Basketball in Africa

The Qualifications for the U18 African basketball cup of nations for zone 1was hosted by Morocco in the period between (26th \ July - 1st \ August ) , the home team managed to clinch the top spot and qualify to the to the final rounds of the championship to be held from october 16-25 in Alexandria , Egypt.

The U18 Libyan national team headed to morocco with Neven Filip Luetic (Serbia) as the head coach and a list of 12 players :

Name Club
Younis Agloli Hilal
Malek Derwish Shabab
Abdalla Shalabi Wahda
Jamal Ali Hamad Moroj
Sasi Fezani Madina
Ala Agila Madina
Abdulwahed Geryani Hilal
Sedeq Kshlaf Madina
Taher Zawie Ittihad
Maruan Farhat Madina
Yousef Shwehdi Nasr
Hamza Solah Yarmook

Although the team did not qualify to the finals but they managed to play close and equal games with their level developing each match they play , Although the absence of the two best players and a short preparation time Coach Neven Filip Luetic did his best to make the Libyan National team play with good level.

Qualification Results :

first Leg:
Morocco - Libya 49-39
Tunisia - Libya 100-55
Algeria - Libya 74-65

Second Leg :
Libya - Morocco 60-69
Libya - Tunisia 43-75
Libya - Algeria 61-67