Nizar Knioua
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Nizar Knioua is a Tunisia
n basketball player currently playing for Stade Nabeulien in the Tunisian Basketball League.
Knioua is a member of the Tunisia national basketball team
that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship
. Providing depth off the bench, Knioua scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds while playing in eight games for the Tunisians during the tournament. He has also competed for the Tunisians in the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n basketball player currently playing for Stade Nabeulien in the Tunisian Basketball League.
Knioua is a member of the Tunisia national basketball team
Tunisia national basketball team
Tunisia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Tunisia. To date, they have 18 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking them behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, and Egypt in total appearances. In 2011 they won their first ever FIBA Africa...
that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship
FIBA World Championship
The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...
. Providing depth off the bench, Knioua scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds while playing in eight games for the Tunisians during the tournament. He has also competed for the Tunisians in the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship