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Algeria announce list of selectable players during FIBA Africa U16 Championship training camp

ALGIERS (FIBA Africa U16 Championship 2017) - The FIBA Africa U16 Championship starts this week in Mauritius, and Algeria have made public a list of selectable players for the event.

Here are the 17 pre-selected players for the 12-team continental event taking place in Mauritius from .

Algeria 17-player preliminary squad for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017
Mehodi Bellil Adem Benabdellah Bouzid Bendali Riyad Benhaddouche
Abdelmalek Benzidoun Amine Bouarifi Amir Bouzidi Ziad Chenieff
Abdelhamid-Fatih Dahman Sofiane Gadaoui  Rabat Griene Nadji Hadji
Nadir Hifi Adel Mellak Moussad Thouri Macyl Ahmed Zaid
Adam Zitouni      

Algeria claimed a third-place finish at the 2015 edition of the tournament in Mali.

The FIBA Africa U16 Championship serves as a qualifier for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018, with the finalists in Mauritius qualifying for next year's 16-team world event in Argentina.   

The teams competing in Mauritius include the host nation, Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tunisia.

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