Kenya lost the bid to host the Fiba Afrobasket qualifiers that starts on February 19th to 21st.
Cameroon will host the two championships after successfully bidding to host the competition ahead of Kenya and Mozambique, without Fiba Africa giving reasons for denying Kenya and Mozambique the chance.
Kenya beat Mozambique 79-62 and will need any win or lose to Mozambique by less than 17 points to qualify for the Afrobasket finals after 27 year’s wait.
Cameroon, who will be seeking to qualify from group C where they are facing stiff competition from Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Equatorial Guinea, have been given a chance to play their matches at home meaning they will have an advantage over their three opponents
Group A (Tunisia, DRC Congo, Central Republic of Congo and Madagascar), Group D (Nigeria, South Sudan, Mali and Rwanda) and Group E (Egypt, Uganda, Cape Verde, and Morocco) will have their matches in Tunisia between February 17 to 21
Three teams from each group will qualify for the Afrobasket finals to be staged in Kigali, Rwanda in August