Afrobasket: Tunisia Is Africa Champions topples Nigeria

Hosts Tunisia claimed their second FIBA AfroBasket title after beating Nigeria’s D’Tigers 77-
65 in Saturday’s final match in Tunis.

Zied Chennoufi led the way with a team-high 19 points in winning the title.

Nigeria’s Ike Diogu logged a game-high 20 points but his effort was not good enough to avoid defeat for the Nigerian side who were the defending champions.

Diogu: MVP winner

Earlier in the day, Senegal had claimed the last spot on the podium, after seeing off Morocco 73-62 in the third-place game.

Diogu was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), headlining the All-Star Five Awards offered by Tissot.

He was joined by Ikenna Iroegbu(Nigeria); Mohamed Hadidane (Tunisia),Mourad El Mabrouk (Tunisia) and Gorgui Dieng(Senegal).

Champions coach Mario Palma was also a winner on the last day. He has won the title with #Angola, and now Tunisia.