PRETORIA (South Africa) - The FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 action is almost ready to get underway after the final rosters of most teams and full schedule were confirmed in the build-up to the tournament.
There are 12 teams aiming to be crowned champions in Pretoria including last year's winners Egypt and Mali who have claimed the title in two of the past three editions (2018 and 2020).
Click below to see each team's roster:
Group A: Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Senegal Group B: Egypt, Angola, Uganda, Nigeria Group C: South Africa, Morocco, Zambia, Rwanda
EDITOR'S NOTE - As we published this article the following rosters were yet to be validated: Angola, Nigeria, Mali and Uganda.
The twelve national teams will play 34 games over the course of 10 game-days from September 3-14.
There will be two rest days on 5, and 8 September.
Click HERE for the full schedule.
The teams that finish in the top two places of each group and the two best third-placed teams will advance to the Semi-Finals.
And the finalists will earn the right to represent Africa at next year's FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland.
All games at the FIBA U18 AfroBasket are streamed, live and for free, on FIBA's official YouTube channel.
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