Africa-Press – Cape verde. The National Basketball Team lost today’s morning match, Thursday, 31st, against Finland by 77-100. Cape Verde, which is already out of the second round, is now fighting for a better position in the competition and for qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, as the best African team in the world.
Finland, led by Lauri Markkanen, did not give our team a chance, which is still recovering from physical exhaustion, less than 24 hours after being eliminated in the group stage by the powerful selection of Slovenia in yesterday’s match, Wednesday, 30 August, at Okinawa Arena, Japan.
This defeat could complicate Cape Verde’s direct qualification for the Paris Olympic Games, since, even winning the match with Japan, next Saturday, September 2nd, our team may not be crowned as the best African team in this Championship of the Basketball World.
Angola, Ivory Coast, South Sudan and Egypt are the other African teams in the dispute.
It is recalled that Cape Verde failed to advance to the second round of the World Cup, after being defeated this Wednesday by Slovenia by 97-77. Previously, he had lost to Georgia in his absolute debut game held on the morning of Saturday, August 26th.
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