The Ethiopian national under-16 basketball team is governed by the
Ethiopian Basketball Federation
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic language, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን)
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(FTBB).
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Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...
: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር)
It represents the country in international under-16 (under age 16) basketball competitions.
2015 African Championship
The team qualified for the
2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 4th U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketb ...
in
Bamako
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, Mali. There, the team finished 11th. As a debutant, Ethiopia, managed by coach Kasa, beat
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
in their opening game 58-52.
Ethiopia was able to compete well against all other teams except
Tunisia
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. Tunisia won the match 81-53. Ethiopia produced 37 turnovers, which led to 30 points for Tunisia. Ethiopia's
Leul Brhane Tafere finished with 16 points, slightly below his tournament average.
Overall, Ethiopia's player
Leul Brhane Tafere finished as the tournament's top scorer as he achieved 18.5 points per game, ahead of Morocco's
Sami Al Wariachi, who had 16.0 points per game.
Aftermath
Tafere was later selected by the
NBA
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and the world governing body
FIBA
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as one of Africa's top basketball players aged 17 and under.
Embiid, Nowitzki, Porzingis to lead 15th Basketball without Borders Africa
NBA Communications - pr.nba.com, accessed 24 September 2017.
See also
* Ethiopia men's national basketball team
References
External links
Ethiopia
at the FIBA website.
Ethiopia
at Africabasket.com
*
of Ethiopia team participations
Addis Afros Basketball club - supporting Basketball in Ethiopia
{{National sports teams of Ethiopia
Men's national under-16 basketball teams
Basketball teams in Ethiopia
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