Africa-Press – Rwanda. US-based Axel Mpoyo has joined the national team camp ahead of the forthcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers scheduled to take place from February 25-27, in Dakar, Senegal.
The team is currently residing at Elevate Hotel, Nyarutarama, training twice a day at the Kigali Arena.
Mpoyo arrived in the country on Friday night.
He is part of the 19-man roster that head coach Cheikh Sarr summoned to prepare for the qualifiers.
Rwanda is in Group B of the qualifiers, along with two-time reigning African champions Tunisia, Cameroon and South Sudan.
The national team will play a warm-up game against Egypt in Dakar before embarking on the qualifiers campaign on February 25.
The team departs for Senegal in the middle of this month. Bahrain-based shooting guard Kenny Gasana and Belgium-based power-forward William Robeyns will meet the team in Senegal.
During the qualifiers, 16 African teams will be battling for a spot in the FIBA World Cup that will take place in Indonesia, Japan and Philippines next year.
The qualifiers journey will run over an 18-month period.
Teams will have to go through a six-window qualifying process that will eventually determine the final 32 teams for the World Cup. Africa will be represented by five teams.
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