Senior Men qualify for World Cup 2023

After finishing the qualifying rounds on a 11-1 record, the Senior Men have qualified for the World Cup 2023 as the #1 seed from Africa.

THE JOURNEY

Three years ago, in 2020, the senior men's South Sudan National team began its journey in Zone 5 held in Nairobi, Kenya. The team continued its journey to Cameroon in an attempt to qualify for AfroBasket, but ultimately returned without a spot.

Algeria subsequently withdrew from the tournament due to COVID, allowing South Sudan to qualify for AfroBasket.

FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

The Bright Stars were placed in the same group as the African Champions Tunisia for their first World Cup qualifying games - Feb, 2022 in Dakar, Senegal and went undefeated against Tunisia, Cameroon, and Rwanda.

In August 2022, the team played and lost its first game toSenegal by three points and made comeback wins by 43 and 20 points against Congo and Egypt in Monastir, Tunisia.

With only one game required to qualify, the team earned the top spot in its group in Alexandria, Egypt against Senegal, Congo and Egypt, beating Tunisia's long-standing record of 10/2 with an 11/1 and qualifying for the FIBA World Cup 2023.

FIBA WORLD CUP 2023

The competition will be hosted from 25 August-10 September 2023 in Philippines-Japan-Indonesia as 32 countries battle it out for World Champions, including the Bright Stars.