{"id":89595,"date":"2024-11-11T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan"},"modified":"2024-11-11T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:22:53","slug":"afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali and South Sudan as part of Rwanda\u2019s preparations for the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers due in Dakar, Senegal from November 22-24.<\/p>\n

The team, coached by Cheikh Sarr, will first face Mali on November 19 before taking on African powerhouse South Sudan on November 20. Both matches will take place in Dakar.<\/p>\n

Rwanda is pooled in Group C alongside Senegal, Cameroon, and Gabon.<\/p>\n

The national team is currently camping at Kigali Delight Hotel and is conducting daily training sessions at Petit Stade indoor gymnasium under head coach Sarr and his assistants Yves Murenzi and Kenneth Gasana.<\/p>\n

Provisional Squad:<\/p>\n

Antino Jackson Jr, Alexandre Aerts, Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, William Robeyns, Kenny Manzi, Dieudonne\u0301 Ndizeye, Steven Hagumintwari, Emile Galois Kazeneza, Bruno Shema, Prince Muhizi, Cadeaux de Dieu Furaha, Osborn Shema and Noah Bigirumwami.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali and South Sudan as part of Rwanda\u2019s preparations for the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers due in Dakar, Senegal from November 22-24. The team, coached by Cheikh Sarr, will first face Mali on November 19 before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[4424,758],"class_list":["post-89595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-afrobasket-2025","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nAfrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Afrobasket 2025\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\",\"name\":\"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":520,\"caption\":\"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan","og_description":"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":520,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan","datePublished":"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan"},"wordCount":167,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg","keywords":["Afrobasket 2025","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan","name":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-11T15:53:30+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-11T16:22:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) has confirmed that the national team will play two buildup matches against Mali ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/sm_1731329437.164426.jpg","width":1000,"height":520,"caption":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afrobasket-2025-qualifiers-rwanda-line-up-friendlies-with-mali-south-sudan#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Afrobasket 2025 qualifiers: Rwanda line up friendlies with Mali, South Sudan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}