South Sudan men's national basketball team

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 SSBF.[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.

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 Teny Bak Puot 30 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Waverley Falcons PF 2 Nyang Wek 24 – (1996-09-03)3 September 1996 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Free agent PG 4 Mareng Gatkuoth 21 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Montana State Bobcats SG 5 Deng Junior Ring 24 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors SG 6 Dhieu Abwok Deing 19 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UTSA Roadrunners SF 8 Kuany Kuany 27 – (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Sandringham Sabres SF 9 Mathiang Muo 34 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Geraldton Buccaneers PF 10 Makuei Puondak 27 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Círculo Gijón C 12 Deng Acuoth 24 – (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Ballarat Miners C 15 Deng Mabior 24 – (1997-04-15)15 April 1997 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) AD Torreforta PG 20 Anyiarbany Makoi 21 – (2000-07-03)3 July 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lee College C 21 Koch Bar 24 – (1996-09-15)15 September 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Værløse Blue Hawks	Head coach Royal Ivey Assistant coach(es) Joe Mantegna Fortune Solomon 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
Deng Lek & Bil Duany	2011–2016
Jerry Steele	2016–2017
Scott Catt	2017–present[9][10]
Madut Bol – Assistant Head Coach (2017–present)[11][12]
Ajou Deng	2020[13]
Luol Deng	2020–2021[14]
Royal Ivey	2021–present

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• South Sudanese Men National Team 2017 at Afrobasket.com