Rwanda’s national basketball team has left for Luanda, Angola to compete in the FIBA AfroCan tournament slated for July 8 to July 16, 2023
The players and officials left on Wednesday evening through Addis Ababa and will arrive in Luanda today. The team is led by Yves Murenzi, with the assistance of Kenneth Gasana and Aristide Mugabe.
Gasana, the current team captain is sidelined for this tournament due to an Achilles tendon, He will, however, be one of the assistant coaches. since Dr Check Sarr will be preparing the Women’s team for the 2023 AfroBasket slated for late this month. Mugabe will serve as the first assistant coach.
The players are led by Dieudonné Ndizeye Ndayisaba. He is joined by Patriots teammates Steven Hagumintwari and Kendal Gray, as well as REG center Dick Sano Rutatika. And the team will be relying on APR combo guards William Robeyns and Nshobozwabyosenumukiza.
Rwanda who qualified for 2023 AfroCan in June are seeded in Group C with Morocco and Tunisia. They will tip-off their campaign against Tunisia on July 8 and will take on Morocco on 9th July at group stage level.
The country of a thousand hills will be participating in the AfroCan for the first time, and Angola become the second country to organize the competition since Mali hosted the inaugural edition in 2019. DRC are the defending Champions
12-man roster for 2023 FIBA AfroCan:
Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Cadeaux de Dieu Furaha, Dan Manzi Kimasa, Dieudonné Ndizeye Ndayisaba, Steven Hagumitwari, Kendal Gray, William Robyens, Dick Sano Rutatika, Ntore Habimana, Patrick Ngabonziza, Olivier Turatsinze, and Emile Galois Kazeneza.
