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.
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 YearPositionTournamentHost 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 YearPositionTournamentHost 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
FIBA Africa Championship YearPositionTournamentHost 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 2025 AfroBasket 2025 Angola
African Games
1965 – 1973 – 4th 1978 – 1987 – 1991 – 1999 – 5th 2003 –
Team Current roster Roster for the AfroBasket 2025.
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 – 2012–2015Head coaches, fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013. 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
Team for the 2015 AfroBasket:
Kit Manufacturer 2015 – Nike2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Senegal, FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Sponsor 2015 – Orange
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
External links FIBA profile Senegal Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos Senegal – Tournament Highlights – 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup YouTube.com video