South Sudan women's national basketball team

This article is about The women's team. For the men's team, see South Sudan men's national basketball team.

South Sudan
FIBA ranking86 15 (9 February 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA2013
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationSouth Sudan Basketball Federation (SSBF)
Coach Ebony Hoffman
Nickname(s)Bright Starlets
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
AfroBasket
Appearances1
First international
  65–95  Egypt
(Kigali, Rwanda; July 12, 2021)
Biggest win
 Rwanda 40–54  
(Kampala, Uganda; February 16, 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 99–65  
(Kigali, Rwanda; July 16, 2021)
 Kenya 64–30  
(Kampala, Uganda; February 19, 2023)

The South Sudan women's national basketball team represents South Sudan in international women's basketball competitions. South Sudan is set to make their debut in 2025 in the Women's Afrobasket.

History

The FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021 Zone 5 Qualifiers marked the first time South Sudan was represented in women's basketball at the international level since gaining independence in 2011 and becoming a FIBA member in 2013.[2] the team was placed in Zone 5 Group A, with Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda. South Sudan played its first official international game on 12 July 2021, against the Egyptian team. They lost to Egypt by 30 points (65–95).[3]

In 2023, South Sudan marked history by winning its first international game against Rwanda by a margin of 14 points.[4] They qualified for the 2025 Women's Afrobasket by receiving a wildcard.[5]

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket qualification.[6]

South Sudan women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 2 Adut Bulgak 30 – (1992-12-20)20 December 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Elitzur Ramla
3 Chuot Angou 26 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996
4 Nyamuoch Pidor Teny 25 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998
5 Mary Nyakiir David Dau 26 – (1996-10-23)23 October 1996
6 Anegor Wol 25 – (1998-01-25)25 January 1998
7 Acheil Marko Tac 29 – (1993-09-19)19 September 1993 Antalya Gunesi
8 Rose Macuei 22 – (2000-04-24)24 April 2000 REG Women BBC
11 Yar Garang Mayen 26 – (1996-09-25)25 September 1996
13 Nivin Lokuku 19 – (2003-08-05)5 August 2003 Nile Legends
21 Perina James Leime 20 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 Kilgore College University
25 Karima Gabriel 30 – (1992-04-05)5 April 1992
30 Nyidier Riak 25 – (1997-12-11)11 December 1997 Geelong Supercats
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Ronald Cass III
  • Susana Awal Gol Muorabol
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 14 February 2023

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
2016 N/A
(Team didn't exist)
2020
2024 Did not enter Did not qualify
Total 0/2

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
2014 N/A

(Team didn't exist)

2018
2022 Did not enter Did not qualify
Total

AfroBasket Women

AfroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
2013 N/A

(Team didn't exist)

2015
2017
2019
2021 Did not qualify 5 0 5
2023 5 1 4
2025 Qualified
Total 1/3 – – – 10 1 9

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Women's basketball guard serves on South Sudan's first international team". gwhatchet.com. Roman Bobek. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ^ "South Sudan women lose first game at Afrobasket qualifiers". eyeradio.org. Jale Richard. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Host Uganda shock Egypt in a thriller, South Sudan see off Rwanda on Day 2". fiba.basketball. FIBA. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ "South Sudan awarded one of the two final wildcards for the 2025 Women's AfroBasket". fiba.basketball. FIBA. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ "SOUTH SUDAN 2023 AFROBASKET WOMEN – ROSTER". fiba.basketball. FIBA. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.