh 28 – (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Czarni Słupsk Poland
C 14 Dieng, Gorgui 25 – (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves United States
F/C 15 Badji, Abdou 23 – (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) SAM Massagno Basket Switzerland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senegal Parfait Adjivon
  • Senegal Raoul Toupane
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 August 2015

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Nike [3]

2015: Orange [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Senegal Finalise Roster for Manila OQT". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  2. ↑ Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 2015 FIBA Africa Championship - Senegal, FIBA.com, Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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