Guinea men's national basketball team

Establishment as an African pioneer (1962)

Guinea was one of five countries that participated at the African Championship 1962 in Cairo, Egypt. Guinea's fourth place finish there remains its best result at the AfroBasket.^[3]

Three Afrobasket qualifications in 50 years (1964–2015)

After the inauguration tournament, Guinea almost completely disappeared from the Afrobasket. The only exception was the time 1980–1985 where the team qualified for the Afrobasket on 3 out of 4 occasions.

Cedric Mansare becomes the leading player (2017–2020)

For the AfroBasket 2017 qualification, Cedric Mansare made his debut for the team. The 35-year-old guard has become the go-to player for Guinea ever since. After a surprising Qualifiers campaign, in which they beat former champion and medal contender Senegal, Guinea finished the regional play-off tied with Mali (3–3) in second place, but the Guineans fell short of automatic qualification for the Final Round due to a lower goal-average. Senegal and Mali secured automatic, Cape Verde was eliminated, but Guinea was awarded a wild card – along with Rwanda. The FIBA AfroBasket 2017 marked Guinea's first appearance in the tournament in more than 32 years.^[3]

Unexpected success (2021)

At the AfroBasket 2021 qualification, with Guinea needing to beat Equatorial Guinea in the final day of the Qualifiers, Cedric Mansare made four of his eight three-pointers attempts to finish with a team-high 18 points in the 80–71 victory. Throughout the campaign, Mansare averaged 11.5 points per game. Joining Mansare as Guinea central players, were power forward Ousmane Dramé, who contributed 8.2 rebounds in six games, and guard Ahmed Doumbia. Ahmed Doumbia only played the last three games of the Qualifiers, but he was immense for Guinea, averaging 13 points and 5.7 assists. With Guinea on the brink of elimination, Doumbia explained why he didn't want to miss such opportunity. "We want to bring our flag to the AfroBasket, putting our country on the basketball map. This is my main motivation."^[3]

Željko Zečević takes over (2021–present)

In 2021, the team qualified again. This was accomplished under the Serbian head coach Željko Zečević who replaced Frenchman Michel Perrin at the helm ahead of the decisive last window of the Qualifiers in February 2021. As of 2021, Zečević had coaching experience not only as head coach of Egypt at the AfroBasket 2009 but he had also managed a number of African clubs. Some of his coaching highlights in African included a Second-Place in the 2019 FIBA AfroLeague at the helm of Morocco's AS Sale. Zečević had further led US Monastir to the Third-Place of the 2017 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.^[3]

At the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Guinea was drawn in Group B alongside Central African Republic, Egypt and Tunisia, which are three former AfroBasket champions. Guinea entered as the lowest-ranked of the 16-team AfroBasket 2021 line-up.^[3] Yet, they finished 8th out of 16, Guinea's best placement in almost 60 years.

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2025.^[4]

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Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Souley Boum 26 – (1999-01-26)26 January 1999 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza PG 1 Ahmed Doumbia 35 – (1989-08-19)19 August 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Rivers Hoopers SF 3 Ousmane Kaba 23 – (2002-01-17)17 January 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Poissy Basket F 5 Sekou Sylla 25 – (2000-03-31)31 March 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Skupi F 11 Alpha Diallo 28 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AS Monaco Basket SG 12 Nour Gassim Toure 16 – (2008-10-23)23 October 2008 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Principia PF 13 Tidjan Keita 28 – (1996-11-30)30 November 1996 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Tizona PF 14 Ousmane Drame 33 – (1991-12-15)15 December 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Start Lublin SG 21 Ibrahima Doumbouya 27 – (1997-10-07)7 October 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Calgary Surge PF 23 Cheick Condé 33 – (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Union Rennes 35 C 25 Mamadi Diakite 28 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Valley Suns PF 35 Mohamed Queta 30 – (1995-05-01)1 May 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Union Tarbes-Lourdes	Head coach Nedeljko Ašćerić Assistant coach(es) Souleymane Camara Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 12 August 2025

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Notable players

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Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C Moussa Cisse 23 – (2002-09-10)10 September 2002 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Dallas Mavericks PF Mamadi Diakite 28 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Baskonia SF Alpha Diallo 28 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AS Monaco Basket SF Abdouramane Toure 18 – (2007-08-14)14 August 2007 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [[Notre Dame High School[disambiguation needed]]] PG Souley Boum 26 – (1999-01-26)26 January 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Vienna	Head coach Nedeljko Ašćerić Assistant coach(es) Souleymane Camara Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 1 January 2026

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Past rosters

Roster for the AfroBasket 2017.^[5]

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Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Malick Kone 25 – (1991-12-12)12 December 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball SG 5 Abdoulaye Sy 22 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Stade Marseillais UC SG 6 Yamoussa Kolontin Camara 21 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) F 7 Mohamed Beka Youla 29 – (1987-09-17)17 September 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PG 8 Yacouba Sylla 28 – (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BBC Nyon PF 9 Mohamed Souare 25 – (1992-07-12)12 July 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Meyrin Basket Geneve SG 10 Cedric Mansare 31 – (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Feurs Enfants du Forez F 11 Ismael Conde 25 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) PF 12 Cheick Sekou Conde 25 – (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Morón C 13 Alfa Ntiallo 24 – (1992-10-13)13 October 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Union Kavala B.C. PF 14 Daouda Vinson Conde 25 – (1992-06-10)10 June 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) PF 15 Bachir Bella Diallo 24 – (1993-05-03)3 May 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Head coach Ousmane Tafsir Camara Assistant coaches Ansoumane Toure Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 September 2017

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At the 2015 Afrobasket qualification:^[6]

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Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Ibrahima Laho Barry 22 – (1993-06-08)8 June 1993 Donacien Camara 22 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993 Yamoussa Kolontin Camara 19 – (1995-12-05)5 December 1995 Georges Mahatma Gandhi Conde 25 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 Bachir Bella Diallo 22 – (1993-05-03)3 May 1993 Yoro Diallo 17 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 Mamady Diane 20 – (1995-02-28)28 February 1995 Mamadi Keita 27 – (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 Ousmane Niang 32 – (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 Mohamed Nassirou Sankhon 18 – (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 Ibrahima Sidibe 22 – (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 Ousmane Soumah 19 – (1995-10-16)16 October 1995 Abdoulaye Sy 20 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 Naby Youssouf Sylla 22 – (1993-04-03)3 April 1993 Yacouba Sylla 26 – (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 Younoussa Toure 29 – (1985-12-02)2 December 1985 Mohamed Lamine Traore 19 – (1995-12-01)1 December 1995 Beka Youla Mohamed 27 – (1987-09-17)17 September 1987	Head coach Jose Abrantes Assistant coaches Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

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