The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), yesterday announced a 12-member squad which will compete at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers in El Salvador.
Stanton Rose, captain of the victorious (FIBA) AmeriCup 2021 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers team, returns in the same capacity. He will lead a squad which also comprises siblings Delroy and Gordon James, Deylon Anthony, Anthony Moe, Travis Belgrave, Timothy Thompson, Harold Adams, Yonnick Tappin, Terron Welsh, Israel Yaw and Nicholai Smith.
Guyana will commence their campaign on April 15th against Nicaragua from 21:00hrs. This will be followed by a meeting with recent entrant Jamaica on April 16th at 18:00hrs.
On April 17th, the Guyanese will oppose El Salvador from 21:00hrs, with their final group match occurring against Costa Rica from 21:00hrs one day later. All matches will be hosted at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium.
The first round of qualifiers will be conducted utilising a group format, with the top three finishers progressing to the second round of qualifiers slated for July 2021. According to the GABF, all of those encounters will be aired by local provider E-Networks on their E1 channel.
Regional giant Jamaica has been added to the event by the FIBA regional office, who disclosed, “Over the past couple of days, we’ve received late requests from the sub-zone National Federations requesting to be allowed to participate in the CONCENCABA Pre-Qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup that will take place in El Salvador. After a thorough assessment of those requests by our Regional office, in combination with FIBA’s Headquarters, we’ve concluded that Jamaica’s request has merit for being in compliance with our registration procedures. All other late requests were denied on the basis of breaching FIBA’s registration procedures.”
The Guyana Men’s Senior Basketball team is set to arrive in the Central American nation on April 12. They expected to depart seven days later.
