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12th-21st December

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GROUP A

Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)

ASA (Angola)

Lupopo (DR Congo)

Swallows (Togo)

APR (Rwanda)

Kano Pillars (Nigeria)



GROUP B

1º de Agosto (Angola)

Back (Guinea)

First Bank (Nigeria)

El Shabab Arabi (Libya)

Stade Nabeulien (Tunisia)

BC Onatra (DR Congo)
1º de Agosto roster:



Miguel Lutonta

Armando Costa

Carlos Almeida

Olímpio Cipriano

Mayzer Alexandre

Francisco Jordão

Rodrigo Mascarenhas

Vladimir Ricardino

Simão João

Joaquim “Kikas” Gomes

Pirro Ilunga



Coach: Luís Magalhães
GROUP A

Kano Pillars 67 Swallows 42

APR 55 Etoile du Sahel 92
Day 2



GROUP A

Etoile du Sahel 103 Swallows 61

Kano Pillars 69 ASA 59



GROUP B

Stade Nabeulien 75 Union Bank 54

(Kisubanata Gece 17 pts, Hadinene Aniswho 16 pts | Arturo Nouha 14 pts, Papa Kasse 13 pts)

1º de Agosto 83 El Shabab 47

(Joaquim "Kikas" Gomes and Olímpio Cipriano 13 pts, Felizardo Ambrósio and Carlos Almeida 11 pts | Mrsal Med 14 pts)

BC Onatra 57 Back 50

(Mutembo Lukusa 19 pts + 5 rebs, Ndala Mutombo 14 pts | Sékou Condé 12 pts)





Day 3



GROUP A

Swallows 50 ASA 92

APR 62 Kano Pillars 71

Lupopo 0 Etoile du Sahel 20 (Lupopo missed the game)



GROUP B

El Shabab 64 Back 33

Stade Nabeulien 93 BC Onatra 38

Union Bank 53 1º de Agosto 88
GROUP A

ASA 96 Lupopo 57



GROUP B

El Shabab 73 BC Onatra 64

(Mrsal Med 23 pts, Dawo Wajdi Omrame 14 pts | Mutombo Lukusa 14 pts, Kubala Nkatu 12 pts, Ndala Mutombo and Badibamga Kanba 10 pts)

Union Bank 91 Back 71

(Arturo Nouha 22 pts, Ovaro Michel 20 pts, Papa Kesse 16 pts | Condé Sékou 14 pts, Keita 13 pts, Gueye and Savane 10 pts)

1º de Agosto 66 Stade Nabeulien 64

(Francisco Jordão 16 pts)

Carlos Almeida handed the Angolans the win with a 3-pointer with 11 seconds to go.
GROUP A

Lupopo 65 Kano Pillars 102

Swallows 67 APR 89

Etoile du Sahel 93 ASA 78



GROUP B

1º de Agosto 101 Back 50

(Felizardo Ambrósio 16 pts + 5 rebs, Miguel Lutonda 15 pts, Mayzer Alexandre and Vladimir Jerónimo 13 pts | Kaba 10 pts)

El Shabab 67 Stade Nabeulien 63

(Dawo Omrame and Mayerjr James 23 pts | Kisubanata Gece 18 pts, Haididen Mouhamed 15 pts)

Union Bank 85 BC Onatra 70
GROUP A

Lupopo 59 Swallows 80

Etoile du Sahel 92 Kano Pillars 64

(Hardi Jamal 18 pts | Ebikora Dennid and Usmane Abubaker 15 pts)

ASA 75 APR 61



GROUP B

Union Bank 57 El Shabab 74

(Yusuf Abubakar 22 pts | Mayerjr James 25 pts, Mrsal Med and Tagoub Alamine 15 pts)

Back 52 Stade Nabeulien 86

(Gueye 12 pts | Hadidene Anis 17 pts, Mouin Bechir 15 pts, Ben Abdallah and Hadidene Mouhamed 12 pts)

1º de Agosto 96 BC Onatra 62
Day 2 postponed game



GROUP A

APR 90 Lupopo 74





The quarter-finals are now set:



APR vs 1º de Agosto

Stade Nabeulien vs Kano Pillars

Union Bank vs Etoile du Sahel

ASA vs El Shabab
APR 50 1º de Agosto 87

(Bouzangu Mike 12 pts, Ntwari Prince 10 pts | Armando Costa and Olímpio Cipriano 14 pts, Vladimir Jerónimo and Francisco Jordão 13 pts, Felizardo Ambrósio 14 rebs)

Stade Nabeulien 79 Kano Pillars 59

(Mbarek Naim Ben Habib 18 pts, Hadiden Bechir 14 pts | Ebikoro Dennis Eteimowei 29 pts)

Union Bank 67 Etoile du Sahel 94

(Ohiero Micheal 24 pts + 6 rebs | Hardy Jamarr Antwon 23 pts, Maoua Atef 21 pts)

ASA 63 El Shabab 44





The semi-finals are now set:



Etoile du Sahel vs ASA

1º de Agosto vs Stade Nabeulien



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Etoile du Sahel 78 ASA 53 (42-32 at HT)

(Mawa Atef and Malik Malik 16 pts, Ben Romdan 12 pts | José Nascimento 19 pts, Filipe Abraão 18 pts)

1º de Agosto 79 Stade Nabeulien 56 (35-33 at HT)





So the final is tomorrow: Etoile du Sahel vs 1º de Agosto. I predict an Angolan win.
Etoile du Sahel 54 1º de Agosto 57 (21-25 at HT)

(Khanfir Maher 15 pts, Braa Hamdi 11 pts | Joaquim Gomes 14 pts + 6 rebs)



The champions! More pics [url="http://http"]here[/url].

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ASA grabbed the bronze medal by beating Stade Nabeulien 60–55.

Joaquim Gomes was the MVP of the tournament.



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1º de Agosto became the club with most titles ever (2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008).