Sierra Leone national basketball team
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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 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 current head coach Ali Hijazi). Fuhrmann left the post after several months due to difficulties in gaining a place in the African Championships.
. 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.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
in international men's basketball competitions and is controlled by the Sierra Leone 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 current head coach Ali Hijazi). Fuhrmann left the post after several months due to difficulties in gaining a place in the African Championships.
Current squad
- Chris Bart-Williams (Tenerife Baloncesto – Spain)
- Trevor Turner (Cannon Royals – Sierra Leone)
- Ahmed Dahniya (Cannon Royals – Sierra Leone)
- Emmanuel Bassey (YSC – Sierra Leone)
- Ernest James Johnson (Cannon Royals – Sierra Leone)
- Mobido Lymon (Wilberforce Breakers – Sierra Leone)
- Octavius Jackson (Cannon Royals – Sierra Leone)
- Jerrold Hadson-Taylor (YSC – Sierra Leone)
- Muctar Kallay (YSC – Sierra Leone)
- Osman Jalloh (Wilberforce Breakers- Sierra Leone)
- Sam Brewah (YSC – Sierra Leone)
- Mamudu Lahai (YSC – Sierra Leone)
- Head Coach: Ali HijaziAli HijaziAli Hijazi is a former Sierra Leonean international basketball player and the current manager of the Sierra Leone national basketball team. He has been the coach of the national basketball team since 2004...
Miscellaneous
Team Sierra Leone gained some international attention as one of Germany's major basketball utility suppliers Kickz featured the Freetown Collection and has since sponsored Sierra Leone's national team. Some of the collection was featured in the well known SLAM MagazineSLAM Magazine
SLAM Magazine is an American basketball magazine in circulation since 1994, published by Source Interlink. SLAM publishes nine issues a year to its circulation of over 500,000 readers worldwide.-History:...
. 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.