Equatorial Guinea or Gabon? Who takes the last ticket for the AfroBasket Qualifiers?

 

MALABO (Equatorial Guinea) - Two teams, two games, one ticket at stake and high expectations. That’s the scenario that will determine the last team to enter the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers.

From February 28-29, Equatorial Guinea will host Gabon in a two-game series in Malabo to determine FIBA Africa Zone 4’s representative at the qualification round for next year’s African Championship.

The inevitable question is, Who takes the ticket to the 2025 AfroBasket Qualifiers?

The winner of this playoff series will join Senegal, Cameroon and Rwanda in Group C, which tips off in November.

This is the last Pre-Qualifiers series after Madagascar clinched Zone 7’s ticket, Mozambique overcame South Africa in Zone 6, and Libya upset Morocco in Zone 1 Pre-Qualifiers for the 20-nation 2025 AfroBasket Qualifiers.

Both games will be live streamed on FIBA’s YouTube Channel.

Unlike Gabon, Equatorial Guinea featured at the 2021 AfroBasket Pre-Qualifiers although they fell short, finishing 1-5 after losses to Côte d’Ivoire (2) and Cameroon (2), and sharing a  1-1 record with Guinea.

While Gabon are chasing their first AfroBasket ticket since 2015, Equatorial Guinea are hunting their maiden appearance in FIBA Africa’s flagship event.

Teams are drawn as follows:

GROUP A (First Round to be played in November 2024)
South Sudan
DR Congo
Mali
Mozambique 

GROUP B (First Round played in February in Monastir)
Cape Verde (3-0)
Libya (2-1)
Uganda (1-2)
Nigeria (0-3)

GROUP C (First Round to be played in November 2024)
Senegal
Cameroon
Rwanda
Equatorial Guinea or Gabon

GROUP D (First Round played in February in Cairo)
Côte d’Ivoire (3-0)
Egypt (2-1)
Madagascar (1-2)
Central African Republic (0-3)

GROUP E (First Round played in February in Monastir)
Tunisia (3-0)
Angola (2-1)
Kenya (1-2)
Guinea (0-3)

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