- Senegal women's national basketball team
Infobox national basketball team
country = Senegal
coach = Diop Magette
fiba_ranking = 22nd
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joined_fiba = 1962
fiba_zone = FIBA Africa
national_fed =Senegal Basketball Federation
oly_appearances = 1 (2000)
oly_medals = None
wc_appearances = 6
wc_medals = None
zone_championship =FIBA Africa Championship for Women
zone_appearances = 17
zone_medals = 16
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a_shorts =The Senegal women's national basketball team is the nationally-controlled basketball team representing
Senegal at world basketball competitions for women. The Senegalese squad had 9 continental championships with the next closest squads having 2 each (Zaire/Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola).History
The Senegalese women's national basketball team had won a medal at every
FIBA Africa Championship for Women except for the initial one in 1966. This includes 9 gold medals between 1974 and 2000 (9 in 12 tournaments), though Senegal has only managed to earn 1 bronze and 2 silver medals in the 3 tournaments hence. The team has taken part in one Summer Olympics in 2000, where they finished in last place (12th).FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007
Senegal played host to the
FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing . The squad swept the first round with a 5-0 record and beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique before losing to Mali, despite the fact that Senegal had beaten Mali 48-37 just 4 days previous. Senegal did qualify for theFIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 to be held in July 2008, in which 12 teams from across the globe will compete for 5 spots in the Olympics. Angola also qualified through the FIBA Africa tournament as the third place finisher.Roster at the
2006 FIBA World Championship for Women Coach:
Diop Magatte
#Fatou Dieng
#Néné Diamé
#Oumou Khairy Sarr
#Aya Traore
#Mame Diodio Diouf
#Salimata Diatta
#Astou Traoré
#Mariama Dia
#Awa Doumbia
#Ndèye Ndiaye
# Astou Ndiaye
#Khady Yacine Ngom ource
* [http://www.fiba2006brazil.com/times_equipe.asp?l=en&t=16 Senegal at the FIBA World Championship for Women 2006]
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