Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, and Senegal qualified automatically by reaching the semifinals of the last tournament. I know that finding hosts for this is difficult, but it is terrible that Rwanda automatically gets a spot and teams in difficult zones will just be hoping that teams drop out so that they can make it. Rwanda still participated in their zone's qualifiers and did not win a game. Egypt qualifies:
South Africa withdrew from qualifying so Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Zambia met in Zimbabwe for one spot and they increased the group phase from four games to six games in six days. That proved to be a pointless number of games, but Angola did make it close in the final before Mozambique won. wbasketballblog.com/2023/02/28/afrobasket-2023-zone-6-qualifiers-february-21st-28th/
Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, and Senegal qualified automatically by reaching the semifinals of the last tournament. I know that finding hosts for this is difficult, but it is terrible that Rwanda automatically gets a spot and teams in difficult zones will just be hoping that teams drop out so that they can make it. Rwanda still participated in their zone's qualifiers and did not win a game. Egypt qualifies:
Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, and Senegal qualified automatically by reaching the semifinals of the last tournament. I know that finding hosts for this is difficult, but it is terrible that Rwanda automatically gets a spot and teams in difficult zones will just be hoping that teams drop out so that they can make it. Rwanda still participated in their zone's qualifiers and did not win a game. Egypt qualifies:
Poor Mali had to feel pretty good about this and a chance at the Olympics after getting Sika Kone, but a naturalized player can make all the difference. Senegal and Nigeria also get Olympic qualifying spots.