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Federation of Uganda Basketball Association (FIBA) has summoned 12 players to commence preparations for the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers 2021 Qualifiers that will take place from November 26-28 in Benguela, Angola.
The team that will be handled by Mandy Juruni and assisted by Andrew Tendo starts training (local based players) at the Africa Bible University in Lubowa on Friday, November 12.
The coaching staff will later be joined by Coach Mike Smitchz from the USA.
This will be the first window of the FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers with the second round of qualifiers to be communicated afterwards.
Uganda was drawn in the same qualifying pool with Mali, Nigeria and Cape Verde and the goal is to secure qualification to the final showpiece in 2023.
The Silverbacks finished in sixth position in the recently concluded Afrobasket championship held in Kigali, Rwanda and they will be backing on their best performance so far on the international scene going into the world cup qualifiers.
The summoned players
Local based: Jimmy Enabu, Tony Drileba, Ivan Muhwezi, Fayed Bale, Peter Obleng, Titus Lual Odeke, James Okello, Ben Komakech.
Foreign based: Deng Geu, Devis Brandon Jameel, Eric Rwahwire, Robinson Opong Odoch, Emmanuel Wamala Timothy, Hakim Ghedi.
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