The Zone II basketball tournament is an eight-team qualifying competition played in Bamoko, Mali, which is in the Northwest Region of Africa. The group consists of Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The tournament allows two teams to advance to the 25th Annual African Nations Cup Basketball Tournament. Cape Verde has already received an invitation and one other team will advance.
The opening match pitted the Malian Eagles against the Senegalese Teranga Lions at the Modibo Keita Basketball Stadium, Friday afternoon. The Mali National team won 69-61, a significant win for the team. The next game is Sunday afternoon. The tournament will determine the second Zone II representative to compete for the African Cup played in Tripoli, Libya, August 5 to 15, 2009.
See:
www.fiba-afrique.org
May 16th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
40 cal says:
I gotta go to mali and try out for the national team.
May 16th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Kondo says:
You can try, we are looking for all the Malian basketball players, anwhere they are living and they are from. So if you really want to try out, I can personaly introduce you to the responsables of the Malian Basketball Federation.A lot of the players are from Franch, or another championship. Do you heard about Ismaila Samake? a Malian player who played with The Lakers of Los Angeles…he is in the team now!So you have only to decide!
Take care!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
go Mali Eagles! i am rooting for them! they are now my favorite team in Africa!