FIBA was informed by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of the Congo and by the Federation of Uganda Basketball Association of their decision not to travel to Nigeria to participate in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 scheduled to start on Monday, August 14.

FIBA will investigate and assess the matter to determine any potential disciplinary measures.

As a result, the Group A of the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Nigeria will be played with three teams, Senegal, Mali and Nigeria. The Group B will be played with three teams, Cameroon, Guinea and Tunisia.

The teams  from each group will play against each other in a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group after the Group Phase will qualify for the Final Phase.

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