GUYANA will be the highest-ranked team in El Salvador, when they travel to the Central American country to compete in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Pre-Qualifier in the city of San Salvador.
The competition dates have also been confirmed for April 14-18.

The competition schedule has been adjusted to allow for the completion of the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) and to allow National Federations to field their best teams to participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Pre-Qualifier.

Guyana, ranked 100 in the latest FIBA World Rankings presented by Nike, is grouped with host El Salvador (133), along with Nicaragua (116) and Costa Rica (106) in the Round Robin-formatted tournament, that will see the top three teams advancing to the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Pre-Qualifier in July 2021.

FIBA Americas Regional Office has provided the Guyana Basketball Federation (GABF) a comprehensive package outlining the requirements and deadlines for completing and uploading the required documents into the competition portal including the Eligibility of Players, Preliminary Delegation List (maximum of 24), Team Doctor, Covid-19 Compliance Team Official, Pre-Travel PCR Test Results and Uniform Artwork, to name a few.

Basketball’s global governing body has also communicated that at FIBA’s discretion, doping checks can be performed at any of the venues of the event, whether at competition venue, training venues or hotel, during competition time.

Guyana, according to a release from the GABF, must comply with any anti-doping officer, according to Article 2 of the FIBA Internal Regulations, Book Four that oversee Anti-Doping Rule Violations.

The GABF said their players are mandated to complete the WADA Whereabouts form as mandated by the GABF and the Guyana Olympic Association – National Anti-Doping Organisation (GOA / NADO).