The
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. ...
for the
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.
Zones
The 54 federations of FIBA Africa are g ...
region, began in November 2017 and concluded in February 2019. The process determined the five African teams that would participate at the
2019 FIBA World Cup.
Entrants
The 16 teams that have qualified for
AfroBasket 2017
FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal. Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer decl ...
earned a right to participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers. Few days before the start of the campaign,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
withdrew from the qualification. They were replaced by
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
, runner-up from
AfroBasket 2017 additional qualifying tournament.
Chad to replace South Africa in World Cup 2019 qualifiers
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows.
First round
''All times are local.''
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three other top teams. All results from the first qualification round, were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top two teams in each group along with the better placed third team qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup proper.
Group E
Group F
Best third placed team
Statistical leaders
Player averages
Team averages
References
External links
Official website
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)