Malabo 2012 ACCM: Etoile Stake Title Against 11 Other Teams

Defending champion of the Africa Champions Cup for Men Etoile Du Sahel basketball club of Tunisia will begin it title defense against eleven other clubs from across the continent from November 29 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Etoile who won the 2011 title with an 82-60 points’ victory over former champion Primeiro D’Agosto basketball club of Angola in Sale, Morocco will contend with three Angolan sides, Agosto, FIBA Africa Zone-VI qualifiers champion Atletico Petroleos and Clube Recreativo Despotivo D’Libolo of Angola.

Other teams that will battle for the title include AL-Ittihad and Al Alhy of Egypt; Abidjan Basket Club of Cote d’Ivoire; Kano Pillars basketball club of Nigeria; ASB Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo; Manga basketball club of Gabon; Espoir of Rwanda and Mongomo basketball club of Equatorial Guinea.

 The 2012 edition of the last championship on the calendar of FIBA Africa will hold between November 29 through December 8, 2012, the twelve teams will be divided into two groups of six teams each with the host Mongomo topping group-A while the defending champion Etoile Du Sahel will leading five other teams to make up group-B.

Hostility will begin on November 29 through December with December 2 fixed as res day for the teams, another rest day will be observed on December 5 after the conclusion of preliminary games while the remaining three days of the championship (December 6-8) will witness more fire-works as the quarter-finals, semi-finals and grand finale are expected to be held with the top-4 teams from each group advancing to the quarter-final stage. --