South Sudan men's national basketball team

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South Sudan South Sudan
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FIBA ranking94 Increase 3 (9 August 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA2013
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationSouth Sudan Basketball Federation (SSBF)
CoachRoyal Ivey
Afrobasket
Appearances1

The South Sudan national basketball team is the national basketball team representing South Sudan. It was established in May 2011, and became a member of FIBA in December 2013.[2]

History[]

The team played its first match against Ugandan club champions Power on 13 July 2011, at Juba. Power won the match 86–84.[3]

On 9 January 2016, it was announced by the South Sudan Basketball Federation that Jerry Steele would become the new head coach of the men's national team for preparation of the 2017 AfroBasket competition. Through the agreement Steele would be under contract until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[4]

In the 2017 AfroBasket qualifiers, the team was placed in Zone 5 Group A, with Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda. They would lose to Egypt by 11 points (87–76) in the first match on 12 March. Two days later the national team got it first victory in group stage against Kenya by 2 (68–66). The next day, the team relieved its next loss by ten (80–90) to Rwanda, later placing them in the Classification game. On 12 March, the team would beat Kenya in the Classification game in OT (84–89).

Coach Steele and the South Sudan Basketball Federation parted ways by mutual agreement on 3 October 2017.

On 7 November 2017, Scott Catt was appointed to be the new head coach of the men's national team by the South Sudan Basketball Federation. Madut Bol, son of the late Manute Bol, was also named as assistant head coach of the men's national team.[5]

In November 2020, former NBA All-Star Luol Deng became the president of the SBBF.[6] He also shortly coached the team. In September 2021, Royal Ivey, assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets, became the head coach of the team.[7] At AfroBasket 2021, South Sudan made its debut at a major tournament and reached the round of 16 after defeating Uganda and Cameroon in the preliminary round. In the round of 16, South Sudan beat Kenya, in the quarterfinals the team lost to defending champions Tunisia.

Competitive record[]

FIBA Basketball World Cup[]

FIBA Basketball World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L GP W L
Spain 2014 Did not enter Did not enter
China 2019
Philippines JapanIndonesia 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total

AfroBasket[]

AfroBasket record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L GP W L
Tunisia Senegal 2017 Did not qualify 4 2 2
Rwanda 2021 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 2 13 8 5
Total 5 3 2 17 10 7

Current roster[]

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.[8]

South Sudan men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 0 30 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Waverley Falcons Australia
PF 2 Nyang Wek 24 – (1996-09-03)3 September 1996 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Free agent
PG 4 21 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Montana State Bobcats United States
SG 5 Deng Junior Ring 24 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Canada
SG 6 Dhieu Abwok Deing 19 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UTSA Roadrunners United States
SF 8 Kuany Kuany 27 – (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Sandringham Sabres Australia
SF 9 Mathiang Muo 34 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Geraldton Buccaneers Australia
PF 10 27 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Círculo Gijón Spain
C 12 Deng Acuoth 24 – (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Ballarat Miners Australia
C 15 24 – (1997-04-15)15 April 1997 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) AD Torreforta Spain
PG 20 Anyiarbany Makoi 21 – (2000-07-03)3 July 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lee College United States
C 21 Koch Bar 24 – (1996-09-15)15 September 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Værløse Blue Hawks Denmark
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 August 2021

Head coaches[]

The following is a list of all head coaches of South Sudan:

Coach Tenure
South Sudan & 2011–2016
United States Jerry Steele 2016–2017
United States Scott Catt 2017–present[9][10]
South Sudan Madut Bol – Assistant Head Coach (2017–present)[11][12]
Sudan Ajou Deng 2020[13]
South Sudan Luol Deng 2020–2021[14]
United States Royal Ivey 2021–present

Past rosters[]

Scroll down to see more.
Player Height Age Team
Agel Ring ?? 30 ???
Kech Nguoth ?? 23 ???
Mangistu Deng 201 cm 16 Mooseheart School
Makur Puou 203 cm 16 Mooseheart School
216 cm 15 Mooseheart School
216 cm 17 Culver Military Academy
211 cm 17 United Faith Christian Academy
Chier Maker 198 cm 20 University of Portland

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ Basketball: South Sudan is FIBA's 54th African member – News – StarAfrica.com Archived 28 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Power the history boys". New Vision Online. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.fiba.basketball/news/steele-put-in-charge-of-south-sudan-men%E2%80%99s-national-team
  5. ^ "South Sudan Basketball Coaches – TeamSouthSudan". teamsouthsudan.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ "NBA star Deng elected President of South Sudan Basketball Federation". insidethegames.biz. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "South Sudan Coach Royal Ivey: "The Talent Runs Deep in Africa"". Boardroom. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Team Roster South Sudan". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  9. ^ "interview : Scott Catt, the new head coach for the South Sudan National Basketball Team". 21 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. ^ "South Sudan Basketball Coaches – TeamSouthSudan". teamsouthsudan.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  11. ^ "interview : Scott Catt, the new head coach for the South Sudan National Basketball Team". 21 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  12. ^ "South Sudan Basketball Coaches – TeamSouthSudan". teamsouthsudan.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ^ "South Sudan coach Deng: We want to make things right". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Luol Deng combines president role with head coaching duties at South Sudan". Eurohoops. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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