• The South Sudanese took another big step towards a historic ticket to the World Cup finals. This time, the national team of Cameroon was defeated (67:56) on a neutral field in Rwanda. Nuni Omot and Kuol Bull scored 17 points each for South Sudan.
• Cote d’Ivoire, which maintained an impeccable balance in subgroup C, fell behind with a score of 2:14 at the beginning of the match, but recovered quickly, beating (65:56) the Guinea national team at home in Abidjan. 12 points and nine rebounds in the account of Vitoria “Baskonia” basketball player Matt Costello.
• Three home victories were won by Egypt in the match played in the city of Alexandria, which unexpectedly convincingly defeated (80:52) the team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last game. Egyptian Ehab Saleh scored 17 points.
• In Subgroup A, second place was won by Nigeria, which, thanks to NBA team Sacramento “Kings” player Chimezi Metu double-double (25 points and ten rebounds), defeated (91:72) Ugandan basketball players. The Ugandans were not saved by Arthur Kaluma’s 27 points and six steals.
FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, Africa Zone (June 3)
| Gr. | The game | The result |
|---|---|---|
| A | Nigeria – Uganda | 91:72 |
| B | Rwanda – Tunisia | 66:76 |
| Cameroon – South Sudan | 56:67 | |
| C | Angola – Central African Republic | 76:60 |
| Guinea – Ivory Coast | 56:65 | |
| D | Congo Dem. Rep. – Egypt | 52:80 |
| Senegal – Kenya | 86:54 |
FIBA World Cup Qualification, Africa Zone
| Gr | A team | U | Z | Gr. | A team | U | Z | Gr. | A team | U | Z | Gr. | A team | U | Z | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Kaboverde | 3 | 1 | B | South Sudan | 6 | 0 | C | Ivory Coast | 6 | 0 | D | Egypt | 5 | 1 | |||
| Nigeria | 2 | 2 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | Angola | 4 | 2 | Congo DR | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Uganda | 1 | 3 | Cameroon | 1 | 5 | Guinea | 1 | 5 | Senegal | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Mali (disc.) | – | – | Rwanda | 1 | 5 | Central African Rep. | 1 | 5 | Kenya | 0 | 6 |
Second round participants of the African zone of the World Cup qualification
E group: Ivory Coast (4-0), Cape Verde (3-1), Angola (2-2), Nigeria (2-2), Uganda (1-3), Guinea (0-4).
F group: South Sudan (6-0), Egypt (5-1), Tunisia (4-2), DR Congo (4-2), Senegal (3-3), Cameroon (1-5)
Used sources:
https://www.fiba.basketball/basketb…
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