Senegal national basketball team

Senegal
FIBA Ranking	36th
Joined FIBA	1962
FIBA Zone	FIBA Africa
National Federation	Senegal Basketball Federation
Coach	Moustapha Gaye
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	3
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	24
Medals	Gold: 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997 Silver: 1970, 1974, 1975, 1992, 1995, 2005 Bronze: 1983, 1989, 1993

The Senegal national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Senegal in international competition. The squad has comprised several players to have competed in the National Basketball Association, including Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop, and is considered, with those of Nigeria and Angola, a top African side.

The team are five times a gold medallist (in 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, and 1997), six times a silver medallist, and thrice a bronze medallist at the FIBA Africa Championship, and, having finished as the runner-up to Angola in the 2005 championship, 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.

Olympic Games record

• 1968: 15th
• 1972: 15th
• 1980: 11th

FIBA World Championship record

• 1978: 14th
• 1998: 15th
• 2006: 22nd

African Championship record

Egypt 1962 : Did not participate Morocco 1964 : 5th Tunisia 1965 : 4th Morocco 1968 : Champion Egypt 1970 : 2nd Senegal 1972 : Champion Central African Rep. 1974 : 2nd Egypt 1975 : 2nd Senegal 1978 : Champion Morocco 1980 : Champion Somalia 1981 : 4th Egypt 1983 : 3rd Côte d'Ivoire 1985 : 4th

Tunisia 1987 : 6th Angola 1989 : 3rd Egypt 1992 : 2nd Kenya 1993 : 3rd Algeria 1995 : 2nd Senegal 1997 : Champion Angola 1999 : 7th Morocco 2001 : 7th Egypt 2003 : 4th Algeria 2005 : 2nd Angola 2007 : 9th Libya 2009 : 7th Madagascar 2011 : 5th

Squad

2006 FIBA World Championship roster

Jersey number	Position played	Name	Year of birth	Team otherwise represented
4	Center	Makhtar N'Diaye	1973	Levallois
5	Guard	El Kabir Pene	1984	Clermont-Ferrand
6	Guard	Pape Ibrahim Faye	1980	Al Rayyan
7	Guard	Babacar Cissé	1976	Le Havre
8	Forward	Sitapha Savané	1978	Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas
9	Forward	Maleye N'Doye	1980	Dijon
10	Guard	Mamadou Diouf	1983	Sendai 89ers
11	Forward	Alpha Traoré	1981	Mas de Fès
12	Forward	Moustapha Niang	1977	Roanne
13	Center	Mamadou N'Diaye	1975	Žalgiris
14	Center	Ndongo N'Diaye	1977	Primeiro de Agosto
15	Forward	Malick Badiane	1984	Deutsche Bank Skyliners
−16	Guard	Aziz Dieng	VBC

Former players

• DeSagana Diop
• Mouhamed Sene
• Hanko Sene
• Nortas Shakamba
• Boris Dimba
• Voro Kamba
• Samuel Danop
• Rico Dapop
• Marcel Sana

Head coach history

• Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2009
• Alan Weisz – 2011-now

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)