#Afrobasket women: Lautié delivers 12 players

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While the Afrobasket starts in less than 5 days in Dakar, we know the list of 12 players who will defend the colors of Mali during the 10 days of competition.

The 26th edition of FIBA ​​Women AfroBasket will take place in Dakar, Senegal from August 9 to 18, 2019. Mali returns to the land of its first continental rite, it was 12 years ago in Dakar. For the occasion, the coach Silvain Lautié delivered a list of 12 players who will defend the colors of Mali. Of the 12 players present in 2017 at home, there are only five old, namely Nassira Traore, Touti Gandega, Aissata B Maiga and captain Meiya Tirera and Mariam Coulibaly (generation FIBAU19 2015).

We find a very rejuvenated group with the arrival of players passed by different generations of national youth teams in Mali. They are players like Djénéba Ndiaye, MVP Fiba U16 2013 and U18 2015 who already participated in an African Cup in 2015 with the national team and Kadidja Maiga both players are from the generation FIBAU19 2015, Adama Coulibaly, Assetou Diakité and Rokia Doumbia (generation FIBAU19 2017). There is a rise in the number of players from the national youth teams, 6 players out of 12 present. All his young players are chmapionnes from Africa U18 and have the experience of a U19 World Cup played between 2015 and 2017. The list is completed by the arrival of a news, passed by the team of France U15, very skilful and outdoor shooter, this is the young player of 22 years Goundo Diallo, trained at Tango Bourges Basket, passed by the women’s league 2 at the Basketball Club Saint Paul de Reze and who has just signed at Sainte Savine Basket NF1 .

The official list of 12 Malian players for Afrobasket:
TOUTY GANDÉGA (ANGERS, FRANCE), KOUTA CAMARA (FRANCE), GOUNDO DIALLO (STE SAVINE BASKET, FRANCE), MEIYA TIRERA (VALENCIA BC, SPAIN), MARIAM ALOU COULIBALY (LANDERNEAU BRETAGNE BASKET, FRANCE), KADIDIA MAIGA (DAKAR UNIVERSITY CLUB , SENEGAL), ADAM COULIBALY (ST LOUIS BASKET CLUB, SENEGAL), ROKIA DOUMBIA (ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS BASKETBALL, USA), DJÉNÉBA N’DIAYE (MOROCCO), ASSÉTOU DIAKITÉ (MALIAN STADIUM, MALI), NASSIRA TRAORE (FRANCE), AISSATA B MAIGA (AS POLICE, MALI).

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