The Sudanese national basketball team is the national team of the country of Sudan. It is administered by the Sudan Basketball Association.Profile - Sudan, FIBA.com, Retrieved 19 December 2016.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the country was among the continent's basketball elite as it finished runner-up at the FIBA Africa Championship in 1962 and won bronze in 1975.

The country has produced some NBA players, most notably Manute Bol and Luol Deng of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Deng, however, is not eligible for the national team, as he has been naturalized in the United Kingdom and plays for the UK in FIBA competitions and England in the Commonwealth Games. Traditionally, most of Sudan's most talented players have usually come from the South. (Bol and Deng e.g. were both born in South Sudan) Hence, the independence of South Sudan brought forth new challenges.

In recent years, several of the Sudan's top players have played key roles for teams of the US-based NCAA. Yet, these players normally do not play for the national team. Hence, the level of the national team has been very low. It finished winless at both the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games and the 2011 Pan Arab Games.

Competitive record Summer Olympics yet to qualify

World championships yet to qualify

African Championship YearPositionTournamentHost 1962 FIBA Africa Championship 1962 Cairo, United Arab Republic 1968 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1968 Casablanca, Morocco 1972 6 FIBA Africa Championship 1972 Dakar, Senegal 1975 FIBA Africa Championship 1975 Alexandria, Egypt 1978 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal

African Games

yet to qualify

Current squad At 2011 Pan Arab Games:Sudan National Team, Afrobasket.com. Accessed 03 January 2017. (last publicized squad)

At the 2011 Pan Arab Games, Kamal Elfadel was Sudan's dominant player as he averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds per game.

Notable players Current notable players from South Sudan:

See also Sudan national under-19 basketball team

References

External links Sudan Men National Team 2011 at Afrobasket.com Sudan Basketball Records at FIBA Archive