What teams need to do to join South Sudan and Cote d'Ivoire in the second round
ABIDJAN/ALEXANDRIA/KIGALI - Two teams on Friday secured their places in the Second Round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers, but ten more tickets remain up for grabs.
With a perfect 4-0 mark each, Cote d'Ivoire and South Sudan moved on to the next round where teams will be divided into two groups (E and F) of six teams each to fight for the five tickets available for African nations for next year's World Cup in Indonesia, Japan and Philippines.
But what do the other 14 national teams need to keep their World Cup aspirations alive?
Two wins out of six games in the first round may or may not good enough to stay alive in the African Qualifiers. That's what history has shown.
In the 2019 edition of the African Qualifiers, Chad and Mali secured the last tickets in their groups, moved on to the next round after finishing 2-4 mark each, but DR Congo and Mozambique, on the other hand, had a similar 2-4 record, but both were eliminated, mainly, due to lower goal-differential.
Group A
5/6 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 238 | 297 | 31 | 65.6 | 59.4 | 8 |
| 2 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 232 | 245 | -13 | 58 | 61.2 | 6 |
| 3 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 290 | 282 | 8 | 72.5 | 70.5 | 6 |
Upcoming Games - July 3 (Kigali, Rwanda)
14:00 GMT+2 - Nigeria v Uganda (First meeting: 95-69)
- Following Mali disqualification after forfeiting two games, Nigeria, Cape Verde and Uganda advance to the Second Round
Group B
10/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 362 | 312 | 50 | 72.4 | 62.4 | 10 |
| 2 |
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 310 | 303 | 7 | 62.0 | 60.6 | 8 |
| 3 |
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 282 | 298 | -16 | 56,4 | 59.6 | 6 |
| 4 |
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 274 | 315 | -41 | 54.8 | 63,0 | 6 |
Upcoming Games - July 3 (Kigali, Rwanda)
17:00 GMT+2 - Rwanda v Tunisia (First meeting: 51-65)
20:00 GMT +2 - Cameroon v South Sudan (First meeting: 68-74)
- South Soudan and Tunisia have already qualified for the Second Round;
- Cameroon will advance to the Second Round if Rwanda loses against Tunisia
- Rwanda will advance to the Second Round if they beat Tunisia and if Cameroon loses against South Sudan.
Group C
10/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 377 | 325 | 52 | 75.4 | 65.0 | 10 |
| 2 |
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 367 | 304 | 63 | 73.4 | 60.8 | 8 |
| 3 |
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 325 | 372 | -47 | 65 | 74.4 | 6 |
| 4 |
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 307 | 375 | -68 | 61.4 | 75.0 | 6 |
Upcoming Games - July 3 (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire)
17:00 GMT+0 - Angola v Central African Republic (First meeting: 78-48)
20:00 GMT +0 - Cote d'Ivoire v Guinea (First meeting: 80-69)
- Cote d'Ivoire have already qualified for the Second Round
- Angola have already qualified for the Second Round
- Central African Republic will advance to the Second Round if they beat Angola and Guinea lose against Cote d'Ivoire.
- Guinea will advance to the Second Round if they beat Cote d'Ivoire and Central African Republic lose against Angola.
- If Central African Republic and Guinea both win or both lose, then it is a tie case between Central Adrican Republic and Guinea and the team who has the higher game points difference of all games in the group will advance to the Second Round.
Group D
10/12 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 372 | 259 | 113 | 74.4 | 51.8 | 9 |
| 2 |
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 271 | 235 | 36 | 54.8 | 47 | 9 |
| 3 |
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 335 | 322 | 25 | 67.0 | 64.4 | 7 |
| 4 |
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 201 | 363 | -162 | 40,2 | 72.6 | 4 |
Upcoming Games - July 3 (Alexandria, Egypt)
19:00 GMT+2 - DR Congo v Egypt (First meeting: 51-62)
21:30 GMT +2 - Senegal v Kenya (First meeting: 100-55)
- Egypt, Congo DR and Senegal have already qualified for the Second Round;
- Kenya have been eliminated from contention
DISCLAIMER: The above analysis has been prepared solely for the purpose of improving the experience of fans. It is not to be understood as advice or as binding information on the African Qualifiers for competition purposes.
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