Athletistic/Basketball. On November 22, the opening match of the Friendship Cup tournament took place at the Basket Hall stadium in Moscow. Russia – Africa”, in which the Russian team beat Tunisia with a score of 81:73 (13:15; 20:13; 16:21; 18:18; OT 14:6).

Russia:

Astapkovich – 19, Gankevich – 13, Lopatin – 11, Martyuk – 10, Shcherbenev – 9, Belenitsky – 7, Yemchenko – 6, Khomenko – 4, Konovalov – 2, Petenev, Svinin, Gerasimov

Tunisia:

Abada – 19, Lakheni – 19, Marnaoui – 13, Shennoufi – 6, Slimane – 5, Ghannouni – 4, Djawadi – 4, Mathneni – 2, Gyaza – 1, Jaziri, Ben Romdan, Addami

The best player of the Russian team was Anton Astapkovich, who scored 19 points, made five rebounds and seven assists. Alexander Gankevich had a double-double with 13 points, 15 rebounds and two assists. Andrey Lopatin (11 points) and Andrey Martyuk (10 points) also scored.

Feras Laheni scored for Tunisia, scoring 19 points, grabbing seven rebounds and an assist.

Three teams are participating in the tournament: the national teams of Russia, Tunisia and Libya. Tunisia is the winner of the last two AfroBaskets (2017 and 2021), winning all 12 matches of these tournaments. The team currently sits 37th in the world rankings, ahead of European teams like Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Hungary.

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