Sierra Leone men's national basketball team explained

Country:Sierra Leone
Nickname:The Diamonds
Coach:Kane O'Leary
Joined Fiba:1991
Fiba Zone:FIBA Africa
National Fed:Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation
Oly Appearances:None
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:FIBA Africa Championship
Zone Appearances:None
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The Sierra Leone national basketball team represents Sierra Leone in international men's basketball competitions and is controlled by the Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation. The squad is mostly home-based, with a few foreign-based players.

In 2001 British born Alex Fuhrmann was named as head coach after coaching club YSC to a title run in the countries national league cup and league (This team line-up featured head coach Ali Hijazi). Fuhrmann left the post after several months due to difficulties in gaining a place in the African Championships. From March 2017 onwards, Irish born Kane O'Leary became the head coach.

Current squad

Notable players

Other current notable players from Sierra Leone:

Performance at international tournaments

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

yet to qualify

African Games

See also: Basketball at the African Games. yet to qualify

Commonwealth Games

See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games. never participated

Miscellaneous

Team Sierra Leone gained some international attention when one of Germany's major basketball utility suppliers Kickz featured the Freetown Collection a basketball inspired street ware collection curated by Mallence Bart Williams.

It has since sponsored Sierra Leone's national team.[1] Some of the collection was featured in the well known SLAM Magazine. Kickz took inspiration from Sierra Leone for various styles and schemes.

According to its own publication, the company takes some of its profits back to the basketball team of Sierra Leone.[2] The company designed the official logo for the Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tvbvideo.de/video/iLyROoaft0XF.html team sierra leone basketball documentary k1x
  2. http://k1x.com/page/117/ K1X & SIERRA LEONE
  3. http://k1x.com/history/ TEAM SIERRA LEONE