2008 African U18 Championship

[soliman]

egypt vs angola in the final and in the wc

senegalian players sucks !!!

angola is much better than us but the important thing that we are on the wright way (as a federation)

[rikhardur]

angola is much better than us but the important thing that we are on the right way (as a federation)

Yeah, it really seems like it. I remember some years ago Egypt was an important club in Africa and in the international scene. Let's hope you guys can comeback.

[rikhardur]

Semi-finals

Nigeria 65 Angola 71
Egypt 75 Senegal 72


Photos of the tournament here.

[Kings]

[rikhardur]

Final

Congrats Egypt!

Egypt 85 Angola 84


Player awards:




Final standings:

1. Egypt (qualified for the U19 World Championship)
2. Angola (qualified for the U19 World Championship)
3. Nigeria (qualified for the U18 African Championship)
4. Senegal (qualified for the U18 African Championship)
5. Mali
6. Côte d'Ivoire
7. Algeria
8. Marocco
9. Central African Republic
10. Mozambique
11. Congo
12. Kenya

http://www.fiba-afrique.org/lect_actu.php?titre=actu&id=3798

[Khalid80]

Congrats for Egypt! With this Championship, they now have a team that they can build on for the near future to bring back the glory days of Egyptian bball in the 90's when they were the first Arab team to qualify to the World Championships.