Ethiopia national basketball team Shenkutie led the team in points.<br> Omod Oman Ogud led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane led his team in assists. Other current notable players from Ethiopia: Ethiopia national basketball team The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Addis Ababa Basketball Federation. (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር) Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to
Japan national basketball team Japan national basketball team The Japanese national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA). (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会) A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Japan has one of the most successful basketball teams in Asia. It has won the Asian Basketball Championships twice and is the second leading nation in qualifications to the event. The team qualified for the Olympic Games six times and for the FIBA World Cup four times. Japan has traditionally brought forth several of Asia's elite basketball players who competed in the NBA and in Europe.