Basketballghana.com can confirm a trio of West African nations dominates Group C for the upcoming FIBA African Nations Basketball Championship (AfroBasket).
This comes after the draw for the 2021 edition of the continental tournament was conducted a few hours ago; the competition is slated to take place from August 24 to September 5 at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda.
The Kigali Arena is hosting the inaugural edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) at the time of writing; BAL is an NBA-FIBA Africa event with club sides from African countries competing for honours.
Nigeria, Mali and Ivory Coast and Kenya make up Group C and the draw puts the group in the Group of Death conversation. Group B has defending champions Tunisia, Egypt, Central African Republic and Guinea.
Group D has Senegal, Cameroon and debutant South Sudan with an open slot just as Group A has host nation Rwanda, Angola and DR Congo with an open slot.
Morocco, Uganda and Cape Verde will battle to fill the remaining two spots to be decided in July.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter
