Rwanda has been drawn in Group B of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2021 African qualifiers.

The group also comprises Tunisia, Cameroon and South Sudan.

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Africa region, will begin in November this year and will conclude in February 2023.

The process will determine the five African teams that will participate at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

The qualification process comprises six windows which will take place over a period of about 15 months.

The qualification structure is as follows;

First round

The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four teams to play a 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.

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: Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Mali, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, Cameroon, Senegal, South Sudan, Egypt, Central African Republic and Guinea.

FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Groups (Africa)

Group A: Cape Verde, Mali, Uganda, Nigeria

Group B: South Sudan, Cameroon, Tunisia, Rwanda

Group C: Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Central Africa Republic, Angola

Group D: Kenya, Senegal, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo