Angola win Afrobasket.

The Angolan basketball national team picked up their sixth straight African Championship with a victory over Cote D'Ivoire this past weekend. The Angolans breezed through to the finals as they do customarily in the African tournament and with an 82-72 victory they qualified for a spot in the World Championships along with 2nd place Cote D'Ivoire and Tunisia after ending up in 3rd place.

Read the explanation from Nigerian assistant Sanni Ahmed as to why D'Tigers failed to qualify for the World Championships.

Draw for Libya 2009 Afrobasket

The draw for the 2009 Afrobasket championship in Libya was held last week and the teams were divided into 4 groups. Here are the groups:

Group A-Benghazi: Libya, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa

Group B-Benghazi: Angola, Mozambique, Egypt, Mali

Group C-Tripoli: Cameroon, Senegal, Congo, Central Africa

Group D-Tripoli: Cape Verde, Morocco, Rwanda, Tunisia


The tournament commences August 5th and ends on the 15th.

FIBA and africabasket.com correspondent Olusegun Ikuesan caught up with NBBF President Tijani Umar to get his thoughts on the draw-http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/fibaEven/
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