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AfroBasket 2013: Angola back on top of the podium
Angola captured their 11th trophy in 24 years with a 57:40 win over Egypt in the AfroBasket 2013 championships game played Saturday. Angola returns to the top spot on the podium after losing in the finals to Tunisia in AfroBasket 2011 and winning the title for six straight times prior to 2011. The first two…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Egypt rolls on, Angola returns
The AfroBasket 2013 championship game is set for Sunday with perennial participants Angola squaring off against Egypt. Angola qualified for the title game with a 66:59 victory over host club Cote d’Ivoire. Egypt moves on to the final game with a 70:63 win over Senegal. Both clubs also qualify for the FIBA 2014 World Cup,…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015: Bulgaria takes G1 over Estonia
On the strength of an 18:0 run in the third quarter, host club Bulgaria took the first leg of a two-game series with Estonia, 58:55, in a contest that will determine the first Qualifier for EuroBasket 2015. It was an important game for the spot at EuroBasket 2015. That’s why both teams played hard and…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Nigeria falls to Senegal
In the biggest upset of the AfroBasket 2013 competition, Senegal put together a solid middle game and outlasted a fourth-quarter comeback by 2012 London Olympics participants Nigeria, 64:63. Also advancing to the semifinals are Cote d’Ivoire with a 71:56 win over Cameroon, Angola after a 95:73 victory over Morocco, and Egypt, who beat Cape Verde…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015: Bulgaria and Estonia reach finals
The finals of the first EuroBasket 2015 Qualifier are now set after the semifinal matches played on Saturday. In Estonia, the hosts overcame a six-point deficit from the first game in Belarus with an 18-point win, 79:61, to move on to the finals. In Switzerland, the host club couldn’t find a way to stop the…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Groups A and C conclude prelims
AfroBasket 2013 Groups A and C concluded their preliminary round on Saturday, setting up half of the brackets for the Eight Final Round that will tip off on Monday after Groups B and D finalize their standings with Sunday’s match-ups. In Group A host club Cote d’Ivoire finished the prelim round with a 3-0 record…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Four teams remain unbeaten
The story on Day 4 of AfroBasket 2013 was blowouts as the average margin of victory for the four games played was just over 39 points. The closest game of the day was between an injury-ridden Nigeria and the Republic of Congo, 93:78. The rest of the match-ups were as one-sided as they come with…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015: Bulgaria, Belarus take early leads
The two home clubs in the semifinal round of the EuroBasket 2015 Qualifier Tournament took care of business in front of their respective home crowds by picking up wins in the first of the two game series. Belarus earned a hard-fought 76:70 win over Estonia, that came down to the last minute of the contest.…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Tunisia survives Moroccan scare
Day 2 of the AfroBasket 2013 saw the defending champions, Tunisia, in one of the most hotly contested battles of the tournament so far when Morocco took them to the wire only to pull off the win in the final seconds. In the other matches of the day Rwanda stopped Burkina Faso, the Republic of…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013 tips off in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
AfroBasket 2013 tipped off on Tuesday with four games to start the African qualifier for the FIBA World Cup 2014. The top three teams will advance to Spain 2014 from Abidjan. The competition will run through Saturday, 31 August, with the Championship and Bronze medal games being held. The first day contests were attended by…
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