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The Ugandan women's team finished third to qualify for the Africa Cup in Togo (Photo by organisms )
Ugandan Teams Men and Women Qualified For the Africa Cup FIBA 3 * 3, Togo sank for November in Togo after finishing respectively fourth and third qualifying in Madagascar.
The National Basketball League men's team – Tonny Drilleba, Sunday Okot, Jonathan Egau and Stanley Mugerwa finished the qualifying phase with a 5-2 record to finish in fourth place.
Egypt, Madagascar and DR Congo 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively, are the other men's teams that qualified for the finals.
In the women's category, Uganda has snuck through qualifying through the skin of her teeth despite her entering the tournament as one of the favorites. The team consists of Zainah Lokwameri, Sarah Ageno, Ritah Imanishimwe and Jamila Nansikombi.
Ugandan women finished the first day with three defeats in as many games after losing to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar and Egypt. the pile after the round-robins.
However, the format of the tournament in the women's category has meant that the 4 teams competing play a elimination game after the Round Robin – (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd), with the winner of each qualifying match at the Africa Cup. The losers play another match and the winner of that particular match also qualifies
Uganda lost to the DRC who finished 1st in the round robin while Madagascar lost to Egypt before that Uganda beat hosts 14-12. The DRC as three qualified teams
The Africa Cup in Lome, Togo will be held from 9 to 11 November 2018.
Results of Uganda in the 3 * 3 qualifiers:
Men:
28 -07-2018:
Uganda 21-6 Tanzania
Uganda 16-8 Seychelles
Egypt 17-15 Uganda
29-07-2018:
DRC 19-16 Uganda
Uganda 11-15 Madagascar
Women:
28-07-2018:
Uganda 9-12 DRC
Madagascar 19-9 Uganda
Uganda 14-21 Egypt [19659026] 29-07-2018:
DRC 16-15 Uganda
Uganda 14-12 Madagascar
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