APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – Rwanda have achieved the first victory by beating Eritrea 114-34 in the first play-off match of the FIBA Afro-CAN tournament currently being played Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The weeklong qualifiers is attracting nine Africa Zone 5 member countries including Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya (qualified), Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and hosts Tanzania.
The qualifiers will determine the teams that will participate in the Afro-CAN finals, a 12-nation tournament that will take place in Luanda, Angola, from July 7-16.
Except for the teams that reached the Semi-Finals of the last edition of the tournament, the remaining eight teams qualify though regional qualifiers from all FIBA Africa seven zones.
Afro-CAN is a continental basketball tournament which focuses on promoting players who play in Africa. The competition allows national teams to summon a roster that comprises only two overseas-based players, while the rest of the ten should be based on the continent.
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