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It is tomorrow that the host country of the final qualifying round of the 2019 World Cup, planned in China, will be known. Host of the return phase last June, Senegal would be ready to once again host the family of continental basketball. A competition that could be played in the new Diamniadio Sports Palace, which is scheduled for delivery this month.
At the end of the second phase of the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, at the end of last June at the stadium Marius Ndiaye , the National Men's Team finished at the top of its group, with three wins in as many outings. A performance that allows Lions to move closer to qualifying for the finals, scheduled in China from August 31 to September 15, 2019.
For the final turn of qualifications, Lions are lodged in the F group they will share with the Nigerian African Champion, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. As for group E, we will find Tunisia, Cameroon, Angola, Egypt, Morocco and Chad.
The next challenge for Gorgui Sy Dieng and his partners will be to overcome the last hurdle of these qualifiers scheduled for next September. A last phase that would interest Senegal, according to some sources close to the federal authority.
Senegal interested in the organization
After organizing the return phase last June, Senegal would be ready again to welcome the basketball family. Which would be a good thing in order to win one of the qualifying tickets for the finals. Especially as the technical staff, Abdourahmane Ndiaye "Adidas" can still rely on his group, like the pivot of Minnesota Wolves, Gorgui Sy Dieng. "He is available to the selection only in September before returning to his club. It would be a good thing to see him play again in Dakar, "reports one source.
The same goes for almost all the players recently selected for the return leg in Dakar. An opportunity for the technical staff who will have no worries to be made to compose his group.
Dakar Arena available
With the availability of the new Sports Palace Diamniadio, matches should no longer to take place at the stadium Marius Ndiaye. Even if, informs the same source, the leaders of the Fiba have much appreciated the organization of the matches in this dilapidated temple of Senegalese basketball. A major asset that the tutelage and the federal authority should be able to put on the table to convince Fiba again to entrust the organization to Senegal. An opportunity that other nations, such as Ivory Coast or Mali, would also be ready to seize to restart the race for qualification. The ball would be in the basket of the Minister of Sports.
With 12 teams divided into two groups (E and F) of 6 teams each, only the two best teams of each group, plus the team ranked third best, will validate their ticket to the World Cup 2019. A competition that will bring together for the first time 32 teams.
World basketball: La Fiba unveils the program
The program of the second window of the playoffs of the World Cup 2019 has been unveiled . The first round will be played from 14 to 16 September 2018. For the return leg, it will be necessary to wait for the month of February 2019, from 22 to 24. Thus, Senegal will face successively Rwanda (14 September and 22 February), Mali (15 September-23 February) and Nigeria (16 September and 24 February).
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