Botswana fails to qualify for the Afro Basket tourney

Botswana basketball team (in blue) in their encounter against Zambia PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Botswana basketball team (in blue) in their encounter against Zambia PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Basketball Under-16 boys and girls teams failed to qualify for the Zone VI Afro Basket tournament after they lost all their matches in the qualifying stages. The games took place at the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) Courts over the weekend.

Botswana teams played four games each in their respective categories and lost all the matches leaving them at the bottom of the logs with four points each.

The South Africa boys and Zimbabwe girls teams qualified for the Afro Basket tournament.

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