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15 of Africa’s top high school basketball players going to the US

November 14, 2010 in Development, News

Press release:

On November 18, Miles and Associates International, a leading basketball development firm in Africa is boarding a flight to Washington, D.C. with 15 of Africa’s top high school basketball players from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola and Mozambique.

These players were selected from “top 40 elite player camps” that were conducted in each country. The African all-star team is composed of the top 3 players (ages 14-18) from each of the 5 countries. The 15 players were selected from “Sprite Slam” camps that were directed by current and former NBA players Hasheem Thabeet (Tanzania), Steve Smith and Marty Conlon (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), and Horace Grant (Angola, Mozambique). Read the rest of this entry →

Basketball turn around plan on track!!

September 14, 2010 in News

Basketball South Africa held a successful Annual General meeting on the 11th- 12thSeptember 2010 in Johannesburg. The meeting was an important platform for us to review the progress made by the federation since the new Board was elected in October 2008. Read the rest of this entry →

SA U18′s missing out on Afrobasket Zone 6 qualifiers

May 15, 2010 in News

In terms of worldwide basketball, FIBA AfricaSouthern African countries fall into FIBA’s “Zone 6 classification”. There are 10 countries included in Zone 6, namely South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

On the global stage, this represents SA’s first step into international competition, so we should be using every opportunitiy to field teams and increase our international experience and exposure.

FIBA Afrique and Basketball in Africa reported this week about the Zone 6 U18 qualifiers being postponed – they were scheduled to start this weekend (15 May 2010) but have moved to 31 May to 4 June.

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World Championships 2010 – Team Angola

April 18, 2010 in News

2010 FIBA WOrld ChampionshipsThe Angolan national team has come a long way since being the first team to face the invincible “Dream Team” at the 1992 Olympic Games. Although Angola finished those games with their best ever Olympic finish (10th place), their performance in FIBA and African championships has steadily improved as time has passed.

As the current African champions, they have won 10 of the last 11 Africa Championships, dating all the way back to 1987 (they finished 3rd in 1997 when Senegal won). They also have had the last five tournament MVP titles come their way (currently held by Joaquim Gomes).

The team has been a bit less successful in the FIBA Championships, placing a team-best 10th at the last tournament in 2006 out of 24 teams. However, this is on the back of tremendous growth in the European level of play and highly supportive basketball structures and resources. Read the rest of this entry →

Final results from Ladies African Championship ’09

October 19, 2009 in News, Women in basketball

Last updated results for 18 october 2009:

African championship for ladies 2009 2

Overall standing and result of the final match:

African championship for ladies 2009 3

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