2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers: Two tickets await African countries as Senegal host Nigeria, others of final window

By Dotun Omisakin

Ahead of the  2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup billed for Saturday, August 31, 2019, Senegal has been confirmed  as the host country of the sixth and final window of the FIBA African qualifiers.


According to FIBA website, the two tickets on offer for African countries will be determined in Dakar the capital city of Senegal.

The qualifiers slated to hold from February 22-24 will witness the second leg of Group F, which includes Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Mali


Tunisia, Nigeria, and Angola have secured their place for 32-nation World Cup in China.


After winning three of their first round's six games in the old Marius Ndiaye stadium in Dakar in the June-July 2018 window of the African Qualifiers, Senegal has become the fourth African country - after Angola, Nigeria and Tunisia - to host a stage of the African Qualifiers on home soil.


The six-nation tournament is expected to take place in the recently-launched new Dakar Arena, located on the outskirts of the Senegalese capital.