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 will be done for the February window.^[6]

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	Cape Verde	3	1	2	211	212	−1	4
4	Uganda	3	1	2	212	245	−33	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, 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: 19 Rebs: Djambo 7 Asts: 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, 19 Rebs: , Diogu 6 Asts: Uzoh 7	Boxscore	Pts: 17 Rebs: 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: , Opong 4	Boxscore	Pts: Xavier 15 Rebs: I. Almeida, 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: 12 Rebs: Diarouma, 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

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Nigeria	vs.	Cape Verde

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Mali	vs.	Nigeria

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Cape Verde	vs.	Uganda

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Mali	vs.	Cape Verde

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Nigeria	vs.	Uganda

		Boxscore

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Sudan	Second round
2	Cameroon
3	Tunisia
4	Rwanda

First match(es) will be played on 25 February 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

25 February 2022	Cameroon	vs.	Tunisia	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

25 February 2022	South Sudan	vs.	Rwanda	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

26 February 2022	Rwanda	vs.	Cameroon	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

26 February 2022	Tunisia	vs.	South Sudan	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

27 February 2022	South Sudan	vs.	Cameroon	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

27 February 2022	Tunisia	vs.	Rwanda	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

1 July 2022	Rwanda	vs.	South Sudan

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Tunisia	vs.	Cameroon

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Cameroon	vs.	Rwanda

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	South Sudan	vs.	Tunisia

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Cameroon	vs.	South Sudan

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Rwanda	vs.	Tunisia

		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: 22 Rebs: Queta 13 Asts: Evans 10	Boxscore	Pts: 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: , 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: 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: , Gakou 10 Asts: Domingos, Dundão 4	Boxscore	Pts: Evans 22 Rebs: 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: 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: 15 Rebs: Djimrabaye, Kouguere 9 Asts: six players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Dundão 18 Rebs: , 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

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	Angola	vs.	Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Guinea	vs.	Angola

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Ivory Coast	vs.	Central African Republic

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Guinea	vs.	Ivory Coast

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Angola	vs.	Central African Republic

		Boxscore

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Kenya	Second round
2	Senegal
3	Egypt
4	DR Congo

First match(es) will be played on 25 February 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

25 February 2022	Senegal	vs.	Egypt	Dakar

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

25 February 2022	Kenya	vs.	DR Congo	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

26 February 2022	Egypt	vs.	Kenya	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

26 February 2022	DR Congo	vs.	Senegal	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

27 February 2022	Egypt	vs.	DR Congo	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

27 February 2022	Kenya	vs.	Senegal	Dakar, Senegal

		Boxscore		Arena: Dakar Arena

1 July 2022	Egypt	vs.	Senegal

		Boxscore

1 July 2022	DR Congo	vs.	Kenya

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Senegal	vs.	DR Congo

		Boxscore

2 July 2022	Kenya	vs.	Egypt

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	Senegal	vs.	Kenya

		Boxscore

3 July 2022	DR Congo	vs.	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.

External links[]

Tournament summary

[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.

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