Special Afrobasket '07: Cameroon Luc, Gomes made
Africa best-5 - Aug. 26, 2007
Youthful Cameroon guard/forward,
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (200-G/F-88) was selected into the continent's
top-5 team (All-star) of the 24th FIBA Africa Championship which ended Saturday
in Luanda, Angola.
19-year Mbah played an important role in his team, Cameroon
successful run which saw them play in the grand finale against Angola thus
booking a playoff slot for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Other players who made the Africa-5 are championship most
valuable player, (MVP) and Angola forward, Joaquim Brandao Gomes and his
team-mate Cipriano Olimpio, the duo of Cape Verde guard and centre, Marques
Houtman and Roberto Mascarenhas complete the roster.
Malian Modibo Niakate won the highest point scorer; Egypt's
forward, Tarek El-Ghannam won the highest rebounder award; Atef Maoua of Tunisia
was the championship best three points shooter while the national team of
Mozambique bagged the fair play trophy.
Special Afrobasket '07: Angola forward, Gomes win
MVP - Aug. 25, 2007
Angolan forward, Joaquim Brandao Gomes was Saturday night voted
as the 24th FIBA Africa Championship Most valuable Player (MVP) taking over from
compatriot Cipriano Olimpio who won the mvp title in 2005.
The 27-year forward was voted by a coaches and jounalists for
distinguishing himself in the Angolan team by playing major role enroute his
country retaining the African title for a record five times back-back.
Gomes was also voted as one of the top-five players of the championship. Joaquim Gomes (200-C/F-80, college:
Valparaiso)
Special Afrobasket '07: Cameroon go down fighting,
as Angola retain title - Aug. 25, 2007
Angola have won the FIBA Africa Championship title for a record
five times back-back and nine in the last ten editions of the championship thus
booking an automatic ticket to the 2008 Beijing Olympics beating hard fighting
Cameroon by 86-72 points in the grand finale after 11 days of action.
Though the young Cameroon team lost to the Angolan in the epic
final they still held their head high especially when nobody gave them chance to
go far in the championship with some of the continent's basketball power house
like Nigeria, Senegal and Mali bowing out at the group and quarter-final stage.
Eduardo Mingas was the in a star-performance against the Cameroon side scoring
18 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, the duo of Miguel Lutonda and
Joaquim Gomes (200-C/F-80, college:
Valparaiso)
scored 13 points each with Gomes grabbing 5 rebounds, Victor Muzadi poured in 12
points, 3 rebounds and one assist while Carlos Morais added 11 points, 4
rebounds and 2 assists.
Cameroon forward, Brice Vounang like Mingas scored 18 points but
with 10 rebounds and one block-shot, Patrick Bouli added 16 points and 2 assists
just as Gaston Essengue held up the Lions pride with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2
assists.
As runner-up Cameroon will be joined by third-placed Cape Verde for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games playoffs slated for next year.
Special Afrobasket Final ‘07: Luanda agog for
final, as fans rush for ticket - Aug. 25, 2007
The city of Luanda capital of Angola is agog with activities for
today's grand finale of the 24th FIBA Africa Championship for between host and
defending champion, Angola and Cameroon.
Starting time is 19.00 local time at the 6,873 capacity Cidadela
gymnasium, Luanda in the Angola national stadium.
Fans are seen holding the Angolan national flag with so many brides, which go a
long way to show how much importance they attached to their national team that
has won the Africa Championship eight out of the last nine editions.
The match has become the centre of group discussion among men,
women, young and old with so much confidence that Cameroon will be consume in
the first two quarters of the match.
Ticket for the all important final was reported to have been bought out by
anxious fans that cannot wait to see their darling team win the trophy back-back
five times in a row having successfully defended the title since 1999.
Special Afrobasket Final ‘07: Host and Past
winners of the Championship - Aug. 25, 2007
Year Host Winner
1962 Egypt Egypt
1964 Morocco Egypt
1965 Tunisia Morocco
1968 Morocco Senegal
1970 Egypt Egypt
1972 Senegal Senegal
1974 Central Africa Central Africa
1975 Egypt Egypt
1978 Senegal Senegal
1980 Morocco Senegal
1981 Somalia Cote d'Ivoire
1983 Egypt Egypt
1985 Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire
1987 Tunisia Central Africa
1989 Angola Angola
1991 Egypt Angola
1993 Kenya Angola
1995 Algeria Angola
1997 Senegal Senegal
1999 Angola Angola
2001 Morocco Angola
2003 Egypt Angola
2005 Algeria Angola
2007 Angola ?????
Special Afrobasket '07: Cape Verde claim third spot
beat Egypt 53-51 - Aug. 24, 2007
Cape Verde has
booked a place in the playoff of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a 53-52 points
win over Egypt in the third-place game played today at the Cidadela gymnasium,
Luanda.
The Emmanuel Travoada coached side came back from behind to
humbled the North African in their own game.
The youthful coach proved a point that home grown coaches have an edge over
imported coach in the slamming and dunking game in Africa.
Cape Verde will now join the championship runner-up for the FIBA playoffs
championship holding next year.
Nigeria defeated Tunisia 83-82 points in over-time to claim the fifth spot of
the championship.
The Nigeria tied the game when it matters most and when the Tunisian thought it
was over, Nigeria off-guard, Chamberlain Oguchi took a daring shot to tie the
game at 69 points apiece at regular time.
The Nigeria side poured in 14 points to Tunisia 13 at over-time.
Special Afrobasket Final ‘07: Odd favours Angola,
but Cameroon stay focus - Aug. 24, 2007
Odd seems favour defending champion of the FIBA Africa
Championship, Angola to win the title for the ninth time in the last ten
editions of the continent's flagship competition.
Angola who would parades set of players that have played together
for more than five years both at club and national team level backed by
expertise of Portuguese-born coach, Alberto Carvalho, nicknamed “Gingubaâ€Â
meaning Nuts.
Angola have remain the most consistent team in the continent and having
represented Africa at the Olympics since 1992, have won the Africa Championship
eight out of the nine previous editions in 1989 (Angola), 1992 (Egypt), 1993
(Kenya), 1995 (Algeria), 1999 (Angola), 2001 (Morocco), 2003 (Egypt) and 2005
(Algeria). They placed second and third in (2nd Egypt - 1983), (2nd Cote
d'Ivoire - 1985), (3rd Tunisia - 1987), (3rd Senegal - 1997).
Cameroon on the other hand cannot boast of any record in the championship to
date as they remain an under dog and were not given a chance to be in the last
four due to their basketball pedigree in Africa but they have proved that they
can actually contest for the title which they will doing against Angola Saturday
having qualified for the grand finale beating former basketball power-house
Egypt in the semi-finals by 58-52 points.
The Cameroonians will bank on their youthful coach Lazare Adingono who was a
former national team player and assistant coach of Canisius College in the
United States of America.
The Cameroonian coach who is younger than Angola guard and veteran player,
Antonio Victor De Carvalho will contend with expertise of Angolan coach Carvalho
who will unleash his full squad on the younger Cameroonian team.
Some players to watch in the final on the side of the Angolan team: the
defending champion will bank on 2005 most valuable player - 6â€Â5' forward,
Cesario Cipriano Olimpio who plays club competition in his country league with
Desportivo 1. DE Agosto basketball club of Luanda. Born April 9, 1982 and was at
this year's NBA summer league of the Detroit Pistons.
He is a long standing member of the Angolan national team.
Miguel Timoteo Pontes Lutonda - he is the captain of the side and veteran of the
Africa Championship, having been part of the Angolan national team since 1999
when they hosted and win to pick to continent sole ticket to the 2000 Olympic
Games.
36-year old Lutonda started his career in Cabinda with Sporting Banca, he later
moved to the capital, Luanda and team up with Atletico Sporting Aviation (ASA)
in 1996 where he was till 1999 before putting pen on paper for Agosto where he
has remained since.
Antonio Victor de Carvalho - at 38 years, he still wax stronger than some
younger players in the continent today, a veteran of many Africa Championships,
World Championship and the Olympics.
Standing at 6 feet 5 inches, Carvalho is renowned for his three
points shot and can wreck any team if allow some space.
The Angola off-guard play club basketball with reigning Africa Champions Club
winner and the Angolan league champion Petro Atletico basketball club of Luanda
since 1998.
Cameroon - Luc Richard Mbah A Moute - youthful Luc is the engine that ignite the
Lions, a 2003 Basketball Without Border camper, an NBA/FIBA development camp is
a never-say die player who believes that the game is not over until the
referees' final whistle.
Born some 19 years ago in Yaounde, Cameroon, young Luc is a
sophomore student of the University of California and played a big role in his
school qualification for the NCAA final-4 this year.
He has been of tremendous form since the championship dunk-off on August 15
especially in the quarter and semi-fi
Special Afrobasket '07: Menjour thumb-up Angola - Aug.
24, 2007
Tunisian basketball technocrat, Abdelraouf Menjour, FIBA Africa
President of Competition Commission looked back with nostalgia at the 24th FIBA
Africa Championship being hosted by Angola.
The FIBA Africa bigwig says, though this is the first time the
championship is played by 16-nations, there is no doubt that the host has done
perfectly well in terms of organisation among others.
Menjour advised other would-be host of the continent's flagship
competition to borrow a leaf from Angola who provided five (Luanda, Benguela,
Lubango, Huambo and Cabinda) venues for the championship which he considered a
model in the history of the competition in Africa.
He, however, urged the basketball federations of Nigeria, Senegal and Mali whom
he consider as some of the continent's power-house who were bundled out of the
championship at the group and quarter-finals stage to do more in order to raise
the level of competitiveness in future championship.
He also agreed that Angola can host the FIBA World Championship
if it met all requirement of the world governing body as decision for which
country host the rest of the world does not rest with FIBA Africa who will
definitely throw its weight behind such bid.
“It is the first time we are having 16 countries in the championship with five
cities as venues, to me it is a good development for the game in Africa.
“I hope other countries will take a cue from what Angola did by developing
more facilities instead of having to play all the 48 matches in one venue and
city, Angola has succeeded in taking basketball to its interior provinces/cities
and we can't wait to witness the resultant effect of that.
“The Championship threw up lots of surprises where some big
teams like Nigeria, Senegal and Mali did not finish among the top-four.
“It is a challenge to these countries federation to be alive to their
responsibilities by preparing their team very well ahead major championship such
as the Afrobasket, because the so called minors have braced up and are ready to
give the stronger nations some surprises.
“Though the development is not that good for Africa basketball because it
means Angola have little or no opposition to contend with unlike in the past
where it will play against countries like Senegal or Nigeria in either the
semi-finals or finals.
“Yes, I think Angola can host the World Championship and will
receive full backing of FIBA Africa, but will have to work extra hard to met the
conditions that the world body will set for would-be host of such big tournament
as the world championship.
Special Afrobasket '07: Gallant Cape Verde bow to
Angola - Aug. 23, 2007
Surprise semi-finalist of the 24th FIBA Africa Championship for
Men, Cape Verde today went down fighting to defending champion, Angola at a
packed full Cidadela gymnasium, Luanda, Angola.
The coach Emmanuel Trovoada side who booked a semi-final ticket
against the continent's number-one ranked team, Angola having stopped Nigeria in
the quarter-final fought to the blast of the referees' whistle in a charged
atmosphere which has the vociferous Angolan fans drumming and singing from the
beginning of the match to the end.
Though the Cape Verdean lost by a 33 points margin of 93-60
points but gave their all in match they did not give the reigning championship
an opportunity to make a mince meat of them just like in the group stage where
they lost scandalously by a 56 points margin.
The Angola who will have a date against Cameroon in the grand
finale on Saturday won in all four quarters (20-16; 19-16; 23-15 and 29-13) with
Milton Barros netting 18 points, one rebound and one assist; the duo of Eduardo
Minga and Joaquim Gomes added 15 points each while Miguel Lutonda contributed 12
points 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Cape Verde centre Rodrigo Mascarenhas who play professional
basketball with Angolan foremost team Deportivo De Agosto led his team with 16
points and 8 rebounds while Margques Houtman and Mario Correia added 15 and 10
points respectively.
Special Afrobasket '07: Senegal beat Morocco to 9th
place - Aug. 23, 2007
2005 runner-up of the FIBA Africa Championship for Men, Senegal
today in Benguela, Angola defeated Morocco to place 9th in the 16-nations
championship which will come to a close on Saturday.
The Senegalese won two out of the four quarters (second - 22-14
and third - 20-17) while drawing its opponent in the first and last quarters -
16-16 and 21-21.
Morocco host in 2001 thus end its campaign in Angola on the 10th spot and will
have to qualify from its zone for the 2009 edition billed for Nigeria.
Mali recorded a 78-74 points victory over Rwanda (20-13; 18-17; 21-25 and 19-19)
in the placement 11-12 position, South Africa humbled fellow zone-6 member
Mozambique by 97-85 points (18-20; 30-17; 16-23 and 33-25) to place 13th. Just
as DR Congo ended Liberia dream of winning a single match in the 11-day
championship with 92-84 points win (24-19; 29-25; 19-20 and 20-20.
Special Afrobasket '07: Mbah powered Cameroon to
finals - Aug. 23, 2007
University of California, Los Angeles and Cameroon guard/forward
LUC Richard Mbah A Moute powered his country into the grand finale of the 24th
FIBA Africa Championship for Men inside the magnificent Cidadela gymnasium in
Luanda, Angola.
The 19-year-old scored 20 points, grabbing 9 rebounds three of it
from the offense while 6 are taken from defense; the 2003 NBA/FIBA Basketball
Without Border Camper also had one assist and 2 block-shots to shoot his country
to the finals at the expense of 9th All Africa Games silver medallist, Egypt
with a 58-52 points win.
Gaston Essengue of the University of Nevada added 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2
blocks to back his country against the Pharaohs who threw away a 15-09 point's
first quarter lead.
The Cameroonian came back strongly to take the second quarter by
massive 24-11 points for a halftime score-line of 33-26.
The Egyptians tried to make a comeback in the third quarter winning by 14-08
points but that effort was not enough as they lost out in the last and deciding
quarter to the more purposeful Cameroonians with a 17-14 points lose for a
cumulative scores of 58-52.
Egyptian Ahmed El Said led his team on the scorers chat with 15 points, 2
assists and one block-shot while Remy Gunady added 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4
assists.
Special Afrobasket '07: Central Africa finish 7th
beat Cote d'Ivoire 69-63 - Aug. 23, 2007
Central Africa Republic today defeated Cote d'Ivoire by 69-63
points to finish seventh in a hard fought match played at the Cidadela gymnasium
in Luanda, Angola.
The Central African dominance in the second and third quarters was enough to
earn them victory at the expense of the Ivories who won the first and fourth
quarters (17-10 and 19-14) while their Central African opponent took the second
and third quarters with 26-11 and 19-16 points in the classification game of the
24th FIBA Africa Championship.
29-year-old former Longwy-Rehon basketball club of France guard
Lionel Steve Bomayako led the floor with 20 points and one assist, his
compatriot Maixant Mombollet added 13 points and 7 rebounds while George
Washington University forward Regis Junior Koundjia-Sindo contributed 12 points,
5 rebounds and 2 assists to lift his side above Coach Monclar Jacques tutored
Ivories side.
ABC basketball club of Abidjan guard Stephane Konate Sornan had a
double double of 17 points and 10 rebounds the best by any player in the match
just as French Pro-B team Saint Vallier Basket Drome's forward, Rodrigue Alfred
Djahue added 13 points and 7 rebounds for the painful lose against Coach Perrin
Michel and his boys.
Special Afrobasket '07: Central Africa finish 7th
beat Cote d'Ivoire 69-63 - Aug. 23, 2007
Central Africa Republic today defeated Cote d'Ivoire by 69-63
points to finish seventh in a hard fought match played at the Cidadela gymnasium
in Luanda, Angola.
The Central African dominance in the second and third quarters
was enough to earn them victory at the expense of the Ivories who won the first
and fourth quarters (17-10 and 19-14) while their Central African opponent took
the second and third quarters with 26-11 and 19-16 points in the classification
game of the 24th FIBA Africa Championship.
29-year-old former Longwy-Rehon basketball club of France guard
Lionel Bomayako (196-G-78, agency:
Court Side,
college: Fairleigh Dickinson) led the floor with 20 points and one assist, his
compatriot Maixant Mombollet added 13 points and 7 rebounds while George
Washington University forward Regis Junior Koundjia-Sindo contributed 12 points,
5 rebounds and 2 assists to lift his side above Coach Monclar Jacques tutored
Ivories side.
ABC basketball club of Abidjan guard Stephane Konate Sornan had a
double double of 17 points and 10 rebounds the best by any player in the match
just as French Pro-B team Saint Vallier Basket Drome's forward, Rodrigue Alfred
Djahue added 13 points and 7 rebounds for the painful lose against Coach Perrin
Michel and his boys.
Another loss against Congo - Aug.
23, 2007 Liberia
experienced another loss against the Democratic Republic of Congo to whom they
lost now three times in a row (twice in Angola, once in Algeria). Mark Smith (-87) led again the Lone Star by recording 17 points for the
winless team while
Gege Kizubanata (-81) and
Lifetu Selengue (202-C-76) netted in 27 and 26 points respectievely for the
Simbas.
The 92-84 winner of the Congolese puts them ahead of the Liberians in the final
classement as Liberia finishes 16th and last in this year's African
Championship.
Special Afrobasket '07: Awojobi lift Nigeria over
Central Africa - Aug. 22, 2007
Veteran Nigeria
player, Tunji Awojobi lead his team-mates by example against Central Africa
Republic in classment 5-8 placement Wednesday with a game high scores of 18
points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Nigeria who played with just eight players as others are down
either by injury or is sick as the Nigerian bench was the only one without
medical personnel defeated their opponent by 80-46 points of 24-09; 20-16; 12-08
and 24-13 to set up the stage against Tunisia Friday in the placement 5-6
position of the championship.
Cleveland Cavaliars Ejike Ugboaja poured in 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists and
1 block-shot; Deji Akindele had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists and 3
block-shots; while guard Jason Bazuaye 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Tunisia on the other hand defeated Cote d'Ivoire by 74-63 points; Mozambique
defeated Liberia who is likely finish the competition without a win by 81-65
points, South Africa defeated DR Congo by 77-74 in a thrilling encounter;
Morocco hammered Mali by 86-76 while Senegal beat Rwanda 93-58.
Thursday Games:
In Benguela
Liberia Vs DR Congo - 11.00AM
Mozambique Vs South Africa - 1.30PM
Mali Vs Rwanda - 4.00PM
Morocco Vs Senegal - 6.30PM
In Luanda:
Central Africa Vs Cote d'Ivoire - 2.00pm
Semi-finals:
Egypt Vs Cameroon - 4.30pm
Cape Verde Vs Angola - 7.00pm
Angola 2007: Next games already ahead - Aug.
22, 2007 Everything
looks like another straight championship for the hosts after the surprising loss
by the "D'Tigers" of Nigeria to underdogs Cape Verde.
After a long absence of the CAN , the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon facing a
difficult task against the Pharaohs from Egypt in the other semi-final pairing.
Nigeria takes on the Central African Republic and Tunisia is going against the
Elephants from the Ivory Coast. Both games are hard to predict as all four teams
showed some strong games in the championships so far.
Senegal is en route for the 9th place ,still a disappointing finish for the
Lions who suffered a set back after the sudden departure of
Sam Vincent right before the departure to Angola.
Mali should be having no trouble to beat a weak Moroccan team in the other
pairing.
Places 9-12 (22.8):
Senegal - Rwanda
Morocco - Mali
Liberia is still waiting for a win in a continental championship this year while
South Africa couldnt do anything in this CAN so far. Late entry Mozambique did
quite well while the Congolese lacked help from their diaspora and registered
only one win over Liberia so far.
Places 13-16 (22.8):
Liberia - Mozambique
South Africa - Dem.Rep. Congo
Special Afrobasket '07: Central Africa no match for
Angola - Aug. 21, 2007
Reigning Africa champion, Angola Tuesday showed the stuff it is
made up of when it ran ring round hapless Central Africa Republic in the last
quarter-final match of the 24th FIBA Africa Championship at the magnificent
Cidadela gymnasium in Luanda.
The match had started with a very high score in the first quarter with Angola
winning 36-29 points while the game was slowed down a little in the second
quarter with the Angolan still in the lead taking the quarter 17-10, the third
quarter was no difference as the Angolan won game through perfect distribution
of ball with an 11-06 points victory while the fourth quarter ends 14-06 in
favour of the African champion thus providing an easy semi-final pairing for
them against Nigeria conqueror Cape Verde on Thursday.
The question on the lips of most people that watched the game
against the hapless Central African side is that “who will tame Angola in
Africa basketballâ€Â
And just as the question was about simmering down another onlooker gave an
answer, a country that is ready to support its basketball federation and a
federation will be alike to its responsibility that must come with clean hand in
handling issues that bothers on the development and improvement of the game in
its country and zone.
A federation where corruption and ineptitude will be done away with, one who
does not harbour grudges and those not condone sycophancy, that, only will stop
the dominance of Angola who has elevate basketball to the status of religion
that both small and old adore.
Special Afrobasket '07: Egypt through to last four
beat Tunisia 67-57 - Aug. 21, 2007
Egypt became the first country to book a semi-final ticket at the
ongoing 24th FIBA Africa Championship (The African Cup of Nations) with a 67-57
points win over North Africa neighbour, Tunisia, Tuesday at the magnificent
Cidadela gymnasium in Luanda, Angola.
Egypt went seven points clear at the end of first quarter with 20-13 points but
gave up the second quarter 14-13 for half time score of 33-27.
Both sides put in 12 points each in the third quarter with the Pharaohs showing
more zeal in the last quarter which it won by 22-18 points for a cumulative
score-line of 67-57 points to be the first country to book a semi-final slot in
the race to qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Tunisian Rhadouane Slimame led the floor with 16 points and 5
rebounds, he shot 60% from the three points field goals and 50% from the free
throw line, while his team-mate Hamdi Braa added 15 points, 2 rebounds and one
assist with a hundred percent from the three points field goal area, 66.7% from
the two points field goal and 50% from the line.
Egypt Ibrahim El Garmal led his team-mate with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3
assist, he had a excellent run in the three points shots taken, 5'% from two
points field goal and 80% from the line, Tarek El Ghannam had a double double of
12 points and 14 rebounds shooting 57.1% from two points field goal and 50% each
from three points field goal and from the line while Amir Fannan added 10
points, 5 rebounds and one assist, all points made from two points field goals.
Special Afrobasket '07: Amadou Fall absolve players
of Senegal woe - Aug. 21, 2007
The General Manager of the Senegalese national team to the 2007
African Cup of Nations taking place in Angola and Dallas Mavericks director of
scouting, Amadou Galo Fall says the players have no hand in the ouster of the
Lions from the continent's apex championship.
Speaking in an exclusive chat with www.fibaafrica.com in Luanda,
Angola Tuesday, shortly before he left for Benguela to give the players some
moral support in their classification match against South Africa, says the early
exit from group-C should serve as a sort of wake-up call to Senegalese
basketball authority whom he blamed for not taking the development of the game
seriously after the triumph of 1997 when they beat Nigeria to lift the trophy on
home ground.
He described the exit of one of Africa basketball power-house at
the group stage as very painful to him and the players.
According to the Mavericks high ranking official says the team knows they are
playing in a tough group which comprises of Mali, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire but
says the least they expected from the group is to come second and not to be
bundled out at the group stage after finishing second in the 2005 edition held
in Algeria.
“We have high hope of doing well in this championship and so we are
disappointed in our fall here.
“We know that our group in Lubango was going to be tough because of the teams
in the group which comprises of us, Mali, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire, but the
absence of strong leadership on the part of those administering the game in
Senegal cost us this early exit.
“Preparation was delayed more than necessary, for example we plan to commence
training early June but did not start until mid-July part of these poor planning
makes us not to be with our coach Sam Vincent who joined us in Italy during our
preparation but had to go back to his base in the United States of America.
Fall, however, gave a ray of hope for the rediscovery of his
country basketball which according to him enjoyed so much support from the fans.
The way forward for the present state of our basketball is for us to have people
who are passionate about the game not just those who want to occupy position.
We must embark on soul searching in order to correct the present rots in our
basketball, because basketball is a team game and if we must achieve great
success we must work as a team.
Special Afrobasket '07: Classification: Maroc/Liberia
93-54 - Aug. 21, 2007
Morocco this morning
defeated Liberia by 93-54 points in one of the classification match played in
Benguela, Angola.
The Moroccan whose campaign in group-A was ended by Angola and
Cape Verde ruled the game wining in all four quarters.
Morocco coached by Rebatet Jean-Paul won the first quarter by 20-09 points, wade
off a come-back from the Liberian in the second quarter with 19-18 points win
the closest among the quarters.
They went on to win in the third and fourth quarters by 25-16 and 29-11 points.
Special Afrobasket '07: Battle for Olympic ticket
gets keener, as Q/Finals matches starts - Aug. 21,
2007
The battle for the race for the sole automatic Beijing 2008
Olympic Games ticket which began in five cities across Angola on August 15 gets
keener as the real contestants have been separated from the pretenders with some
surprises recorded with the quarter-final matches starting today in the 6,873
capacity Cidadela gymnasium in Luanda.
Among the top contenders for the sole automatic ticket are
reigning Africa champion, Angola, 2005 2nd runner-up Nigeria and 2005 runner-up
Senegal who incidentally have fallen by the way side due largely to what was
term as lack of commitment on the part of those saddled with the
responsibilities of running the sport in the West African country.
The Africa Zone-2 top nation with array of tested players in the
world most glamorous league, the American National Basketball Association
league, The NBA, America Colleges and Europe like Mali fell to Cote d'Ivoire and
Egypt who are staging a big come-back to Africa basketball.
From group-A, it was host Angola and Cape Verde that made it to the knock-out
stage, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire edged out Senegal and Mali from group-B while
group-C top seeds Nigeria and Central Africa Republic made it to the last eight
with Cameroon and Tunisia coming from group-D.
In the today's quarter-finals, Egypt will stage its luck against fellow North
African Tunisia at the Cidadela gymnasium in Luanda in the first quarter final
match, taking the stage next is Nigeria seeded number-20 by the world basketball
governing body, FIBA will try its hand against Cape Verde, Cameroon and Cote
d'Ivoire will take to the court at 18.00 hour local time while Africa's most
successful basketball nation and the continent number-1 seeded team and
number-14 in the world Angola will try to out-score Romain Sato and his
colleagues from the Central Africa Republic at 20.30 hours local time.
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