Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Cape Verdean basketball team faces this Saturday, the hosts of Japan, at the Okinawa Arena, in a match for the attribution of the 17th to 32nd places of this Basketball World Cup that takes place in Japan, Indonesia and Philippines.
The match is scheduled for 20:10 local time (10:10 in Cabo Verde) and refers to Group O.
The Japanese team is coming off a morale-boosting victory against Venezuela, 86-77, while Cape Verde suffered a defeat against Finland (77-100), so the Creole team must win the game to continue dreaming of direct qualification for the Paris’2024 Olympic Games.
The “Tubarões Azuis”, removed from the second phase, are now focused on the fight as the best African team, right in their unprecedented participation in the World Cup, since the best classified African team wins the passport to Paris 2024.
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