Mozambique call up 16 players for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers
MAPUTO (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - Two weeks after being re-appointed head coach of Mozambique men’s national team, Milagre Macome has selected 16 players for the preparations of the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone
MAPUTO (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - Two weeks after being re-appointed head coach of Mozambique's men's national team, Milagre Macome has selected 16 players for the preparations of the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers.
Without making significant changes, Macome - who last coached his country at FIBA AfroBasket 2013 - kept nine of the 12 players who featured at FIBA AfroBasket 2015 in Tunisia.
| Mozambique 16-player preliminary roster for FIBA AfroBasket Zone 6 Qualifiers | |||
| Baggio Chimondzo | Inelcio Chire | David Canivete Junior | Pio Matos Junior |
| Octavio Magolico | Hugo Martins | Amarildo Matos | Augusto Matos |
| Edson Monjane | Ismael Nurmamad | Custodio Muchate | Dercio Mula |
| Ermelindo Novela | Orlando Novela | Manuel Uamusse | Helton Ubisse |
Mozambique will do battle in Zone 6 Group H against rivals Botswana, hosts Zimbabwe and Seychelles in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare from March 19-25. The team that comes out on top will earn a place in the Final Round of this year’s FIBA AfroBasket taking place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (August 19-30).
Macome was in charge of Mozambique at FIBA AfroBasket 2013
The qualifiers will be played in a round-robin format with each team taking on its three opponents.
The team that finishes second in Group H will have a second chance of advancing to Brazzaville by taking on the second-placed team of Group G, which consists of Zambia, Angola, Madagascar and South Africa.
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