{"id":87925,"date":"2025-08-13T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/afrobasket-2025-coach-pep-claros-defines-squad"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:25:08","slug":"afrobasket-2025-coach-pep-claros-defines-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/afrobasket-2025-coach-pep-claros-defines-squad","title":{"rendered":"Afrobasket 2025 &#8211; Coach Pep Clar\u00f3s Defines Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Angola coach Pep Claro\u0301s announced on Monday (11) the 12 players he will use in the 31st Edition of the African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket2025), kicking off on Tuesday (12) in the provinces of Luanda and Namibe.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From the group of 15 athletes who completed the training stage in July in Spain, German Ali Obama evolving at Avenida Club of Spain, Marcelo Joa\u0303o (1o de Agosto), and Ada\u0303o Francisco (Vila Clotilde) were left out.<\/p>\n<p>The final list consists of:<\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Francisco (Benfica of Portugal), Bruno Fernando (Real Madrid of Spain), Si\u0301lvio Sousa (Aris BC of Greece), Keven Kokila (JL Bourg-En-Bresse of France), Gilson Bango (Fenerbahc\u0327e of Turkey), Joa\u0303o Fernandes (Sporting of Portugal).<\/p>\n<p>The group is completed by Aboubakar Gakou (Petro de Luanda), Macachi Braz (Corun\u0303a Basket of Spain), Milton Valente (1o de Agosto), Selton Miguel (Maryland Terrapins NCAA-USA), Gelson Gonc\u0327alves (Aix Maurienne Savoie of France), and Childe Dunda\u0303o (Petro de Luanda).<\/p>\n<p>The National Team is in Group C, based in Namibe Province and faces Libya on Tuesday (12), for the 1st round (7:00 PM) at the Kilamba Pavilion (Luanda), after the opening ceremony of the continental event.<\/p>\n<p>Angola has won 11 titles, with the last one being in 2013 in Abidjan, Co\u0302te d&#8217;Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The Angola coach Pep Claro\u0301s announced on Monday (11) the 12 players he will use in the 31st Edition of the African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket2025), kicking off on Tuesday (12) in the provinces of Luanda and Namibe. 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