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2007 FIBA Africa Championship
AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cities of Benguela, Cabinda (city), Cabinda, Huambo and Lubango. Angola national basketball team, Angola won its fifth consecutive African championship and ninth overall by beating Cameroon national basketball team, Cameroon 86-72 in the championship game. Cape Verde national basketball team, Cape Verde won the bronze medal game over Egypt national basketball team, Egypt. Angola qualified for the Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing whereas Cameroon and Cape Verde qualified for the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Angola's Joaquim Gomes claimed the tournament's Most Valuable Player award. Venues Qualification Squads Prelimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamza Ruhezamihigo
Rwanda men's national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Rwanda in international competitions. It is administered by the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA) Rwanda has yet to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but has qualified for the AfroBasket six times. Before 2000, Team Rwanda was virtually unknown to most basketball fans worldwide. Since the mid-2000s however, the team slowly but surely has made a name for itself. Team Rwanda has emerged as a major force in East Africa and has qualified for the AfroBasket, Africa's prime basketball event, four times in a row between 2007 and 2013. At the AfroBasket 2021 on home soil, Rwanda beat Angola, winner of ten AfroBasket editions between 1989 and 2013. The victory was cosidered an enourmous achievement of the national team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modibo Niakaté
Modibo Niakaté (born 26 March 1981) is a French-Malian basketball player. He played for the Mali national basketball team. Niakaté played college basketball for Cleveland State, before playing professionally in France, Czech Republic and Germany. Niakaté was the top scorer of AfroBasket 2007 AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the ci ..., where he averaged 21.8 points per game. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Niakate, Modibo 1981 births Living people Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players BC Orchies players Chorale Roanne Basket players Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball players Élan Chalon players French expatriate basketball people in the United States French men's basketball players French sportspeople of Malian descent Limoges CSP players Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola National Basketball Team
, oly_appearances = 5 , oly_medals = , wc_appearances = 7 , wc_medals = , zone_championship = AfroBasket , zone_appearances = 21 , zone_medals = ''Gold:'' (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) ''Silver:'' (1983, 1985, 2011, 2015) ''Bronze:'' (1987, 1997) , h_pattern_b= , h_body= FFFFFF , h_shorts= FFFFFF , h_pattern_s= , a_pattern_b= , a_body= DD0000 , a_shorts= DD0000 , a_pattern_s= , h_title=Home , a_title=Away The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the ''Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup. History Angola made its first official match against Nigeria, under coach Victorino Cunha on 1 February 1976, having lost 62–71. International competitions Angola has competed in many international competitions, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Gomes
Joaquim Brandão Gomes, also known as "Kikas", (born December 23, 1980) is a retired Angolan professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Germany and the Netherlands. A in height, 100 kg (220 pounds) in weight center-power forward, Gomes was a stand out at Valparaiso University in Indiana, United States, where he played from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, he won the German basketball cup with RheinEnergie Köln. He also played for his country's national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 FIBA World Championship, FIBA Africa Championship 2007. He retired in 2017 at the age of 36, and was appointed sporting director at his longtime club 1º de Agosto. College career Gomes played college basketball in the United States for Valparaiso. He had a career-high 23 points in the final of the Mid-Continent Conference tournament in the Crusaders' 75–70 win over IUPUI on March 9, 2004. Professional career Petro de Luanda (1998–2000) Gomes started his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Lutonda
Miguel Pontes Timóteo Lutonda, 186 cm/´6'1", 78 kg/72 lbs, (born December 24, 1971) is a retired Angolan professional basketball point guard. For two consecutive years: 2001 and 2002, he received the Angola Sportsman of the Year Award. He is a two-time FIBA Africa Championship MVP, having won such title in 2001 and 2003. He was also voted MVP at the 2003 Angolan league. On October 17, 2012, Lutonda played his last official match for Primeiro de Agosto, in a game against Recreativo do Libolo for the Victorino Cunha Cup. At the end of the game, his 14 jersey was retired by Primeiro de Agosto. Career as a Player Lutonda represented Angola at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics with the Angola national basketball team , oly_appearances = 5 , oly_medals = , wc_appearances = 7 , wc_medals = , zone_championship = AfroBasket , zone_appearances = 21 , zone_medals = ''Gold:'' (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) ''Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Muzadi
Victor Muzadi (born 22 June 1978 in Gabon) is a retired Angolan professional basketball player. A former member of the Angola national basketball team, Muzadi took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 World basketball championships in Indianapolis 2004 Summer Olympics, FIBA Africa Championship 2005 and at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007. He last played for Angolan side ASA at the Angolan basketball league BAI Basket. Personal Born in Gabon in 1978, Muzadi's family left the country as refugees, moving to Angola. Professional Muzadi began his professional career at Primeiro de Agosto, where he played from 1998 to 2006. He then joined Petro Atlético, where he played until 2008. In 2005, Muzadi played for the Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ... in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olímpio Cipriano
Olímpio Cipriano (born 9 April 1982) is an Angolan basketball player who currently plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team.Player Profile FIBA.com A guard, he has been one of the most decorated basketball players in Angolan history, having won 12 Angolan Leagues and 11 Angolan Cups in his career. Born in , Cipriano represented the |
Robert Thomson (basketball)
Robert Thomson (born January 28, 1982) is a Rwandan-American former basketball player currently playing for CS Gaz Metan Mediaş of the Romanian Basketball League. He is a member of the Rwanda men's national basketball team. Born in Pennsylvania, Thomson graduated from Saucon Valley High School in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. He played college basketball at Fairfield University. Thomson moved to Rwanda in 2006 after graduating from Fairfield and playing two years of professional basketball in Hungary and Italy. Thomson later received a Rwandan passport and was a member of the Rwanda team that finished ninth at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship and the 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... that qualified for the first African championship in Rwandan history. Thomso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+1
UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time ** British Summer Time **Irish Standard Time Central European Time (Northern Hemisphere winter) ''Principal cities: Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Rome, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Warsaw, Prague, Zagreb, Budapest, Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna, Luxembourg City, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Bern, Zurich, Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Valletta, Monte Carlo, Podgorica, Skopje, San Marino, Dogana, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Vatican City, Monaco, Monaco-Ville, Westside'' Europe Central Europe *Albania *Andorra *Austria *Belgium *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Croatia *Czech Republic *Denmark *France ( Metropolitan) *Germany *Hungary *Italy *Kosovo *Liechtenstein *Luxembourg *Malta *Monaco *Montenegro *Netherlands *North Macedonia *Norway ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavilhão Do Tafe
Pavilhão do Tafe is an indoor sporting arena located in Cabinda, Angola. The arena, built on the occasion of the 2007 Afrobasket, alongside the Pavilhão Acácias Rubras in Benguela, Pavilhão N.Sra do Monte in Huíla and the Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem in Huambo, has a 2,000-seat capacity. See also * Pavilhão Acácias Rubras * Pavilhão N.Sra do Monte * Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem The Pavilhão Serra Van-Dunem is an Angolan indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Huambo. The arena, built on the occasion of the FIBA Africa Championship 2007, 2007 Afrobasket, along with the Pavilhão Acácias Rubras in Benguela, Pavi ... References Cabinda Cabinda Province Basketball venues in Angola {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavilhão Nossa Senhora Do Monte
The Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte or N. Sra do Monte (in English: ''Our Lady of the Hill'') is an Angolan indoor sporting arena located in Lubango, Huíla. The arena, built on the occasion of the 2007 Afrobasket, along with the Pavilhão Acácias Rubras in Benguela, Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem in Huambo and the Pavilhão do Tafe in Cabinda, has a 2,000-seat capacity. See also * Pavilhão Acácias Rubras * Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem * Pavilhão do Tafe References Lubango Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in 2022. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola af ... Buildings and structures in Lubango Basketball venues in Angola {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem
The Pavilhão Serra Van-Dunem is an Angolan indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Huambo. The arena, built on the occasion of the FIBA Africa Championship 2007, 2007 Afrobasket, along with the Pavilhão Acácias Rubras in Benguela, Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Pavilhão N.Sra do Monte in Huíla Province, Huíla and the Pavilhão do Tafe in Cabinda (city), Cabinda, has a 2,010-seat capacity. See also * Pavilhão Acácias Rubras * Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Pavilhão N.Sra do Monte * Pavilhão do Tafe References Indoor arenas in Angola, Huambo Huambo Province {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
