# Coupe du monde FIBAU19 : les 15 du Mali sélectionnés pour la compétition

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The coach of the U19 boys of Mali has selected 15 players who will defend the colors of Mali at the FIBA ​​U19 World Cup to be held in Latvia from July 3 to 11, 2021.

Mali should be among the favorites for this 2021 edition following their incredible 2019 run, becoming the first African nation to reach a basketball world cup final in all categories. The country finished in second place in the tournament in 2019, losing the final to the United States (93-79).

1-Allaye Togo (As police)
2- Abdramane A Kanoute (As Réal)
3-Cherif M Kanoute (USA)
4-Bourama Coulibaly (Attar)
5-Tamadjan Y Konaté (As Mandé)
6-Abdoul A Camara (Attar)
7-Hinda Mady Tounkara (As Réal)
8-DEMBELE Kalilou Ladji (Spain)
9-Doumbia Mamady (Mande)
10-Modibo Diaby (Romania)
11-Fousseny Traoré (USA)
12-Oumar Ballo (USA)
13SouleymaneTraoré (Spain)
14-Sékou Kalé (Florida)
15-Mohamed Sidibé (France)

The Malian team took off Wednesday night from Bamako to join Latvia and will start their competition against a big hunk, Australia on Saturday July 3, 2021 at the Riga Olympic Center.

Mali finds two old acquaintances of the 2019 edition in Group D namely Australia and the United States with Turkey in Daugavpils and Riga from July 3 to 11.
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