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Group A

Angola

Cape Verde

Rwanda

Marocco



Group B

Senegal

Ivory Coast

Mali

Egypt



Group C

Nigeria

Central African Republic

Liberia

DR Congo



Group D

Mozambique

Tunisia

South Africa

Cameroon





Opening game:

Angola 109 Rwanda 66

(Olímpio Cipriano 17 pts | Hamza Ruhezamihigo 17 pts (5/10 3pt))
So Angola, Nigeria and Senegal are the likely favourites? By the way Egypt have European champions title back in 1949 because they had no real opponents in Africa and were allowed to play in Eurobasket.
[quote name='"Vilius":e4642']So Angola, Nigeria and Senegal are the likely favourites?[/quote]

The all-mighty Angola is THE favourite I guess <!-- sLaugh -->[img]{SMILIES_PATH}/laugh.gif[/img]<!-- sLaugh -->





Today's results:



Group A

Marocco 80 Cape Verde 85 (OT)



Group B

Mali 70 Senegal 85

Egypt 73 Ivory Coast 65



Group C

Liberia 35 Nigeria 139 <!-- sOhmy -->[img]{SMILIES_PATH}/ohmy.gif[/img]<!-- sOhmy -->

DR Congo 58 Central African Republic 66



Group D

Cameroon 66 Mozambique 54

South Africa 66 Tunisia 72
The name just makes me laugh, AFRObasket <!-- sLaugh -->[img]{SMILIES_PATH}/laugh.gif[/img]<!-- sLaugh -->
[quote name='"Luke":6c400']The name just makes me laugh, AFRObasket <!-- sLaugh -->[img]{SMILIES_PATH}/laugh.gif[/img]<!-- sLaugh -->[/quote]

Why's that? It's the same naming system used for Eurobasket or Asiabasket for instance.
Angola African champion for the 9th time after beating Cameroon 86-72 in the final.



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Joaquim Gomes named the MVP of the tournament.



The ideal 5 of the tournament is composed by Olímpio Cipriano, Joaquim Gomes (Angola), Marques Houtman, Rodrigo Mascarenhas (Cape Verde) and Luc Mbah (Cameroon).



Congrats to Angola <!-- sWink -->[img]{SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif[/img]<!-- sWink --> They indeed rule African basketball.
Final standings:



1 - ANGOLA

2 - CAMEROON

3 - CAPE VERDE

4 - EGYPT

5 - NIGERIA

6 - TUNISIA

7 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

8 - IVORY COAST

9 - SENEGAL

10 - MAROCCO

11 - MALI

12 - RWANDA

13 - SOUTH AFRICA

14 - MOZAMBIQUE

15 - DR CONGO

16 - LIBERIA
Full game video of the final: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sportbit.org/details.php?id=5469">[url="http://www.sportbit.org/details.php?id=5469"]http://www.sportbit.org/details.php?id=5469[/url]</a><!-- m -->