Sixteen teams from 53 federations gathered at the University of Antanana- rivo in Madagascar from August 17 to 28 to battle for the continental title and a spot to the London 2012. Participants were – Madagascar, Angola, Tunisia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Mali, Morocco, Central African Republic (C.A.R), Chad, Mo- zambique, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Egypt and South Africa. The 16 teams were split into four groups of four each, playing the prelimi- naries against each other before the knockout stage. At the end of the group confrontations the same teams faced off again in the round of 16, with eight emerging for the quarterfinals, after which four made it to the semis, with defending champions Angola stopping inspiring Nigeria 76-68 and Tunisia edging past Ivory Coast 60-73. The final surprisingly opposed Tunisia to giants Angola – a team that has won every edition since 1989 except in 1997- and previews flooded in fa- vour of the Palancas Negras, however, they eventually bowed to the North Africans 67-56 to relinquish their continental title and miss the chance of representing the continent at the Olympic Games.


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