2021 AfroBasket: Nigeria To Face Mali Two Others In Group D

2021 AfroBasket: Nigeria To Face Mali Two Others In Group D

By Sampson Adedeji

Ahead of the 2021 Afrobasket Nigeria's D'Tiger has been placed in group D alongside Mali, Rwanda and Algeria of the competition, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The released made by FIBA Africa on Thursday shows that Twenty teams will participate in the second round of qualification for the FIBA AfroBasket 2021.

The five winners of each pre-qualifiers group join the 15 teams that took part in the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 in Tunisia.

These 15 teams that have automatically made it to this stage include Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda.

This total of 20 teams are divided into five groups of four. The teams will play two tournaments in the international windows.

The top three teams from each group will automatically qualify to the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 to be held in Rwanda.

Group A

Tunisia

CAR

DR Congo

Madagascar

Group B

Senegal

Angola

Mozambique

Kenya

Group C

CIV

Cameroon

E/Guinea

Guinea

Group D

Nigeria

Mali

Rwanda

Algeria

Group E

Morocco

Egypt

Uganda

TBA.