Mohamed Abbassi (born 28 March 1991) is a Tunisian

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player who plays for US Monastir of the Tunisian

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and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He previously played for several other sides in Tunisia.

Professional career

Abbassi played in the

2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The 2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (28th edition), is an international basketball tournament held in Sousse, Tunisia from December 12 to 21, 2013. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Étoile Sportive du Sahel ...

where he averaged 8.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He also played in the

2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The 2014 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (29th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in La Goulette, Tunisia from December 11 to 20, 2014. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Club Africain was co ...

where he averaged 15.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. He also played in the 2014 Fiba Africa Champions Cup, he was part of the team that defeated the Angolan side C.D. Primeiro de Agosto 86–82 in the Final to win the Championship. In 2015, he participated in the 2015 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Club Competition where he averaged 15.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He also participated in the

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with the Tunisian side ES Radès where he averaged 6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1 assist per game. In the 2020–21 season, Abbassi played for Ezzahra Sports. Since 2021, he is on the roster of US Monastir. On 28 May 2022, Abbassi won the 2022 BAL championship with the club.

National team career

Abbassi played at the 2015 Afrobasket championship with the

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where he averaged 3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. He participated in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. He also represented the

at the

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 FIBA World Ch ...

in China where he averaged 1 point, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.

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