Basketball/Cape Verde at the World Cup: President of the Republic praises Cape Verde's feat

The President of the Republic, José Maria Neves, today praised the feat achieved by the Cape Verde national team by qualifying in the fifth and last window of African qualification played in Angola, for the World Cup.

“Once again, coach Mané Trovoada commands our selection to its greatest achievement ever, after in 2007 he led our “Bravos Guerreiros” to 3rd place in the African Championship. Our Blue Sharks have a place scheduled for the 2023 World Cup in August ”, said, according to Inforpress, the head of state on his page on the social network Facebook, as soon as the game ended in Luanda.

“ Congratulations Guys, you make us so proud! ” Neves ended his message.

“Historic milestone for the nation. Great pride” – Prime Minister

The Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, considered, for his part, a “ historic milestone for the nation” of Cape Verde and “ great pride” in the unprecedented classification of the Cape Verde basketball team for the 2023 World Cup, a feat achieved today in Angola.

“ Today we celebrate together the great achievement of our Men's Basketball Team. Cape Verde is, for the first time, in the World Cup. Congratulations ”, wrote, according to Inforpress, the head of government in his first reaction, after Cape Verde's triumph over Ivory Coast.

“ Congratulations to the players, coaching staff and everyone involved in this historic milestone for the nation. Great pride. Here's to the next stages and challenges, the crowd remains firm and strong” , he added.

World Cup 20223

The Cape Verde basketball team, recalled the source of this newspaper, qualified this afternoon for the first time for the World Cup in the sport, by beating its counterpart from Ivory Coast (79-64).

Cape Verde ended the qualifying phase in third place in group E with 16 points, the same as Angola, in a poule won by Ivory Coast with 18 points.

South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Angola and Cape Verde will be the African representatives in the great showcase of world basketball.

According to the website of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Cape Verde surpasses Montenegro as the smallest country in the world, in terms of population density, to qualify for the World Cup.

Mundial'2023 will have the participation of 32 teams instead of the usual 24 and will take place between August 25th and September 10th in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to Inforpress.