The 2011

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for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 2nd U-16

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championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2012 World Cup. The tournament was held from July 8–16 in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

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, contested by 8 national teams and won by

. The tournament qualified the winner for the 2012 U17 World Championship.

Squads

Format

*The 8 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round. *Round robin for the preliminary round. *From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

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;5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Egypt roster

Ahmed Elsayed Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

, Ahmed Elmoslly, Ahmed Soliman, Amr Nabil,

Anas Mahmoud Anas Osama Mahmoud ( ar, أنس أسامة محمود; born May 9, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player who plays for Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball at the University of ...

Ehab Amin Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player for Al Ahly. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading t ...

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, Omar Abdeen, Omar Elmanestrly,

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, Wessam Emad, Ziad Nabil, Coach: Youssef Rafik

Awards

All-Tournament Team * G

MVP * PG Omar Abdeen * F

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* PF Wessam Emad * C Helton Ubisse

External links

Official Website

References

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