Elie Mechantaf

Elie Mechantaf
Personal information
Born	5 October 1970; Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1992: undrafted
Playing career	1987–2008
Position	Forward
Number	13
Career history
1987–1993	EPA Larnaca
1993–1994	Amal Bikfaya
1994–2007	Hekmeh BC
2007–2008	Champville SC
2008	Hekmeh BC
Career highlights and awards
	1999 McDonald's World Championship 3rd best scorer and assister; Lebanese Basketball Championship MVP (Most Valuable Player); (1996–2002) Lebanon Cup MIP (most improved player); (2000–2003) Best Arab Player; (1997, 1999, 2001) FIBA Asian Cup Championship MVP (most valuable player); (2000, 2002) Asian MIP (most improved player); (2000) Best Asian Player; (1999–2001)

Elie Mechantaf (Arabic: إيلي مشنتف; born in Beirut, Lebanon on October 5, 1970) is a retired Lebanese professional basketball player.

He started his basketball career in the Cypriot Basketball League, before becoming the captain of the Lebanese Hekmeh BC (Sagesse) basketball club, winning the Lebanese Championship for 6 consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2004. Mechantaf was also the team captain of the Lebanon National Basketball Team from 2000 to 2006, also taking part in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. He retired in 2008. Now Mchantaf is encouraging basketball in Lebanon through founding his own official club M13 (Mchantaf #13 ).

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