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Who will win the FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017? It's Final Day

RADES (FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017) – There will be a new FIBA Africa Champions Cup (ACC) winner as Morocco's Association Sportive Sale and Tunisia's Etoile Sportive Rades face off in Wednesday's Final in Rades, on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis.

While hosts Etoile Sportive Rades return to the ACC Final for the first time since 2014, the Moroccans - who claimed a Third-Place last year - have made it to the Championship Game for the first time in their history.

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It's hard to predict the winner as both teams share more similarities than differences as the numbers suggest.

Association Sportive Rades reached the Final averaging 90 points, 38 rebounds and 24 assists per game.

The Tunisians, on the other hand,  averaged 87 points, 39 rebounds and 21 assists per contest. 

Tunisians and Moroccans faced stiff opposition in Semi-Finals, knocking off Union Sportive Monastir and Libolo respectively.

This is a rematch of last week's Group A highly-anticipated game, in which the Moroccans prevailed 78-71. 

And both teams have proven to be the most dominant in the competition, reaching the Final with a 6-1 record apiece. 

Throughout the tournament, Morocco international Abderrahim Najah maintained that they were on a mission of becoming the 2017 number one team in the tournament, no matter what.

Najah who has averaged 18.6 points per game and 8.2 rebound is expected to play a key role with other notable teammates such as Abdelhakim Zouita, Arnold Wayne and Soufiane Kourodu set to provide the needful support.

"We are tired of finishing third and our desire this time is not only to make it to the Final which is an improvement but to lift the trophy and become number one in Africa," Najah said in reference to his team's three ACC Third-Places accomplished in 2010, 2011 and 2016.

Meanwhile, Etoile Sportive Rades are banking on a team play and homecourt advantage to outwit the Moroccans.

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