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    ANG - Guangzhou: Angola finish fourth

    GUANGZHOU (2011 International Tournament of Guangzhou) - The Angolan national senior male’s basketball team lost on Tuesday to China by 54-62 in the third and last round of the International tournament of Guangzhou. With this result, Angola lost the chance to occupy the third position and thus win the bronze medal. In the first half, Angola was ...

    GUANGZHOU (2011 International Tournament of Guangzhou) - The Angolan national senior male’s basketball team lost on Tuesday to China by 54-62 in the third and last round of the International tournament of Guangzhou.

    With this result, Angola lost the chance to occupy the third position and thus win the bronze medal.

    In the first half, Angola was already losing to China by 21-40.

    This is the third international tournament that the Angola are competing ahead of their participation in the African Cup of Nations in basketball (Afrobasket2011), to be played on 17-28 August in Antananarivo city in Madagascar.

    The Angolan are leaving China on Tuesday for Antananarivo, where they will defend the African title in Afrobasket2011, together with Senegal, Morocco and Chad.

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