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The Afro basketball world championships currently taking place in Maputo, Mozambique are now in the quarter finals.

Ivory Coast,Cameroon, Egypt,Angola, Nigeria, Mozambique, Mali and Senegal have qualified for quarter finals.

The closing of preliminary stage saw Ivory Coast defeating Zimbabwe 66-50,Egypt beating Algeria 72-62,Kenya thrashing Cape Verde 64-63,Cameroon beating Nigeria 71-65,host Mozambique defeating Senegal 77-61 and Angola edged past Mali 67-66.

Group standings after preliminary round are as follows:

Group A

1) Mozambique: 10 points
2) Senegal: 9 points
3) Ivory Coast: 8 points
4) Egypt: 7 points
5) Algeria: 6 points
6) Zimbabwe: 5 points

Group B

1) Angola: 10 points
2) Cameroon: 9 points
3) Mali: 8 points
4) Nigeria: 7 points
5) Kenya: 6 points
6) Cape Verde: 5 points

Quarter finals fixtures which will be played on 27th September are as follows:

1) Ivory Coast vs Cameroon

2) Egypt vs Angola

3) Nigeria vs Mozambique

4) Mali vs Senegal

Two teams which come tops from 2013 Afro Basketball for women will represent FIBA Africa in the 17th edition of the 2014 FIBA World Cup for women in Turkey.

Women`s Afro basketball Championship 23rd edition will end on 29th September having started on 20th September and has seen 12 African nations fighting for continental glory.

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