{"id":271297,"date":"2019-06-28T08:17:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=271297"},"modified":"2019-07-03T19:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:31:41","slug":"namibian-basketball-does-well-at-beach-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=271297","title":{"rendered":"Namibian basketball does well at Beach Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"mom_images_grid mom_images_3_cols\">\r\n<ul class=\"galleryslider\"><li class=\"first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65249277_2316909121709368_7789473269232435200_o.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"65249277_2316909121709368_7789473269232435200_o\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"65249277_2316909121709368_7789473269232435200_o\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65249277_2316909121709368_7789473269232435200_o.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65107208_2316909111709369_8357621382917390336_o.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"65107208_2316909111709369_8357621382917390336_o\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"65107208_2316909111709369_8357621382917390336_o\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65107208_2316909111709369_8357621382917390336_o.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Pictured: Team Namibia; Gie Mukumbuta, Fiina, Victoria Netumbo, and Sylvia Sawahenga. &#8211; Photo: Contributed<\/p>\n<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Aili Iilonga<br \/>\nThe first ever 3X3 Namibian women\u2019s national basketball team recently came fourth at the African Beach Games in Sal-Cape Verde, a history making occasion that brought Namibia in the limelight of beach basketball.<br \/>\nThese games catered for 11 sports codes, 54 countries and 1000 athletes with Namibia making its first appearance at the competition.<br \/>\nThe games catered for 11 sports codes and the Namibian women competed against 20 nations where they managed to obtain a fourth-place ranking.<br \/>\nThis is the first time Namibia is taking part in such a widely recognized tournament in the 3X3 world of competition, and specifically women.<br \/>\nNamibia played a set of seven games with a record of four losses and three wins to grant them 78 points. Nigeria took third with 90 points, with Togo coming in second place with 98 points and Mali scooping gold as the elite champions with a whopping 114 points.<br \/>\nOne of the players, Gie Mukumbuta, also a team member, said she was proud of her fellow teammatess and was honored to have taken part in such a competition.<br \/>\n\u201cMy team mates and I have learnt so much during our time here and not only on court. We hope to see.<\/p>\n<!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Team Namibia; Gie Mukumbuta, Fiina, Victoria Netumbo, and Sylvia Sawahenga. &#8211; Photo: Contributed Aili Iilonga The first ever 3X3 Namibian women\u2019s national basketball team recently came fourth at the African Beach Games in Sal-Cape Verde, a history making occasion that brought Namibia in the limelight of beach basketball. 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