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The nation’s pride “Sasol Amawheelies” jetted off on Sunday evening, 04 June 2017 to this year’s Men’s U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship taking place from June 08-16 in Toronto, Ontario Canada - to represent the entire African continent.
The International tournament featuring over 400 athletes, coaches, officials, delegates, and volunteers; 42 games over eight days of competition and World-class athletes representing 12 nations; will showcase the elite skill and athleticism that make wheelchair basketball a thrilling spectator sport and one of the most popular sports for athletes with a disability in the world.
“The qualification tournaments for the U23 World Championships in each zone were extremely competitive, I would like to congratulate all the nations that have qualified,” said IWBF President Ulf Mehrens. “I’m really proud to have representation from all of our zones at the Championships. This is a real showcase for our young talented wheelchair basketball athletes and I am in no doubt we are set for some high quality action. These Championships really exhibit how much junior programs within wheelchair basketball have grown and developed in the past 20 years.”
