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2000 ABC Champions Cup
The ABC Champions Cup 2000 was the 11th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between May 14 to 21, 2000. The reigning champions Sagesse from the hosts were the first team to successfully defended their title in this annual tournament. Preliminary round Group A Group B Knockout round Semifinals Finals Final standings Awards *Most Valuable Player: Elie Mechantaf (Sagesse) *Most Valuable Coach: Ghassan Sarkis (Sagesse) *Best Rebounder: Assane N'Diaye (Sagesse) *Best Three Point Shooter: Sherell Ford (Al-Ittihad) *Best Defender: Mohammad Acha (Sagesse) *Best Scorer: Sherell Ford (Sagesse) *Best Sixth Man: Bader Makki (Sagesse) *Best Sportsmanship: Assane N'Diaye (Sagesse) *Fair Play: Al-Manama Referenceswww.asianbasketball.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie Mechantaf
Elie Mechantaf ( ar, إيلي مشنتف; born in Beirut, Lebanon on October 5, 1970) is a retired Lebanese professional basketball player. He started his basketball career in the Cypriot Basketball League, before becoming the captain of the Lebanese Hekmeh BC (Sagesse) basketball club, winning the Lebanese Championship for 6 consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2004. Mechantaf was also the team captain of the Lebanon men's national basketball team, Lebanon National Basketball Team from 2000 to 2006, also taking part in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. He retired in 2008. Now Mchantaf is encouraging basketball in Lebanon through founding his own official club M13 (Mchantaf #13 ). Career Mechantaf was born in Abra (East Saida), the son of Rafiq and Samia Mechantaf. He studied in the South in Saidoun High School, then moved to Beirut and later to Italy where he lived a whole year. Back in Beirut, he studied at College CIT for two years. Then he joined Notre Dame Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |