Nizar Knioua (born June 8, 1983) is a Tunisian professional
basketball
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player.
Pro career
Knioua has played pro club basketball with
Stade Nabeulien
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and
Club Africain
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in the
Tunisian Basketball League
The Championnat Pro A (formerly known as the Championnat National A (CNA)) is the highest tier professional basketball league in Tunisia. The league is organised by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). Established in 1956, the league currently ...
.
Tunisian national team
Knioua was a member of the senior men's
Tunisian national basketball team
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that finished third at the
2009 FIBA Africa Championship
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, to qualify for the country's first
FIBA World Championship
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. Providing depth off the bench, Knioua scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, while playing in eight games for the Tunisians during the tournament. He has also competed for the Tunisians in the
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 citi ...
.
References
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1983 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Point guards
Olympic basketball players for Tunisia
Stade Nabeulien basketball players
Tunisian men's basketball players
Shooting guards
Étoile Sportive du Sahel basketball players
People from Nabeul
2010 FIBA World Championship players
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia
Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
21st-century Tunisian people