Africa's basketball championship: Morocco squeezed by Cote d'Ivoire

The Moroccan basketball team was squeezed Monday by Cote d'Ivoire 80-67 at the second day of Africa's basketball championships held in Morocco August 4-12.

The other matches played in group 1 resulted in a victory of Tunisia over Mozambique 87-74, and a win by Egypt over Mali 77-68.

The group is led by Tunisia, which is followed by Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire. Morocco is ranking 4th and is followed by Mali and Mozambique.

In group 2, Algeria is still taking the lead after a victory over Angola 78-70. It is followed by Nigeria, which defeated South Africa 64-47 and by Senegal, which squeezed the Central African Republic 104-49.

The 4th rank is held by Angola, followed by South Africa and the Central African Republic.