Nigeria has been making their way up the ranks in Africa basketball and their national team took a huge leap last night defeating Gorgui Dieng and Senegal 88-79 in overtime to reach the 2015 Afrobasket finale. The D’Tigers path to […]
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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
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 […]
Tunisia prepares for the Basketball World Championships
Tunisia is wasting no time and will be in Turkey for a first preparation phase abroad. (Discuss Tunisia basketball and Africa Basket in our forum) Head coach Adel Tlatli and his national-team pre-select will be playing against a group of […]
FIBA World Basketball Championships: Draw Results
It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday. Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the […]
Angola wins Africa Basketball Championships (again)
Tripoli, Libya – Angola took home the 2009 Africa Nations Championship by defeating the Ivory Coast 82-72 to capture their sixth straight Afrobasket gold medal, and their tenth in the last eleven tournaments. (Discuss the 2009 Afrobasket) Though that is […]
Angola vs. Côte d’Ivoire in Afrobasket Finals
It’s no surprise that Angola is in the finals of Afrobasket, the African nation has been dominating the African Championships the last decade, winning nine of the last ten tournaments. The shocking news is that Nigeria and Senegal won’t be in […]
Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt upset at Afrobasket
After some shocking results on day five of the tournament, only two teams, defending champions Angola and Nigeria, remain as the only undefeated nations in the 2009 Afrobasket tournament (click here for Afrobasket discussion) Angola and Nigeria will meet today […]
AfroBasket 2007 Commences…
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 […]