{"id":20583,"date":"2022-06-24T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/basketball-rwanda-u18-team-to-start-preps-for-african-champs"},"modified":"2022-06-24T17:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:10:05","slug":"basketball-rwanda-u18-team-to-start-preps-for-african-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-rwanda-u18-team-to-start-preps-for-african-champs","title":{"rendered":"Basketball: Rwanda U18 team to start preps for African champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The national U-18 boys\u2019 basketball team will soon be embarking on early preparations for the upcoming 2022 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship, for which they qualified last week.<\/p>\n

The team earned its ticket to the continental showpiece after putting up an impressive performance in regional qualifiers that unfolded in Kampala, Uganda, where they topped the mini-competition that also attracted neighbouring countries including Uganda and Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The boys have since returned home and according to Yves Murenzi, their head coach, they will soon start preparations. The African championships are scheduled for August 4-14 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took a week of rest during this CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) period, but we expect to start our preparations after it,\u201d he told Times Sport on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He added that they are looking at adding some new players to the roster, and will likely play some buildup \u2013 local and international \u2013 games in a bid to strongly prepare for the continental championship.<\/p>\n

Times Sport<\/b><\/p>\n

understands that the team is considering a training camp and warm-up games in North Africa.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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