Ethiopia men's national basketball team
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| Appearances | 1 (1962) | ||
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The Ethiopia national basketball team represents
Amharic
: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the
FIBA Africa Championship
, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to return to former glory.
Competitive record
Summer Olympics
yet to qualify
FIBA Basketball World Cup
yet to qualify
FIBA Africa Championship
| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
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| 1962 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 1962 | Cairo, United Arab Republic |
| 2025 | To be determined | FIBA AfroBasket 2025 | To be determined |
African Games
yet to qualify
Current roster
At the AfroBasket 2007 qualification:[3] (last publicized squad)
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Omod Oman Ogud | ||
PF
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Ali Ahmed Isaq | Dereje Endaylalu Syoum | |
| SF | Tajebe Gebeyehu Gebrewold | Abel Mulugeta Nathnael | |
| SG | Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie | Mesfin Kassa Gebreyohanes | Nebil Nasser Mahmud |
| PG | Ebrahim Abubeker Sedick | Simon Tsegaye Kidane |
At the
Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie
led the team in points.Simon Tsegaye Kidane
led his team in assists.
See also
- Ethiopia national under-16 basketball team
- Ethiopia national football team
- Eyassu Worku
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Ethiopia Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, fiba.com, accessed 24 May 2014.
- ^ Ethiopia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
External links
- Ethiopia Basketball Federation at Twitter
- Ethiopia at the FIBA website.
- Ethiopia at Africabasket.com
- Archived records of Ethiopia team participations
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| Zone 2 (8) | ||
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