Angola name provisional squad for U18 Women's African Championship
LUANDA (FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018) - The Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB) has invited 22 players for a training camp for the FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 in Mozambique
LUANDA (FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018) - The Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB) has invited 22 players for a training camp for the FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 to be held in Mozambique.
The 12-team tournament will run from July 29 - August 5, and the Angolans who finished in Fourth Place two years ago aim to finish on the podium this year.
Former Angolan international Anibal Moreira, who replaced Elisa Pires at the helm of the team, kept eleven players who helped his country finish runners-up in last year's FIBA U16 Women's African Championship in Beira, Mozambique.
Angola head coach Anibal Moreira names a 22-player preliminary squad for the 2018 U18 @FIBA Africa Championship for Women. 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴 pic.twitter.com/TKsafOurYr
— Angolan Basketball (@AngolanBasket) May 30, 2018
Among the preselected players is point guard Cacia Antonio who made it to the FIBA U16 Women's African Championship 2017 All-Tournament team.
| Angola's 22-player preliminary squad for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 | |||
| Nara Andre | Cacia Antonio | Isidora Augusto | Conceicao Caetano |
| Micaela Candido | Nelma Cunha | Alexia Dizeko | Isabel Fernando |
| Julia Malebo Francisco | Tcheuzia Goncalves | Rafaela Henriques | Cristina Joao Lourenco |
| Maria Macedo | Antonia Miguel | Tatiana Miguel | Magda Mussoi |
| Helena Pululo | Maria Quipaca | Antonieta Silva | Marioneth Zage Silva |
| Angelina Teodosio | Maria Yamba | ||
The four-week long training is planned to take place in Luanda.
Mali are the current U18 African champions, and the two finalists of the FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 will represent Africa at next year's FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
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