CONAKRY (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers) - Guinea's Alpha Aguibou Diallo has retired from the national team.

The announcement was made on Thursday by the Secretary-General of the Guinean Basketball Federation  Oumar Camara-Sampil. 

The 6ft11in (2.10m) center represented his country at FIBA AfroBasket 2017 and in the second-leg of Group A of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers last month in Tunisia.

Guinea were eliminated from the contention for a spot in next year's World Cup in China after losing all their six games against Tunisia, Chad and Cameroon.

The 25-year-old last played for Kavala Basketball Union in Greece's second-tier League.  

"He brought his experience and contributed to the development of Guinean Basketball, and we thank him for his patriotism," Camara noted.

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