Gambia men's national basketball team

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The Gambia Flag of The Gambia.svg
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FIBA ranking NR (25 February 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA 1972
FIBA zone FIBA Africa
National federationGambia Basketball Association (GBA)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
African Championship
Appearances1 (1978)
MedalsNone

The Gambia national basketball team represents The Gambia in international competitions. It is administered by the Gambia Basketball Association (GBA). [2]

Contents

The team's best international performance to date was 9th place at the 1978 African Basketball Championship.

Several Gambian basketball players play for professional teams throughout Europe. Yet, the last time the country's national team attempted to qualify for the official African Basketball Championship dates back to 2005.

The best-known basketball player with Gambian roots is NBA player Dennis Schröder, whose mother grew up in Gambia. [3]

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championship

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

YearPositionTournamentHost
19789 FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal
2020To Be Determined FIBA Africa Championship 2020 To Be Determined

African Games

yet to qualify

Current roster

Team for the FIBA Africa Championship 2005 qualification: [4] (last publicized squad)

Gambia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
Hassan Musa Jaissey 26 – (1978-10-28)28 October 1978
Alajie Jaiteh 17 – (1987-08-16)16 August 1987
Badara Joof 16 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988
Dawda Njie 17 – (1988-02-17)17 February 1988
Omar Njie 17 – (1988-03-18)18 March 1988
Alieu Sarr 30 – (1975-03-15)15 March 1975
Muhammed Musa Sarr 24 – (1980-09-30)30 September 1980
Momodou Lamin Sowe 20 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985
Njogu Taal 19 – (1986-03-19)19 March 1986
Muhammadou Trawally 25 – (1980-01-07)7 January 1980
Bunja Yabou 19 – (1986-06-19)19 June 1986
Head coach
  • ?
Assistant coach(es)
  • ?
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club
  • Age – describes age on 15 Aug 2005

Notable players

Notable players from the Gambia:

Gambia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F/C Mawdo Sallah 25 – (1994-01-13)13 January 19942.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Radford Highlanders men's basketball Flag of the United States.svg
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age on 1 January 2020

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ↑ FIBA National Federations – The Gambia, fiba.com, accessed 5 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Basketball-Talent Schröder: Aus der Halfpipe in die Bundesliga - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Gambia - 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Men: Qualifying Round, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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