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The Uganda National Basketball team, the Silverbacks have learnt their possible opponents at the upcoming 2021 FIBA AfroBasket tournament in Rwanda.
This is after the draw of the prestigious Africa basketball tournament were held on Friday evening in Kigali, Rwanda.
Uganda are yet to book their ticket to the finals due to the pending Group E games that were postponed from the previous qualifying window in February due to the COVID-19 positive case in the Silverbacks camp.
Those qualifiers against Egypt, Morroco and Cape Verde are rescheduled to be played between June 15th and July 15th at a yet unconfirmed venue and Uganda needs just one win to atleast seal a third consecutive AfroBasket tournament berth.
If the Silverbacks finish second in the group, they will be pitted in Group A alongside hosts, Rwanda, Angola and DR Congo.
While if they finish third in the qualifications group, they will be in Group D with Senegal, Cameroon and Neighbors South Sudan.
Afrobasket Groups
- Group A – Rwanda, Angola, DR Congo, 3rd Group E
- Group B – Tunisia, Egypt, Central Africa, Guinea
- Group C – Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mali, Kenya
- Group D – Senegal, Cameroon, 2nd Group E, South Sudan
