Algeria Men Wheelchair Basketball Team won Gold in the IWBF Africa World Cup Qualifiers last night in Johannesburg beating South Africa 77:72 to qualify for Africas only spot in the IWBF 2010 World Championship in Birmingham, England.
The Mandeville Indoor Centre was filled to the brim with spectators and fans. The atmosphere was charged with deafening sounds of the Vuvulzelas. The SASOL boys played their heart out in a closely contested game. The Algerians broke-away in the 2nd quarter leading 52:39 at halftime.
But the Amawheeler boys came back in the last quarter and level things up but failed to covet 4 straight 3pointers giving the Algerians the opportunity to take the lead once again. Even Richard Nortjies 26 points and 10 rebounds could not make the desired difference as Algeria eventually won the match 77:72.
Algeria ended the championship unbeaten having defeated South Africa 71:68 in the opening game.
David Curle and Thandile Zonke scored 19 and 11 points respectively.
Richard Nortjie of South Africa was voted the MVP
At the end of the tournament, the teams classification was as follows:
1. Algeria
2. South Africa
3. Morocco
4. Angola
5. Kenya
6. Zimbabwe
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