As it was expected, Egypt, the first candidate, and Tunisia qualified for the final of the Arab Junior Basketball Championship U16 hosted by Jordan, after their victory over Algeria and Jordan in the semi-final round. While the Egyptian team mission was very easy and it was ended by its victory 88/45, It was very different at the top of the excitement that brought together the owners of the land and Tunisia, which resulted in the latter winning by two baskets in the first extra time 72/68 after the original time ended in a tie 63/63 where the owners of the land advanced in the first quarter 21/18, while the second quarter ended in favor of the Tunisians 20/6, so Jordan advanced after that in the third quarter 24/12, then Tunisia in the fourth quarter, by a point difference of 13/12, so that the original time ended in a tie, and the two teams resorted to extra time that ended in favor of Tunisia 9/5. This value victory refers to the Tunisian star Hamza Masrouj who scored 23 points.
The first game ended in favor of Egypt, and its periods were as follows:
20/8, 20/15, 27/12, and 21/10. The highest score went to the Algerian player, Ayman Bilal, with 19 points. The two winner teams will meet on next Monday to determine the Champion after the golden medal game of female juniors.
On the other hand, the losing teams matches between Jordan and Algeria will be held this Sunday evening in the junior category to determine the bronze medal winner, and the same teams will also be in the female junior category to determine the bronze winner.
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