Angola resume preparations for third window of World Cup Qualifiers with 20 players
LUANDA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers) - The Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB) on Friday announced a 20-man preliminary squad to resume their preparations for this month's FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers in Egypt.
The announcement comes two weeks after FAB named a 12-man provisional squad who worked under assistant coach Jose Carlos Guimaraes.
Now that most players have finished their clubs commitments, Angola added some members from that provisional squad to the twenty pre-selected players to attend a team meeting on Saturday, June 9, and resume their preparations in Luanda.
| Angola 20-player preliminary squad for second-leg of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers | |||
| Julio Assis Afonso | Pedro Bastos | Olimpio Cipriano | Leandro Jacques Conceicao |
| Gerson Domingos | Bruno Fernando | Gerson Lukeny Goncalves | Valdelicio Joaquim |
| Islando Manuel | Hermenegildo Mbunga | Eduardo Mingas | Reggie Moore |
| Carlos Morais | Yanick Moreira | Leonel Paulo | Jone Pedro |
| Benvindo Quimbamba | Ngombo Rogerio | Hermenegildo Santos | Silvio Sousa |
With the exception of Roberto Fortes and Alexandre Jungo, FAB kept all players who helped Angola win all three of their games in the first-leg of Group C of the African Qualifiers last November.
Angola lead Group C ahead Egypt, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Group's second-leg will take place in Cairo from June 29 - July 1.
#Angola preliminary squad for the 3rd window of @FIBAWC Qualifiers#ThisIsMyHouse #FIBAWC 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴 pic.twitter.com/rmyNskaeo0
— Angolan Basketball (@AngolanBasket) June 9, 2018
And head coach Will Voigt - who returned to the USA for a family issue - is expected to re-join the team next week.
The Angolans head to Egypt chasing a spot in the 12 -team Second Round of the African Qualifiers.
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