Nigeria, Madagascar dominate FIBA 3X3 at All African Games 2019
RABAT (Morocco) - Nigeria's dominance of basketball continues to go from strength to strength, and the All-African Games 2019 just served to confirmed.
A week after winning the 2019 edition of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket, Nigeria women's team 21-20 triumph over Mali in Sunday's final meant their first-ever Basketball 3X3 trophy at the All Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Congrats to the women’s 3x3 basketball team for winning gold medal at the ongoing All African Games.
— BballNaija (@BballNaija) August 25, 2019
They defeated Mali 21-20 in the finals.
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The Nigerians reached the Championship Game on the back of knock-out games against Egypt (21-9) , Kenya (16-6).
Meanwhile their rivals Mali outclassed Uganda (21-16) and DR Congo (21-17) for the thriller final.
Their men's counterpart replicated their success by beating Mali 20-19 in the nerve-racking Third-Place Game.
In a historic more, Madagascar made a statement of their growth, basketball wise, by outscoring Egypt 21-19 and claim the tournament game.
Final Standings
Men:
1. Madagascar
2. Egypt
3. Nigeria
4. Mali
5. Angola
6. Democratic Republic of Congo
7. Equatorial Guinea
8. Morocco
9. Kenya
10. Niger
Women:
1.Nigeria
2.Mali
3.DR Congo
4.Kenya
5. Uganda
6.Tunisia
7.Egypt
8.Gambia
9. Morocco
10. Ethiopia
11.Niger
12. Equatorial Guinea
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