Mohamed Youssef Ben Elhaj

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Mohamed Ben Elhaj
Libya national basketball
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Born25 July 1985

Mohamed Youssef Ben Elhaj (born July 25, 1985) is a Libyan basketball player. He was a member of the Libya national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. [1]

Career

Ben Elhaj averaged 1.6 points per game and 2.3 assists per game off the bench for the eleventh place Libyans at the tournament. [2] He tallied a game high five assists in the first round Libyan victory over South Africa that sent the Libyans into the eighth finals. [3] He also tied Mohamed Mrsal with six assists in the eleventh place game, a Libyan victory over Morocco. [4]

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References

  1. Player Page at FIBA.com
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "archive.fiba.com: 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "archive.fiba.com: 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Men". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.