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 |
H Body: | 008040 |
H Pattern B: | _basket_in_white |
H Shorts: | 008040 |
H Pattern S: | _blanksides2 |
A Body: | 008040 |
A Pattern B: | _basket_with_white |
A Shorts: | 008040 |
A Pattern S: | _whitesides |
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.
Other current notable players from Sierra Leone:
yet to qualify
yet to qualify
yet to qualify
See also: Basketball at the African Games. yet to qualify
See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games. never participated
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]