[2] (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) 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.yet to qualify yet to qualify yet to qualify At the AfroBasket 2007 qualification:[3] (last publicized squad) At the 2007 AfroBasket qualification, Gosaye Asefa Shenkutie led the team in points.Omod Oman Ogud led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane led his team in assists.