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News from Angola – The latest news released on Monday by the official website of the Paris Olympics in France confirmed that the men’s national basketball team jumped to 32nd place in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rankings with 386 points.
Despite missing out on the Paris Olympics due to the defeat, the five-time African champions moved up three places to become the third in Africa.
South Sudan, the only African country participating in the Paris Olympics, ranked first on the continent, rising another 11 places in this update to 23rd in the world, followed by Côte d’Ivoire (31st).
The top ten of the best African teams include Tunisia (37th), Egypt (38th), Nigeria (42nd), Cape Verde (45th), Senegal (47th), Cameroon (64th) and Guinea (73rd). Mozambique, third-placed PALOP, rose five places and is now ranked 106th in the overall classification, ranking 20th on the African continent among the highlights in the rankings. Among them, Gabon is the country with the largest increase among African countries, rising 18 places in the rankings to 135th in the world and 27th in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) fell five places and ranked the largest.
In the world ranking, the United States topped the list, followed by Serbia and Germany. France, Canada, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Latvia and Lithuania also topped the list.
Overall, El Salvador, ranked 103rd, saw the biggest increase, gaining 23 spots, three more than Guatemala, ranked 127th.
Guyana suffered the most severe drop, falling 16 places to 118th.
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