AS Sale, GS Petroliers and US Monastirienne complete FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017 lineup

MONASTIR (FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017) - Three clubs from three North African countries on Thursday completed the 12-team FIBA Africa Champions Cup (ACC) lineup in the Zone 1 qualifiers in the Tunisian city of Monastir.

Despite an 87-85 loss to Algerian champions GS Petroliers, Moroccan side of Association Sportive de Sale advanced to the ACC Finals as winners of the regional tournament with a 4-1 record. 

The Algerians finished in Second-Place thanks to a 4-1mark, and as a result, both clubs secured direct qualification for 2017 edition of FIBA Africa's prime clubs competition.

US Monastirienne conceded a second defeat in five games

Although hosts Union Sportive Monastirienne lost to Moroccan outfit Maghreb Athletic Sportive de FES 77-75, they benefited from a wild card for the Final Round.

Meanwhile, in the Libyan derby, Al Ittihad outscored Al-Nasr 78-60 to return home with a 2-3 mark. 

Final Standings from the FIBA ACC Zone 1 Qualifiers (Monastir, December 2-7): 

AS Sale (Morocco) 4-1
GS Petroliers (Algeria) 4-1
USM (Tunisia) 3-2
Al-Ittihad (Libya) 2-3
MAS (Morocco) 2-3
Al-Nasr (Libya) 0-5

This year's ACC will run from December 11-20 in Rades, on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis.

This is the ACC 2017 lineup: Etoile Sportive Rades (Tunisia), Kano Pillars (Nigeria), Gome Bulls (Nigeria), AS Mazembe (Democratic Republic of Congo), New Generation (DR Congo), City Oilers (Uganda), Interclube de Luanda (Angola), Sport Libolo e Benfica (Angola), Ferroviario da Beira* (Mozambique), Union Sportive Monastirienne* (Tunisia), Association Sportive Sale (Morocco) and Groupment Sportive Petroliers (Algeria).

*Recipient of wild cards. 

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