Sierra Leone men's national basketball team
The Sierra Leone national basketball team represents Sierra Leone in international men's basketball competitions and is controlled by the Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation. The squad is mostly home-based, with a few foreign-based players. In 2001 British born Alex Fuhrmann was named as head coach after coaching club YSC to a title run in the countries national league cup and league (This team line-up featured head coach Ali Hijazi). Fuhrmann left the post after several months due to difficulties in gaining a place in the African Championships. From March  2017 onwards, Irish born Kane O'Leary became the head coach. Notable players. Other current notable players from Sierra Leone: Performance at international tournaments. Summer Olympics. "yet to qualify" World championships. "yet to qualify" FIBA Africa Championship. "yet to qualify" African Games. "yet to qualify" Commonwealth Games. "never participated" Miscellaneous. Team Sierra Leone gained some international attention as one of Germany's major basketball utility suppliers Kickz featured the "Freetown Collection" and has since sponsored Sierra Leone's national team. Some of the collection was featured in the well known SLAM Magazine. Kickz took inspiration from Sierra Leone for various styles  and schemes. According to its own publication, the company takes some of its profits back to the basketball team of Sierra Leone. The company designed the official logo for the Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation.