Who can clinch World Cup qualification and how in Window 4 of the African Qualifiers
ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - In the build-up to Window 4 of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers scheduled for later this month in Abidjan and Monastir, we bring you different scenarios of certain team's chances to qualify for the Final Round of the 32-nation showpiece.
Window 4 of the African Qualifiers will run from August 26 to 28, and some teams could grab their tickets for the Indonesia-Japan-Philippines Basketball World Cup by the end of this month even though there is still Window 5 to be played in February 2023.
Ahead of Window 4 of the previous FIBA Basketball African Qualifiers, Nigeria and Tunisia sat in the pole position in the race for the China 2019. Both teams became the first African teams to qualify with three games left thanks to their 9-0 record each.
🇹🇳 Tunisia also qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 tonight! They are the 2nd team from the African Qualifiers to advance.#FIBAWC pic.twitter.com/oCAAasCx5U
— FIBA Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWC) September 15, 2018
And, in the current African Qualifiers campaign, two teams (Cote d'Ivoire and South Sudan) can replicate Nigeria and Tunisia's achievements if they win their next three games.
However, there is a lot more to look forward to in the upcoming Window 4 of the African Qualifiers, and below you can find out more how teams can secure some of the five tickets available for African countries for the World Cup.
Group E:
0/18 games played
All First Round results carry over to Second Round
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 277 | 254 | 23 | 69.2 | 63.5 | 8 |
| 2 |
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 319 | 296 | 23 | 79.8 | 74 | 7 |
| 3 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 289 | 256 | 33 | 72.2 | 64 | 6 |
| 4 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 327 | 299 | 28 | 81.8 | 74.8 | 6 |
| 5 |
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 296 | 347 | -51 | 74 | 86.8 | 5 |
| 6 |
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 249 | 305 | -56 | 62.2 | 76.2 | 4 |
* As per Article D.3.3 of the Official Basketball Rules, and to uniformly classify teams across these two groups (A and C), the first-round games against the last ranked team of Group C, will not be considered for the classification to Group E, resulting in all teams in Group E having the same number of games played.
Upcoming Games - August 26 (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire)
14:00 GMT+0 - Guinea v Cape Verde
17:00 GMT +0 - Angola v Uganda
20:00 GMT +0 - Cote d'Ivoire v Nigeria
Cote d'Ivoire will qualify if:
- They win the 3 games (7/0 then) AND
- Angola beat Nigeria (because Nigeria will be minimum 4L) AND
- Angola lose one game (as Angola will be minimum 3L and Cote d'Ivoire won both games vs Angola in the First Round).
Cape Verde will qualify if:
- They win their next 3 games (6/1 then) AND
- Uganda lose one game as in any case Cape Verde are over Uganda in the First Round AND
- Angola lose 3 games AND
- Nigeria lose 2 games (as Cape Verde won both games vs Nigeria in the First Round).
Group F:
0/18 games played
All First Round results carry over to Second Round
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 |
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 429 | 368 | 61 | 75.1 | 61.3 | 12 |
| 2 |
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 452 | 311 | 141 | 75.3 | 51.8 | 11 |
| 3 |
|
6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 386 | 369 | 17 | 64.3 | 61.5 | 10 |
| 4 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 323 | 315 | 8 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 10 |
| 5 |
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 421 | 376 | 45 | 70.2 | 62.7 | 9 |
| 6 |
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6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 338 | 365 | -27 | 56.3 | 60.8 | 7 |
Upcoming Games - August 26 (Monastir, Tunisia)
16:30 GMT+1 - DR Congo v Cameroon
19:30 GMT +1 - Egypt v Tunisia
22:30 GMT +1 - Senegal v South Sudan
- South Sudan will qualify if:
- They win all 3 games (they would be 9/0 then) AND
- DR Congo lose 2 games and Tunisia lose 1 game (South Sudan won twice vs Tunisia in the First Round).
- South Sudan will also qualify if they win only 2 games (8-1) AND
- DR Congo lose their 3 games and Tunisia lose 2 games.
- Egypt will qualify if:
- They win their 3 games (8-1 then) AND
- DR Congo lose 2 games (Egypt won twice vs DR Congo during the First Round) AND
- Senegal lose 1 game AND
- Tunisia lose their 3 games.
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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