The prelimiary stage of the 2009 African Championships have finished (discuss).  Three nations Angola, Nigeria, and Senegal have moved onto the next round undefeated with three wins each.   Each team will play today in the quarterfinals. Nigeria was led by 24-year old Michael Efevberha’s 23 points, good for second in the field.  Efevberha also had [...]

Two regional basketball championships are going into their third, and final day, of preliminary games today. The 2009 Africa Nations and the Asia Championships are finishing up their round robin play.After day 2, Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, and Cameroon have advanced into the quarterfinals of the 2009 Africa Nations Championships of Basketball The top three teams [...]

Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya (host), Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Congo, [...]

The African regional championships have begun. Afrobasket 2007 will be held this year in Luanda, the largest city and the capital of Angola. The tourney features 16 teams from across the continent – Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde Island, Central African Republic, Congo, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and [...]