{"id":21349,"date":"2022-07-03T15:08:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/mali-disqualified-from-2022-fiba-world-cup-africa-qualifiers"},"modified":"2022-07-03T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T15:28:46","slug":"mali-disqualified-from-2022-fiba-world-cup-africa-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mali-disqualified-from-2022-fiba-world-cup-africa-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"Mali disqualified from 2022 FIBA World Cup Africa qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Malian national basketball team has been disqualified from the 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifiers after failing to show up for a second game in a row at the ongoing tournament in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, June 1, they missed their opening game against Uganda, and on Saturday, they missed the one against Nigeria, despite having travelled to Kigali for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>This means they lost each of these games by forfeiture.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Malian players refused to play because they haven\u2019t been paid their allowances by their local federation for some time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official basketball rules, if a team forfeits two games in a tournament, it is disqualified from the competition, and the results of the games it had played are nullified.<\/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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