The Silverbacks, Uganda’s senior mens national basketball team will assemble once again as they kickstart their 2025 Afrobasket qualification in Tunisia.
A 13-man squad headlined by NBA star Ishmael Wainwright and Adam Seiko will battle it out alongside Cape Verde and Nigeria in group B.
Other summoned players on the squad include City Oilers quintet of Bbale Fayed, Titus Odeke, Okello James, Tony Drileba and Ivan Muhwezi.
KIU Titians duo of Munaba Edgar and Mugerwa Stanley also make the shortlist while the foreign based legion of Robinson Opong Odoch, Womala Emmanuel and Brandon Ssebirumbi along with Ish Wainwright and Adam Seiko complete the list.
The Qualification Process
Twenty national teams, divided into five groups of four will tussle it out, with each team facing an opponent in the group twice in a tournament format over three windows all through to 2025.
The first window will get underway from 19th – 27th February while the second and third will take place from 18th to 26th November and 17th to 25th February 2025 respectively.
After the qualifiers, 16 teams will qualify for Africa’s premier basketball tourney.
The Silverbacks, against all odds finished sixth overall after losing to Cape Verde in the quarter finals at the 2021 Afrobasket in Kigali Rwanda.
Team Uganda.
Ish Wainwright, Bbale Fayed, Titus Odeke, Okello James, Tony Drileba, Ivan Muhwezi, Munaba Edgar, Mugerwa Stanley, Robinson Opong Odoch, Womala Emmanuel, Brandon Ssebirumbi, Ish Wainwright and Adam Seiko.
Head Coach : Mandy Juruni
Assistant Head Coach : Tendo Andrew.
*Credit: FUBA Media
