Promising star Rassil added to Tunisia's final roster
TUNIS (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - Mohamed Adam Rassil has been selected to help co-hosts Tunisia win this year's FIBA AfroBasket, the country's Basketball Federation confirmed on Thursday.
TUNIS (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - Mohamed Adam Rassil has been selected to help co-hosts Tunisia win this year's FIBA AfroBasket, the country's Basketball Federation confirmed on Thursday.
The 19-year-old small forward, who is described as one of Tunisia's promising talents, has joined six players who featured at the African Championship two years ago on home soil.
It will be Rassil's official debut with the senior team after making a splash across Africa in recent years with the North African country's youth teams.
Last year, for instance, the Nabeul native, ignited Tunisia to a Fourth-Place finish at FIBA U18 African Championship in Kigali, and as a result, he was named to the All-Tournament team.
FIBA U18 African Championship 2016 All-Star Five (from left to right): Bruno Fernandes (ANG), Silvio Sousa (ANG), Mohamed Adam Rassil (TUN), Tarek Mahmoud Raafat (EGY) and Sano Gasana (RWA)
From the original preliminary squad, Mohamed Abassi and Jouadi Jawher failed to make the cut, while the veteran duo of Zied Chennoufi and Radhouane Slimane, who played pivotal roles during FIBA Africa Zone 1 qualifiers against Algeria and Morocco earlier this year, are set to return to the FIBA AfroBasket for the first time since 2013.
| Tunisia final roster for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 | |||
| Omar Abada | Makram Ben Romdhane | Zied Channufi | Mourad El Mabrouk |
| Bechir Hadidane | Mohamed Hadidane | Mokhtar Ghayaza | Nizar Knioua |
| Firas Lahiani | Omar Mouhli | Mohamed Adam Rassil | Radhouane Slimane |
Drawn in Group C, which includes Guinea, Rwanda, and Cameroon, Tunisia will look to win their first African Championship title since 2011.
The 16-team tournament, which Tunisians are co-hosting with Senegal, will run from September 8-16 in Tunis and Dakar respectively.
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