Algeria announce list of selectable players during FIBA Africa U16 Championship training camp
ALGIERS (FIBA Africa U16 Championship 2017) - The FIBA Africa U16 Championship starts this week in Mauritius, and Algeria have made public a list of selectable players for the event.
ALGIERS (FIBA Africa U16 Championship 2017) - The FIBA Africa U16 Championship starts this week in Mauritius, and Algeria have made public a list of selectable players for the event.
Here are the 17 pre-selected players for the 12-team continental event taking place in Mauritius from .
Algeria 17-player preliminary squad for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017 | |||
Mehodi Bellil | Adem Benabdellah | Bouzid Bendali | Riyad Benhaddouche |
Abdelmalek Benzidoun | Amine Bouarifi | Amir Bouzidi | Ziad Chenieff |
Abdelhamid-Fatih Dahman | Sofiane Gadaoui | Rabat Griene | Nadji Hadji |
Nadir Hifi | Adel Mellak | Moussad Thouri | Macyl Ahmed Zaid |
Adam Zitouni |
Algeria claimed a third-place finish at the 2015 edition of the tournament in Mali.
The FIBA Africa U16 Championship serves as a qualifier for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018, with the finalists in Mauritius qualifying for next year's 16-team world event in Argentina.
The teams competing in Mauritius include the host nation, Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tunisia.
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