2023-10-24 23:26:56
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The Amazon 3×3 basketball players receiving their trophy
It’s already the end of the sporting event which mobilized basketball enthusiasts at the Eya community center in Cotonou throughout the past weekend. A dream moment for the African teams to garner the maximum number of points first through Stop 8, then to qualify for the Manama Master (for men) qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this initiative from Dreals Paris was crowned two teams including one from Benin.
Indeed, Les Amazones 3×3 have supplanted the tournament. Winner of stage 8, they also won the final of the professional African 3×3 Basketball league – African Quest 2023, organized by Dreals Paris in partnership with FIBB and the Beninese Federation. Opposed to X2L_Frek’s (Togo), Véronica Gbènakpon Kéïta, Irville Béhanzin, Hamdyath Orou and Imelda Dahassounou showed their mastery of the game by winning 14-06. It was Sunday October 22. And the players who make up this training are delighted. “Regarding our game, we noticed that we played for each other. That is to say, we played collectively. And that’s what allowed us to win. It’s true that at the beginning, we fumbled a bit. But with enthusiasm and measure, we corrected it with the advice of the coaches,” analyzed Irvile Béhanzin, Amazones 3×3 player. For her part, Véronica Kéita, captain of the Amazones 3×3 and Mvp of the tournament, thanked her teammates for the laudatory journey. “We won stop 8 in Cotonou after which we finished champion. It’s a great satisfaction. We will try to work even harder to produce better than that. Because we know we can give more,” she announced.
In addition to the Beninese, there are the Togolese who emerged as big winners in the men’s category. The young people of Famous from Togo are crowned by dominating (15-13) during the final postponed to Monday October 23, 2023 (due to bad weather) the Beninese team Wolves. Famous from Togo qualifies for the Master, FIBA World Tour in Manama. The Togolese will represent the African continent at this 3×3 basketball event. The captain of the Togolese team, Komla Mawunyo Banka, says he is proud of this opportunity. “We are beyond moved. Allow me to thank Dreals Paris who thought about Africa. Qualified for the Manama Master, we will show that Africa is no exception in 3×3 basketball. It is also an opportunity to put Togo back on the basketball page,” underlined Komla Mawunyo Banka, Captain Famous Togo.
General Director of Dreals Paris, Jean-Marc Aloumon, recalled that the purpose of its structure in the short and medium term is to facilitate the qualification of African selections for official FIBA 3×3 competitions “with the Games in mind. Paris 2024 Olympics.
Anselme HOUENOUKPO
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