Senegalese national basketball team

This article describes the men's team. For the selection of women, see Senegalese National Basketball Team .

Senegal Senegal
Nickname (s)	Les Lions de la Téranga
Association	FSBB
FIBA member since	1962
FIBA world rankings	41
Trainer	Cheikh Sarr
World championships
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	14th place ( 1978 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	11th place ( 1980 )
Continental championships
championship	African Championship
Participation in the finals	26th
Best results	. Place (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997) . Place (1970, 1974, 1975, 1992, 1995, 2005) . Place (1983, 1989, 1993, 2013)
(As of November 3, 2013)

The Senegalese national basketball team for men represents Senegal at international basketball matches. It is traditionally one of the strongest national teams in Africa and, after winning a bronze medal at the 2013 African Championships, also qualified for the 2014 World Cup. With the exception of the first edition in 1962, they always took part in the continental finals of the African Championship and won 15 medals in 26 participations.

Squad

Senegal's squad at the 2014 World Cup

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 4th Thierno Niang March 8, 1990 185  Milwaukee Panthers ( NCAA ) 5 Xane d'Almeida 01/21/1983 183 Tarbes-Lourdes 6th Mamadou N'Doye 10/06/1979 191 UGB Saint-Louis 7th Mouhamed Diop 05/14/1981 198 UGB Saint-Louis Forwards ( SF , PF ) 9 Maleye N'Doye August 19, 1980 200  Paris-Levallois Basket 10 Djibril Thiam 07/06/1986 206 Toyama Grouses ( bj league ) 11 Mouhamed Faye 09/14/1985 206  Panelefsiniakos 12 Maurice Ndour 06/18/1992 206  Ohio Bobcats ( NCAA ) 15th Pape Abdou Badji 04/04/1992 206  Neuchâtel Sports Center ( C ) 6th Ibrahima Thomas 02/07/1987 211  Daneshgahe Azade Tehran 13 Hamady N'Diaye 01/12/1987 213  Delaware 87ers 14th Gorgui Dieng January 18, 1990 211  Minnesota Timberwolves

Trainer Nat. Surname position Cheikh Sarr Head coach Parfait adjivon Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage Status: September 2014

Other well-known players

Makhtar N'Diaye (* 1973) Mamadou N'Diaye (* 1975) Boniface N'dong (* 1977) Pape Laye Sow (* 1981)

DeSagana Diop (* 1982) Mouhamed Saer Sene (* 1986)

active in (further) German-speaking countries:

• Souleyman Wane (* 1976), a. a. LTi GIESSEN 46ers
• Malick Badiane (* 1984), a. a. Skyliners Frankfurt
• Babacar Touré (* 1985), a. a. at Lions de Genève

Performing in international competitions

World championships

until 1974 - not qualified 1978 - 14th place 1982 until 1994 - not qualified 1998 - 15th place

2002 - did not qualify 2006 - 22nd place 2010 - did not qualify 2014 - 16th place 2019 - 30th place

Olympic games

until 1964 - not qualified 1968 - 15th place 1972 - 15th place 1976 - did not qualify 1980 - 11th place since 1984 - not qualified

African Championships

1962 - did not take part 1964 - 5th place 1965 - 4th place 1968 - . space 1970 - . space 1972 - . space 1974 - . space 1975 - . space 1978 - . space 1980 - . space

1981 - 5th place 1983 - . space 1975 - 4th place 1987 - 6th place 1989 - . space 1992 - . space 1993 - . space 1995 - . space 1997 - . space 1999 - 7th place

2001 - 8th place 2003 - 5th place 2005 - . space 2007 - 9th place 2009 - 7th place 2011 - 5th place 2013 - . space 2015 - 4th place

Web links

• archive.fiba.com: Teams - Senegal (SEN) - Overview of Senegal's selection teams in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• Profiles: Senegal (SEN) - Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball - Profile of the association on the FIBA ​​website (English)