Egypt defends the Gold! - Jul 17, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
Egypt defended Gold medal at the U16 AfroBasket 2011. The host of this event cruised past Tunisia 117-67 in the Big Final. Thanks to this win, Egypt also booked a ticket for the FIBA U17 World Championship 2012 in Lithuania. Egypt took control on Tunisia from the beginning. Already at the halftime Egypt was 53-31 up. Nothing has changed after the breather and Egypt cruised to 117-67 victory at the end. Of course, second place belongs to Tunisia
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Egypt defended Gold medal at the U16 AfroBasket 2011. The host of this event cruised past Tunisia 117-67 in the Big Final. Thanks to this win, Egypt also booked a ticket for the FIBA U17 World Championship 2012 in Lithuania. Egypt took control on Tunisia from the beginning. Already at the halftime Egypt was 53-31 up. Nothing has changed after the breather and Egypt cruised to 117-67 victory at the end. Of course, second place belongs to Tunisia.
In the battle for Bronze, Mali grabbed 59-57 thriller win against Angola. Fifth place at this event belongs to Algeria, who was better than Mozambique 55-54. It was another exciting meeting in the last day of competition. Congo-Brazzaville avoided last place at this event thanks to 66-60 win against South Africa.
Final ranking
1 EGYPT
2 TUNISIA
3 MALI
4 ANGOLA
5 ALGERIA
6 MOZAMBIQUE
7 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE
8 SOUTH AFRICA
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Egypt and Tunisia to meet in the Finals - Jul 16, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
Egypt and Tunisia advanced to the Big Final of U16 AfroBasket. They will fight for the Gold today at 18h.
Egypt eliminated Angola in the Semifinal. It was a 106-41 blowout win for the host of this event. Egypt took control on Angola from the very beginning and never looked back after that. Thay dominated in all basketball elements and celebrated huge victory at the end. Angola will play for the Bronze against Mali.
Tunisia had to work very hard in order to beat Mali in the Semis
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Egypt and Tunisia advanced to the Big Final of U16 AfroBasket. They will fight for the Gold today at 18h.
Egypt eliminated Angola in the Semifinal. It was a 106-41 blowout win for the host of this event. Egypt took control on Angola from the very beginning and never looked back after that. Thay dominated in all basketball elements and celebrated huge victory at the end. Angola will play for the Bronze against Mali.
Tunisia had to work very hard in order to beat Mali in the Semis. They registered tiny 51-49 victory.
In the Classification Games from 5th to 8th place, Algeria cruised past Congo-Brazaville 68-50. In the other game, Mozambique handed 69-61 loss to South Africa. It means that Algeria and Mozambique will meet today in the game for fifth place. Congo-Brazaville and South Africa will meet each other and the winner will avoid last place in Egypt.
Semifinals
Egypt - Angola 106-41
Tunisia - Mali 51-49
Places 5-8
Congo-Brazaville - Algeria 50-68
South Africa - Mozambique 61-69
Final Day
Big Final: Egypt - Tunisia
Places 3-4: Angola - Mali
Places 5-6: Algeria - Mozambique
Places 7-8: Congo-Brazaville - South Africa
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Egypt, Tunisia, Mali and Angola advance to Semifinals - Jul 15, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
Egypt, Tunisia, Mali and Angola advanced to Semifinals of the U16 AfroBasket in Egypt.
Egypt destroyed Congo-Brazzaville in the Quarterfinals 128-33. It was their fourth straight win at this event. The hosts dominated from the very beginning and they reached amazing 71-11 at the halftime. Of course, all after that was just the formality and Egypt ended this meeting with huge 128-33. In the Semifinals, Egypt will meet Angola.
Tunisia also had an easy job in the Quarterfinals
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Egypt, Tunisia, Mali and Angola advanced to Semifinals of the U16 AfroBasket in Egypt.
Egypt destroyed Congo-Brazzaville in the Quarterfinals 128-33. It was their fourth straight win at this event. The hosts dominated from the very beginning and they reached amazing 71-11 at the halftime. Of course, all after that was just the formality and Egypt ended this meeting with huge 128-33. In the Semifinals, Egypt will meet Angola.
Tunisia also had an easy job in the Quarterfinals. They handed 80-38 loss to South Africa to reach the Semis. Tunisia will meet Mali at the next stage.
Mali had to work very hard to eliminate Mozambique in the QFinals. Malians celebrated 47-44 win yesterday. First quarter was tied at 24-24, but Mali improved after the breather and created 19-8 in Q3. However, Mozambique made them big troubles in the last period but at the end was not able to make a turn. Makan Coulibaly had no mercy from the FT line in the finish and brought Mali 3-point win.
Angola celebrated 66-52 win against Algeria to eliminate them.
Quarterfinals
Egypt - Congo-Brazaville 128-33
Tunisia - South Africa 80-38
Mali - Mozambique 47-44
Angola - Algeria 66-52
Semifinals, July 15
Egypt - Angola
Tunisia - Mali
Places 5-8, July 15
Congo - Algeria
South Africa - Mozambique
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