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Cameroon Player Dunks Ball in His Own Basket to Help Australia to Miracle Win

Summary by Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Emus have won their match against Cameroon at the under-19 basketball World Cup, Switzerland, in unexpected fashion, after Cameroon’s Amadou Seini dunked the ball in the wrong net with 48-seconds remaining. The win kept Australia alive after they went down by 15 points against the USA.

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Cameroonian Pivot Amadou Seini made a peculiar ruling to Australia that ended in the defeat of his selection

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The loss of the year in basketball was experienced during a U19 World Cup match between Cameroon and Australia. The Africans won 74-80 without 49 seconds and pulled out the bottom. The ball reached Amadou Seini, who remained alone under the ring and crushed fiercely. The problem is that he did it in his own basket before the stupor of his companions and the claims of his rivals.wf_cms.rss.read_more

·Barcelona, Spain
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This is the most unlikely action of the year in basketball. While Australia and Cameroon were competing for a very close match at the U19 World Championship, the end of the match was marked by a completely insane and clumsy action by Amadou Seini, the great hope of Cameroon's basketball. Victim of a moment of absence, the pivot dunked against his camp. And precipitated the fall of his team. This action will enter into the annals of the most unus…

The unusual event happened in the U19 basketball World Cup that is played in Switzerland, and where Argentina on Sunday beat Serbia by defeating it by 71-66. By the second date, Cameroon and Australia were playing. Africans won by six points (80 to 74) and had to replenish under their hoop at 48.9 seconds to play. The ball was at the hands of the pivot Amadou Seini, who had a lapsus and buried it vehemently in his own hoop. Incredible! And worse…

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L'ÉQUIPE broke the news in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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