2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
African Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	22 November 2021 – 27 February 2023
Teams	16
Official website
	African qualifiers website
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The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Africa region, will begin in November 2021 and will conclude in February 2023. The process will determine the five African teams that will participate at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.[1]

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:

First round: The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four teams to play double round-robin system (home-and-away or two tournaments at single venue). Three best placed teams from a group will advance to the second round.
Second round: The twelve teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. Each group will be formed from teams advanced from two first round groups. All results from the previous round will be carried out. Two best placed teams from both groups plus third placed team with better record will qualify for the World Cup.

Entrants

The 16 teams that have qualified for AfroBasket 2021 will participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers. As of 22 February 2021, the qualified teams were:

Draw

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2021 in Mies, Switzerland.[2][3]

Seeding

Seedings were announced on 30 August 2021.[4] Teams were seeded based on FIBA rankings. Teams from pots 1 and 4 were drawn to Groups A and B. Teams from pots 2 and 3 were drawn to Groups C and D. Teams from pots 5 and 6 were drawn across the four groups.

Pot 1
Team	Pos
Nigeria	23
Tunisia	30

Pot 2
Team	Pos
Angola	33
Senegal	36

Pot 3
Team	Pos
Ivory Coast	46
Egypt	62

Pot 4
Team	Pos
Cameroon	63
Mali	75

Pot 5
Team	Pos
Central African Republic	76
DR Congo	81
Uganda	90
South Sudan	94

Pot 6
Team	Pos
Rwanda	95
Cape Verde	100
Kenya	111
Guinea	118

First round

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the November window was played in a single venue.[5] The same was done for the February and July window.[6][7]

All times are local.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	238	218	+20	5	Second round
2	Mali	3	2	1	210	196	+14	5
3	Uganda	3	1	2	212	245	−33	4
4	Cape Verde	3	1	2	211	212	−1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

26 November 2021	Cape Verde	79–71	Nigeria	Benguela, Angola
11:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–15, 17–20, 28–16
	Pts: Correia 15 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Correia 4	Boxscore	Pts: Diogu, Omoerah 13 Rebs: Diogu, Uzoh 8 Asts: Uzoh 11	Attendance: 50 Referees: Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Wael Mostafa (EGY), Babacar Gueye (SEN)

26 November 2021	Mali	76–66	Uganda	Benguela, Angola
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 19–21, 25–19, 15–17
	Pts: Djambo 19 Rebs: Djambo 7 Asts: Kanté 5	Boxscore	Pts: Davies 24 Rebs: Davies 16 Asts: Davies 5	Attendance: 99 Referees: Antonio Bernardo (ANG), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR), Silver Houngbed (BEN)

27 November 2021	Nigeria	72–70	Mali	Benguela, Angola
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–24, 23–16, 19–15
	Pts: Diogu, Ogundiran 19 Rebs: Akindele, Diogu 6 Asts: Uzoh 7	Boxscore	Pts: Sidibé 17 Rebs: Djambo 7 Asts: Sidibé 4	Attendance: 76 Referees: Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR), Tonton Banza (DRC), Antonio Bernardo (ANG)

27 November 2021	Uganda	77–74	Cape Verde	Benguela, Angola
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 19–18, 27–27, 19–15
	Pts: Davies 27 Rebs: Davies 10 Asts: Drileba, Opong 4	Boxscore	Pts: Xavier 15 Rebs: I. Almeida, Gomes 8 Asts: Almeida 4	Attendance: 89 Referees: Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Amr Aboollo (EGY), Cherubin Leslie (MRI)

28 November 2021	Cape Verde	58–64	Mali	Benguela, Angola
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–16, 19–14, 9–17
	Pts: I. Almeida 16 Rebs: I. Almeida 8 Asts: I. Almeida 4	Boxscore	Pts: Kanté 12 Rebs: Diarouma, Djambo 7 Asts: Kanté 5	Attendance: 78 Referees: Tonton Banza (DRC), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA)

28 November 2021	Uganda	69–95	Nigeria	Benguela, Angola
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 19–28, 8–14, 24–28
	Pts: Davies 22 Rebs: Opong 9 Asts: Okello, Opong 4	Boxscore	Pts: Diogu 27 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Uzoh 8	Attendance: 134 Referees: Antonio Bernardo (ANG), Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Babacar Gueye (SEN)

1 July 2022	Uganda	vs.	Mali	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Nigeria	vs.	Cape Verde	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Mali	vs.	Nigeria	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Cape Verde	vs.	Uganda	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Mali	vs.	Cape Verde	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Nigeria	vs.	Uganda	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Sudan	3	3	0	214	188	+26	6	Second round
2	Tunisia	3	2	1	184	174	+10	5
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	176	174	+2	4
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	152	190	−38	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

25 February 2022	South Sudan	68–56	Rwanda	Dakar, Senegal
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 11–8, 23–13, 16–12
	Pts: Kuany 18 Rebs: Acuoth 7 Asts: Makoi 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ndizeye 12 Rebs: Habimana 7 Asts: Gasana 5	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 0 Referees: Tonton Banza (DRC), Babacar Gueye (SEN), Silver Houngbed (BEN)

25 February 2022	Cameroon	51–55	Tunisia	Dakar, Senegal
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 15–16, 12–6, 11–15
	Pts: Mbala 12 Rebs: Moute a Bidias 8 Asts: three players 2	Boxscore	Pts: Abada 25 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9 Asts: Abada 2	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 75 Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Harouna Maïga (BUR), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY)

26 February 2022	Tunisia	64–72	South Sudan	Dakar, Senegal
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–20, 18–20, 11–11
	Pts: Abada, Chennoufi 13 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8 Asts: Abada 6	Boxscore	Pts: Omot 20 Rebs: Acuoth 7 Asts: Makoi 6	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 125 Referees: Tonton Banza (DRC), Harouna Maïga (BUR), Silver Houngbed (BEN)

26 February 2022	Rwanda	45–57	Cameroon	Dakar, Senegal
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 8–11, 12–11, 13–26
	Pts: Ndizeye 12 Rebs: Gray 9 Asts: four players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Adala 16 Rebs: Bayehe 8 Asts: Gbetkom, Pitard 3	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 99 Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Wael Mostafa (EGY), Babacar Gueye (SEN)

27 February 2022	South Sudan	74–68	Cameroon	Dakar, Senegal
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 24–18, 13–14, 13–20
	Pts: Makoi 25 Rebs: Makoi, Omot 7 Asts: Makoi 3	Boxscore	Pts: Bayehe 21 Rebs: Eboua 7 Asts: Nzeulie, Mouaha 3	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Babacar Gueye (SEN), Wael Mostafa (EGY), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG)

27 February 2022	Tunisia	65–51	Rwanda	Dakar, Senegal
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 16–9, 16–10, 11–16
	Pts: Ben Romdhane 20 Rebs: Saada 10 Asts: El Mabrouk 4	Boxscore	Pts: Gasana 10 Rebs: Habimana 6 Asts: Habimana 2	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 245 Referees: Tonton Banza (DRC), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Claudio Eiuba (ANG)

1 July 2022	Rwanda	vs.	South Sudan	Kigali

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Tunisia	vs.	Cameroon	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Cameroon	vs.	Rwanda	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	South Sudan	vs.	Tunisia	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Cameroon	vs.	South Sudan	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Rwanda	vs.	Tunisia	Kigali

		Boxscore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	229	189	+40	6	Second round
2	Angola	3	2	1	209	164	+45	5
3	Guinea	3	1	2	204	226	−22	4
4	Central African Republic	3	0	3	183	246	−63	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

26 November 2021	Guinea	76–71	Central African Republic	Benguela, Angola
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 11–16, 28–22, 21–19
	Pts: Queta 22 Rebs: Queta 13 Asts: Evans 10	Boxscore	Pts: Ganapamo 26 Rebs: Dokossi 12 Asts: Kouguere 4	Attendance: 112 Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Arnold Moseya (RSA), Walelign Gebeto (ETH)

26 November 2021	Ivory Coast	57–56	Angola	Benguela, Angola
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 13–9, 22–10, 15–17
	Pts: Dadiet, Diabate 15 Rebs: Bah 7 Asts: Diabate 6	Boxscore	Pts: Gakou 9 Rebs: Bango 11 Asts: Domingos 5	Attendance: 667 Referees: Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Tonton Banza (DRC), Amr Aboollo (EGY)

27 November 2021	Central African Republic	64–92	Ivory Coast	Benguela, Angola
11:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 14–22, 16–23, 22–22
	Pts: Grebongo 17 Rebs: Dokossi 10 Asts: three players 2	Boxscore	Pts: Moulare 20 Rebs: Coulibaly, Moulare 7 Asts: Kebe 5	Attendance: 55 Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Arnold Moseya (RSA), Diallo Mahamadou (MLI)

27 November 2021	Angola	75–59	Guinea	Benguela
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 17–19, 18–12, 17–13
	Pts: Manuel 18 Rebs: Bango, Gakou 10 Asts: Domingos, Dundão 4	Boxscore	Pts: Evans 22 Rebs: Conde 7 Asts: Evans 3	Attendance: 112 Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA), Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA)

28 November 2021	Ivory Coast	80–69	Guinea	Benguela, Angola
11:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 23–10, 21–17, 20–21
	Pts: Fofana 16 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Diabate 8	Boxscore	Pts: Queta 19 Rebs: Queta 8 Asts: Evans 10	Attendance: 112 Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR), Arnold Moseya (RSA)

28 November 2021	Central African Republic	48–78	Angola	Benguela, Angola
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 3–10, 19–17, 15–31
	Pts: Ngoy 15 Rebs: Djimrabaye, Kouguere 9 Asts: six players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Dundão 18 Rebs: Bango, Gakou 7 Asts: Domingos 6	Attendance: 224 Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Diallo Mahamadou (MLI)

1 July 2022	Central African Republic	vs.	Guinea	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Angola	vs.	Ivory Coast	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Guinea	vs.	Angola	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Ivory Coast	vs.	Central African Republic	Abidjan

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Guinea	vs.	Ivory Coast	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Angola	vs.	Central African Republic	Abidjan, Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	232	174	+58	5	Second round
2	DR Congo	3	2	1	179	175	+4	5
3	Egypt	3	2	1	224	177	+47	5
4	Kenya	3	0	3	162	271	−109	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

25 February 2022	Kenya	56–66	DR Congo	Dakar, Senegal
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 9–16, 11–13, 19–19
	Pts: Ligare 12 Rebs: Awich 9 Asts: three players 2	Boxscore	Pts: Pwono, Sakho 11 Rebs: Munanga 11 Asts: Mutuale 5	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 60 Referees: Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG), Amir Taboubi (TUN), Redouane Darif (MAR)

25 February 2022	Senegal	75–57	Egypt	Dakar
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 21–15, 14–17, 24–14
	Pts: Diallo 18 Rebs: Ndoye 20 Asts: Badio 7	Boxscore	Pts: Mahmoud 18 Rebs: Mahmoud 9 Asts: Saleh 4	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 400 Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA), Guy Sani (CMR)

26 February 2022	Egypt	105–51	Kenya	Dakar, Senegal
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 21–12, 31–13, 28–17
	Pts: Shehata 17 Rebs: Khalaf 8 Asts: Shehata 5	Boxscore	Pts: Nyakinda 24 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Ligare, Koranga 2	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 40 Referees: Guy Sani (CMR), Amir Taboubi (TUN), Redouane Darif (MAR)

26 February 2022	DR Congo	62–57	Senegal	Dakar, Senegal
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 12–14, 11–15, 16–13
	Pts: Pwono 14 Rebs: Pwono 6 Asts: Mutuale 6	Boxscore	Pts: Ndiaye, Touré 11 Rebs: Touré 8 Asts: Badio 7	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA), Claudio Eiuba (ANG)

27 February 2022	Egypt	62–51	DR Congo	Dakar, Senegal
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 17–9, 14–9, 18–18
	Pts: Mahmoud 16 Rebs: Mostafa 12 Asts: Saleh 5	Boxscore	Pts: Pwono 16 Rebs: Pwono, Sakho 8 Asts: Mutuale 7	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 65 Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Silver Houngbed (BEN), Harouna Maïga (BUR)

27 February 2022	Kenya	55–100	Senegal	Dakar, Senegal
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 19–25, 13–21, 13–26
	Pts: Bungei 19 Rebs: Ligare 7 Asts: Ligare 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ndoye 21 Rebs: Ndoye 11 Asts: Badio, Ndiaye 4	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA), Redouane Darif (MAR), Guy Sani (CMR)

1 July 2022	Egypt	vs.	Senegal	Egypt

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	DR Congo	vs.	Kenya	Egypt

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Senegal	vs.	DR Congo	Egypt

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Kenya	vs.	Egypt	Egypt

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Senegal	vs.	Kenya	Egypt

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	DR Congo	vs.	Egypt	Egypt

		Boxscore

Second round

The twelve qualified teams will be divided into two groups and play the other three teams from the other group twice. Group A will be paired with Group C and Group B with Group D.

Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	A1	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	A2	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
3	A3	Best third placed team
4	C1
5	C2
6	C3

First match(es) will be played on August 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	B1	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	B2	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
3	B3	Best third placed team
4	D1
5	D2
6	D3

First match(es) will be played on August 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Best third placed team

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	F	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FIBA

References

"How to Qualify – FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Draw coming Tuesday". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
"Draw results set the stage for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier games". FIBA. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
"Draw Procedures unveiled for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
"FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers will tip off in Angola". FIBA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
"Dakar to host second window of World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers". FIBA. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
"Abidjan, Alexandria or Cairo and Kigali named host cities of Window 3 of the African Qualifiers". FIBA. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

External links

Tournament summary

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[1] "How to Qualify – FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[2] "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Draw coming Tuesday". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[3] "Draw results set the stage for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier games". FIBA. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[4] "Draw Procedures unveiled for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[5] "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers will tip off in Angola". FIBA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

[6] "Dakar to host second window of World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers". FIBA. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[7] "Abidjan, Alexandria or Cairo and Kigali named host cities of Window 3 of the African Qualifiers". FIBA. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.