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Angola downs Egypt, takes African Basketball Championships

Angola downs Egypt, takes African Basketball Championships

Angola took gold in the African Championships easily dispatching the upset-minded Egypt 57-40. Discuss the Africa Men’s Championships of Basketball Angolan star Carlos Marais scored 21 points, more than the third of Angola’s point total. Eduardo Mingas added a double-double with 12 points and […]

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

Sixteen African nations have commenced on the Ivory Coast for the Africa Men’s Champi onships of Basketball (forum). The competition started on August 20 and will go until the end of the month, August 31. Also known as the Afrobasket, the […]

Afrobasket: Angola, Senegal, and Nigeria undefeated

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. [nggallery id=11] Nigeria […]

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

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 […]

2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum

2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum

Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month. Follow the intense action of […]

Greece will Host Final Olympic-Qualifying Tournament

Athens beat out San Juan, Puerto Rico and will be the hosts for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament that will be held July 14-20, 2008. The participating teams are the also-rans from this year’s regional championships. The final three Olympic spots […]

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Who will host the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament? With all the regional championships completed and nine teams set for next year’s Olympic games, three berths remain for teams vying for Beijing. And those three remaining spots will be determined […]

Two More Olympic Berths Set

Two More Olympic Berths Set

With the wins by Argentina (over Brazil) and the United States (over Puerto Rico) in the 2007 Tournament of the Americas, two more berths to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing have now been determined. Argentina and the United States have […]