Senegal men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Senegal women's 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, 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.

Senegal

FIBA ranking	37 1 (18 November 2022)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1962
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Federation Senegalaise de Basketball
Coach	Boniface Ndong
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	5
AfroBasket
Appearances	29
Medals	Gold: (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997) Silver: (1970, 1974, 1975, 1992, 1995, 2005) Bronze: (1983, 1989, 1993, 2013, 2017, 2021)
Home Away

The 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.

History

Senegal's international participation debuted at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 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 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 among 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
1968	15	1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City, Mexico
1972	15	1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, Germany
1980	11	1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union

FIBA World Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1978	14	1978 FIBA World Championship	Philippines
1998	15	1998 FIBA World Championship	Greece
2006	22	2006 FIBA World Championship	Japan
2014	16	2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Spain
2019	30	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	China
2023	To Be Determined	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA Africa Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1962	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1962	Cairo, Egypt
1964	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1964	Casablanca, Morocco
1965	4	FIBA Africa Championship 1965	Tunis, Tunisia
1968		FIBA Africa Championship 1968	Casablanca, Morocco
1970		FIBA Africa Championship 1970	Alexandria, Egypt
1972		FIBA Africa Championship 1972	Dakar, Senegal
1974		FIBA Africa Championship 1974	Bangui, Central African Republic
1975		FIBA Africa Championship 1975	Alexandria, Egypt
1978		FIBA Africa Championship 1978	Dakar, Senegal
1980		FIBA Africa Championship 1980	Rabat, Morocco
1981	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1981	Mogadishu, Somalia
1983		FIBA Africa Championship 1983	Alexandria, Egypt
1985	4	FIBA Africa Championship 1985	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1987	6	FIBA Africa Championship 1987	Tunis, Tunisia
1989		FIBA Africa Championship 1989	Luanda, Angola
1992		FIBA Africa Championship 1992	Cairo, Egypt
1993		FIBA Africa Championship 1993	Nairobi, Kenya
1995		FIBA Africa Championship 1995	Algiers, Algeria
1997		FIBA Africa Championship 1997	Dakar, Senegal
1999	7	FIBA Africa Championship 1999	Angola
2001	7	FIBA Africa Championship 2001	Morocco
2003	4	FIBA Africa Championship 2003	Alexandria, Egypt
2005		FIBA Africa Championship 2005	Algiers, Algeria
2007	9	FIBA Africa Championship 2007	Angola
2009	7	FIBA Africa Championship 2009	Libya
2011	5	FIBA Africa Championship 2011	Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013		FIBA Africa Championship 2013	Côte d'Ivoire
2015	4	FIBA Africa Championship 2015	Radès, Tunisia
2017		AfroBasket 2017	Senegal/Tunisia
2021		AfroBasket 2021	Rwanda

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games

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

Team

Current roster

Rroster for the AfroBasket 2021.^[2]

Senegal men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 0 Brancou Badio 22 – (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) s.Oliver Würzburg   PF 1 Maurice Ndour 29 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Rytas   SG 2 Cheikh Bamba Diallo 25 – (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) AS Douanes   G 6 Mamadou Faye 27 – (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) AS Douanes   F 7 Pape Moustapha Diop 25 – (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) DUC Dakar   C 8 Malik Dime 28 – (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Andorra   SG 9 Alga Ndiaye 22 – (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Ryerson Rams   C 12 Boubacar Toure 25 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Chorale Roanne   C 14 Gorgui Dieng 31 – (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Atlanta Hawks   C 15 Youssou Ndoye 30 – (1991-07-15)15 July 1991 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Betis   SG 20 Pierriá Henry 28 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe   C 28 Ibrahima Faye 24 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Monaco	Head coach   Boniface Ndong Assistant coach(es)   Ngagne Diop   Mamadou Gueye Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 24 August 2021

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Youssou Ndoye	Malik Dime	Boubacar Toure
PF	Gorgui Dieng	Ibrahima Fall Faye	Pape Moustapha Diop
SF	Mouhamed Ndiaye	Babacar Sane
SG	Jean Jacques Boissy	Cheikh Bamba Diallo
PG	Alkaly Ndour	Mamadou Faye

Notable players

 

Hamady N'Diaye

Other current notable players from Senegal:

Senegal roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C Hamady N'Diaye 29 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Bnei Hertzeliyya	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 5 May 2016

Famous former players

• DeSagana Diop

Head coach position

•   Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2005
•   Sam Vincent – 2007
•   Parfaito Adjivon – 2009
•   Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2009–10
•   Alain Weisz – 2011
•   Cheikh Sarr – 2012–2015^[3]
•   Porfirio Fisac – 2016–2017
•   Moustapha Gaye – 2019–2020
•   Boniface N'Dong – 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, 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 v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Thierno Niang 24 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Milwaukee Panthers   G 5 Xane D'Almeida 31 – (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes–Lourdes   F 6 Ibrahima Thomas 27 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Azad University   G 7 Mamadou N'Doye 34 – (1979-10-06)6 October 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) UGB   F 8 Mohamed Diop 33 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) UGB   F 9 Maleye N'Doye 34 – (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Paris-Levallois Basket   F 10 Djibril Thiam 28 – (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Toyama Grouses   F 11 Mouhammad Faye 28 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Panelefsiniakos   F 12 Maurice Ndour 22 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ohio Bobcats   C 13 Hamady N'Diaye 27 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Guangxi Rhinos   C 14 Gorgui Dieng 24 – (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves   F 15 Abdou Badji 22 – (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Neuchâtel Basket	Head coach   Cheikh Sarr 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 v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Thierno Niang 25 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Geish Army   G 5 Xane D'Almeida 32 – (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes–Lourdes   F 6 Ibrahima Thomas 28 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Al-Muharraq SC   SF 7 Mohamed Diop 34 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Escuela de Oficiales de la Fap   F 8 Antoine Mendy 32 – (1983-08-16)16 August 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Orléans Loiret Basket   F 9 Maleye N'Doye 35 – (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Paris-Levallois Basket   G 10 Ibrahima Mbengue 32 – (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) AS Douanes Dakar   F 11 Mouhammad Faye 29 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Pallacanestro Varese   C 12 Mouhamed Sene 29 – (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Austin Spurs   C 13 Cheikh Mbodj 28 – (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Czarni Słupsk   C 14 Gorgui Dieng 25 – (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves   F/C 15 Abdou Badji 23 – (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) SAM Massagno Basket	Head coach   Cheikh Sarr Assistant coach(es)   Parfait Adjivon   Raoul Toupane Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Kit

Manufacturer

2015 – Nike^[4]

Sponsor

2015 – Orange^[4]

See also

• Senegal national under-19 basketball team
• Senegal national under-17 basketball team
• Senegal national 3x3 team
• Senegal women's national basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. "Team Roster Senegal". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
3. Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
4. 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Senegal, FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

• FIBA profile
• Senegal Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos

• Senegal – Tournament Highlights – 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Youtube.com video