Senegalese women's national basketball team

Senegal
Association	Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball
FIBA member since	1962
FIBA world rankings	20th
Trainer	-
World championships
Participation in the finals	7th
Best results	12. ( 1979 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	12. ( 2000 )
Continental championships
championship	Africa
Participation in the finals	20th
Best results	Africa Champion ( 1974 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1984 , 1990 , 1993 , 1997 , 2000 , 2009 )
(As of June 2014)

The Senegalese national basketball team for women is the selection of Senegalese women basketball players that the Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball represents on an international level, for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations, but also in international competitions. With ten titles at the African Championships between 1974 and 2009, one participation in the 2000 Olympic basketball competitions and seven participation in world championships , the national team is the most successful on the African continent. In 1962, the national association joined the world association Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA). In June 2014, the team was in 20th place in the world rankings for women , two places behind the best-placed African team from Mali .

International competitions

Senegal at world championships

The team has qualified for a world championship seven times so far . The best result is 12th place at the 1979 World Cup . After finishing third at the 2013 African Cup of Nations, Senegal was unable to qualify for the upcoming 2014 World Cup for the first time in 20 years .

1975 : 13th place  1979 : 12th place  1990 : 14th place  1998 : 14th place

2002 : 15th place  2006 : 15th place  2010 : 16th place

Senegal at the Olympic Games

So far, the team has managed to qualify for the Olympic basketball competitions once . By winning the African Championship in 1997, the national team took part in the 2000 Olympic basketball tournament in Sydney , where they finished last among twelve participating teams.

Senegal at the African Championships

The team can show 20 times at the African Championship in a total of 21 events . The national team was able to win the title ten times, including four times in a row between 1974 and 1981, six silver medals and three bronze medals. The worst placement was fourth (and last) place at the first African Cup in 1966.

1966 : 4th place  1968 : 2nd place  1970 : 3rd place  1974 : African champion  1977 : African champion  1979 : African champion  1981 : African champion  1983 : 2nd place  1984 : African champion  1986 : not qualified  1990 : African champion

1993 : African champion  1994 : 2nd place  1997 : African champion  2000 : African champion  2003 : 3rd place  2005 : 2nd place  2007 : 2nd place  2009 : African champion  2011 : 2nd place  2013 : 3rd place

Senegal at the Africa Games

Senegal's national women's basketball team won the title seven times in ten African Games competitions , took silver once and bronze medals twice.

1965 : gold  1974 : gold  1978 : gold  1987 : bronze  1991 : silver

1995 : gold  1999 : gold  2003 : bronze  2007 : gold  2011 : gold

Squad

Senegal's squad at the 2016 Olympic Games

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 4th Oumoul Thiam 02/03/1990 179  Promete Logroño campus 6th Bintou Diémé 02/01/1984 167  Tarbes Gespe Bigorre 7th Fatou Dieng 08/18/1983 167 ASC Ville de Dakar 8th Diodio Diouf December 15, 1984 170 USC Dakar Forwards ( SF , PF ) 5 Aya Traoré 07/27/1983 183  CB Conquero Huelva 9 Lala Wane 07/15/1989 179 US Poinconnet 10 Astou Traoré 04/30/1981 185 Belfius Namur Capitale 12 Mame Marie Sy 03/25/1985 185  ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 14th Marie Rosché 08/10/1987 190  Avenir Basket Chartres Center ( C ) 11 Maïmouna Diarra 01/30/1991 198  CD Primeiro de Agosto 13 Oumou Touré 02/18/1988 198  Toulouse Métropole Basket 15th Aïda case 11/10/1986 193  Nantes-Rezé Basket

Trainer Nat. Surname position Mamadou Gaye Head coach Parfait adjivon Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage As of August 5, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile: Senegal (SEN): Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball ( English ) In: fiba.com . Retrieved December 2, 2009.
2. ↑ FIBA Ranking for Women after 2013 Continental Championships ( English ) In: fiba.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.
3. ↑ Women Basketball Africa Games Archive ( English ) In: todor66.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.