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| FIBA ranking | 144  3 (15 August 2024) [1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1960 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Somali Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Omar Baarajab | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| Medals |  Bronze: 1981 | ||
The Somalia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Somalia. It is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and is governed by the Somali Basketball Federation.
As of April 2014, Nur Mohamed Abdullahi serves as the president of the Somalia Basketball Federation. Sadak Abdulkadir is the Secretary General. [2] The captain of the team is Yusu Qaafow. [3]
The Somalia Basketball Federation became affiliated with FIBA in 1960. [2] It is part of the executive board of the Arab Basketball Confederation. [4]
Although the national basketball squad has yet to pass the qualification stages of the FIBA World Championship, it won a bronze medal at the 1981 FIBA Africa Championship, when Somalia hosted the tournament. The team also participates in the basketball event at the Pan Arab Games.
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Somalia has played in five AfroBasket tournaments, with its best result being the bronze medal in 1981 when the country hosted the tournament. Since 1985, Somalia has been absent from the tournament, although it has played in all qualifying rounds since 2015.
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 1970 | Preliminary round | 7th | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
 1972 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 1974 | Preliminary round | 10th | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1975 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
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| 1980 | Preliminary round | 9th | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
 1981 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1983 | Preliminary round | 8th | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
 1985 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
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| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2013 | ||||||
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2015 | ||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2017 | ||||||
 2021 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2021 | ||||||
| 2025 | Did'not enter | 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 5/31 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 12 | – | ||
Team for AfroBasket 2013 qualification
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Team for AfroBasket 2015 qualification
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| Zone 2 (8) | ||
| Zone 3 (8) | ||
| Zone 4 (8) | ||
| Zone 5 (11) | ||
| Zone 6 (10) | ||
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