Morans land defending champions Tunisia in Group E of FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers

Kenya men’s national basketball side - Kenya Morans - were on Friday night placed in Group E of the 2025 FIBA Afrobasket Qualifiers slated for February and November next year, with the venues set to be announced at a later date.

Joining the four time representatives in Africa's elite men's basketball competition will be defending champions Tunisia, 2021 fifth place finishers Angola, and Guinea.

Tunisia claimed the 2021 championships after seeing off Ivory Coast 78-75 in the final played in Kigali, Rwanda on 6 September 2021.

Kenya, who successfully made it through to last edition’s finals, will hope that a repeat of their qualifiers in November 2020 and February 2021 will be the case next year, as they seek a fifth appearance in the 16-team tournament.

Kenya finished 2-4 in the 2021 Afrobasket Qualifiers by securing wins over Mozambique and Angola - a memorable 74-73 victory - to finish third in Group B, securing a ticket to the finals for the first time in 28 years.

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In Kigali, Morans, then led by former head coach Liz Mills, got only one win - a 72-66 victory over Mali - and ultimately got bounced in the Quarter Finals Qualifying stage thanks to a 60-58 loss to South Sudan.

Kenya’s path, as of those in Groups D and B, will begin in February, with Groups C and A battling it out in November that year.

FULL DRAW:

GROUP A: South Sudan, DRC, Mali, Q z6 Mauritius and Comoros

GROUP B: Cape Verde, Nigeria, Uganda, Q z1 and z2

GROUP C: Senegal, Cameroon, Rwanda, Q z3 and z4

GROUP D: Ivory Coast, Egypt, Central Africa Republic, Q z5 +Madagascar and Djibouti

GROUP E: Tunisia, Angola, Guinea, Kenya.