Mohamed Abbassi Explained

Mohamed Abbassi
Position:Power forward
Height M:2.02
Weight Lb:220
League:Championnat National A
Basketball Africa League
Team:US Monastir
Number:24
Birth Date:1991 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Elghouiba, Tunisia
Nationality:Tunisian
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010-2014
Team1:JS Kairouan
Years2:2013
Team2:ES Sahel
Years3:2014–2020
Team3:Étoile Sportive de Radès
Years4:2020–2021
Team4:Ezzahra Sports
Years5:2021–present
Team5:US Monastir
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Mohamed Abbassi (born 28 March 1991) is a Tunisian basketball player who plays for US Monastir of the Tunisian Championnat National A and the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[1] He previously played for several other sides in Tunisia.[2]

Professional career

Abbassi played in the 2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup where he averaged 8.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.[3] He also played in the 2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup where he averaged 15.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.[4] He also played in the 2014 Fiba Africa Champions Cup, he was part of the team that defeated the Angolan side C.D. Primeiro de Agosto 86–82 in the Final to win the Championship.[5] In 2015, he participated in the 2015 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Club Competition where he averaged 15.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.[6] He also participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League with the Tunisian side ES Radès where he averaged 6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1 assist per game.[7]

In the 2020–21 season, Abbassi played for Ezzahra Sports.

Since 2021, he is on the roster of US Monastir. On 28 May 2022, Abbassi won the 2022 BAL championship with the club.

National team career

Abbassi played at the 2015 Afrobasket championship with the Tunisia national basketball team where he averaged 3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.[8] He participated in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin, Italy.[9] [10] He also represented the Tunisia national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China where he averaged 1 point, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mohamed Abbassi . basketball.afrobasket.com.
  2. Web site: Etoile Sportive Rades preparing star-studded lineup for FIBA Africa Champions 2017 . fiba.basketball.
  3. Web site: 2013 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Clubs . archive.fiba.com.
  4. Web site: 2014 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Clubs . archive.fiba.com.
  5. Web site: Etoile Sportive Rades dubbed new kings of African Champions Cup . fiba.basketball.
  6. Web site: 2015 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Clubs . archive.fiba.com.
  7. Web site: Mohamed Abassi . Fiba.basketball.
  8. Web site: 2015 Afrobasket . archive.fiba.com.
  9. Web site: 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament . archive.fiba.com.
  10. Web site: 1 MIN TO READ Tunisia's final roster confirmed for Turin OQT . fiba.basketball.
  11. Web site: Mohamed Abbassi . proballers.com.
  12. Web site: Mohamed Abbassi . globalsportsarchive.com.