Ethiopia men's national basketball team

Ethiopia
FIBA ranking	(3 March 2026)
Joined FIBA	1949
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.)
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	9 (1962)
Medals	None
Home	Away

The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is governed by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.).^[2] (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)

Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and holds the distinction of having the longest basketball tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa. A founding member of the FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top five basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to return to its former glory.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA Basketball World Cup

20 world cups and is one of the best teams

FIBA Africa Championship

70

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1962	5	FIBA Africa Championship 1962	Cairo, United Arab Republic
2029	To be determined	FIBA AfroBasket 2029	To be determined

African Games

yet to qualify

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2007 qualification:^[3] (last publicized squad)

Ethiopia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth
G/F	4	Ebrahim Abubeker Sedick	26 – (1980-08-29)29 August 1980
G	5	Simon Tsegaye Kidane	32 – (1975-07-08)8 July 1975
PF	6	Dereje Endaylalu Syoum	33 – (1974-02-20)20 February 1974
G/F	7	Tajebe Gebeyehu Gebrewold	23 – (1984-02-25)25 February 1984
G/F	8	Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie	35 – (1972-08-13)13 August 1972
C	9	Omod Oman Ogud	26 – (1981-01-09)9 January 1981
F	10	Ali Ahmed Isaq	36 – (1970-12-12)12 December 1970
G	11	Mesfin Kassa Gebreyohanes	30 – (1977-06-30)30 June 1977
F	13	Abel Mulugeta Nathnael	32 – (1975-07-15)15 July 1975
G/F	15	Nebil Nasser Mahmud	22 – (1985-07-16)16 July 1985

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 15 August 2007

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Omod Oman Ogud
PF	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 2007 AfroBasket qualification, Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie led the team in points.
Omod Oman Ogud led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane led his team in assists.

References

↑ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
↑ 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

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

[2] FIBA National Federations – Ethiopia Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, fiba.com, accessed 24 May 2014.

[3] Ethiopia | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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