AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY
'Sports is our Business'
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • Radio
  • TV

Cossa ruled out, Sengo steps in for Mozambique

7/25/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Mozambique vs Algeria - 2014 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship

MAPUTO (AfroBasket Women 2015) - Vania Sengo is one of the new faces that Mozambique's head coach Nazir Sale is currently working with to cover the absences of a trio of international players for the upcoming AfroBasket Women.

Last week, Sale began his training camp with a 14-player preliminary squad in Maputo, Mozambique.

While Anabela Cossa, Catia Halar and Filomena Micato ruled out from this year's event due to undisclosed injuries, rising star Sengo headlines a group of newcomers that includes Vilma Covane and newly-crowned MVP of Mozambique's national championship, Ornelia Mutombene.


Coach Sale now faces a challenge of finding a good three-pointer shooter to replace Cossa, who was tremendously important for Mozambique at AfroBasket Women 2013.

The question is where that replacement will be coming from.

If all goes according to her plans, 19-year-old Sengo - a pivotal element in Mozambique's campaign at 2014 FIBA Africa U18 Women - will make her debut at senior level.

Last year, Sengo came up with 19 points and 14 rebounds to help her country beat Algeria 51-48 and clinch third place.

With Mozambique aiming squarely to claim the title at AfroBasket Women 2015, Sengo - who plays for Torres Novas in Portugal - will need to live up to her promising star credentials.

Sengo, Covane and Mutombene represent the new generation of Mozambique's women's basketball and all three will need to be at their best to help a team seeking its first-ever African title and to achieve automatic qualification for next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

As Francisco Mabjaia, the chairman of the country's Basketball Federation, put it: "Our target is to be part of the biggest sporting event on earth."

A good start at AfroBasket Women 2015 - taking place in Yaounde, Cameroon from 24 September-3 October - is crucial for Mozambique who will face hosts Cameroon, Gabon, Mali, South Africa and Uganda in Group A. 

We have same the objectives as our opponents, which is to reach the top places of the competition. - Sale

"The tournament is going to be as difficult for us as for our opponents," Nasir Sale, the team's head coach, told the local media.

Sale and his team will hold training camps in Portugal and the Czech Republic before traveling to Cameroon.

Mozambique preliminary squad for AfroBasket Women 2015: Ilda Chambe, Vilma Covane, Leia Dongue, Deolinda Gimo, Odelia Mafanela, Valerdina Manhonga, Isabel Mavamba, Rute Muianga, Ornelia Mutombene, Deolinda Ngulela, Elizabeth Pereira, Ludomila Rangel, Eliana Sheila and Vania Sengo.

By: FIBA.com
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013

    Menu

    All
    2014 FIFA World Cup
    Athletics
    Basketball
    Boxing
    Commonwealth Games
    Cricket
    Golf
    Hockey
    Marathons
    News
    Olympics
    Rugby
    Soccer
    Spotlight
    Tennis
    Track And Field
    Volleyball
    Women Soccer
    Wrestling


    Picture

    RSS Feed


    Tweets by ASMONTHLY

Tweet to @ASMONTHLY

Contact Us

    Contact Us

Submit

Donate & Support Our Efforts at African Sports Media Network