Tuesday fixtures

Girls

Rwanda vs Tanzania (1:30pm)

Boys

Rwanda vs Angola (7PM)

Venue: Petit Stade Gymnasium

Rwanda’s boys team tip off their U16 Afrobasket 2025 campaign at home on Tuesday against Angola in Group A opener at Petit Stade Gymnasium.

The game is scheduled at 7pm.

The competition, which also serves as a qualifier for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2026, brought together 23 national teams in both boys and girls categories.

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Rwanda and Angola are placed in Group A alongside Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone.

Each team will play three games during the group phase before the tournament enters its elimination round.

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Meanwhile, the girls’ tournament attracted 11 teams which were split into three groups of four, except Group A which includes hosts Rwanda, Tunisia and Tanzania.

Rwanda begins their group stage journey against Tanzania. The match tips off at 1:30pm at Petit Stade.

Full group draw

Group A: Rwanda, Tunisia and Tanzania

Group B: Mali, Angola, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.

Group C: Egypt, Morocco, Cameroon and Uganda

Except for Group A, each team is scheduled to play three games during the Group Phase before the tournament enters its elimination round.

Boys

Group A: Rwanda, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Group B: Guinea, Tunisia, Uganda and Cameroon.

Group C: Egypt, Morocco, Mali and Liberia