{"id":11328,"date":"2022-02-16T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-national-mens-basketball-team-pays-a-visit-to-kigali-genocide-memorial"},"modified":"2022-02-16T17:26:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:26:21","slug":"rwanda-national-mens-basketball-team-pays-a-visit-to-kigali-genocide-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-national-mens-basketball-team-pays-a-visit-to-kigali-genocide-memorial","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda National Men\u2019s Basketball Team Pays A Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Ahead of first window of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers, the men\u2019s national basketball team has paid tribute to the 1994 Genocide victims.<\/p>\n<p>On February 15, the team visited Kigali Genocide Memorial, a final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda is in Group B alongside Tunisia, Cameroon and South Sudan and the group games will take place at Dakar Arena from February 25-27.<\/p>\n<p>Ntore Habimana from Canada, Axel Mpoyo from USA and Pierre Thierry Vandriessche From France are among Foreign-based players that are in camp while Belgium-based power forward William Robeyns and Kenny Gasana from Bahrain Club of the Bahraini Premier League will join the group in Dakar- Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Boys will start their campaign by facing South Sudan in the two sides\u2019 first Group B game at the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers that will take place in the Arena motioned up.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here is the team\u2019s full schedule<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Feb 25<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Vs South Sudan<\/p>\n<p>Feb 26<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Vs Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Feb 27<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Vs Tunisia<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda national team will play a Preparation match against Egypt in Dakar before commencement of the qualifying campaign on February 25.<\/p>\n<p>The top three teams from Groups A, B, C and D will advance to the second round of the African Qualifiers scheduled to start fourth window in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The group is expected to leave the country this Friday evening to Senegal Dakar<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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