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South Sudan is ranked 1st in Africa and 31st in the world according to the latest Nike FIBA ranking released on Friday.

The Bright Stars who finished 17th in the just concluded FIBA World Cup put up a fantastic performance winning three and losing two of their five world cup games in Philippines.
The team lost its first and third games to Puerto Rico and Serbia.

Wins against China, Philippines and Angola saw the Bright Stars become the only African team to qualify for next year's Olympics in Paris.

LOOK: FIBA World Cup FINAL Standings

x - 1. 🇩🇪 Germany (Gold)
x - 2. 🇷🇸 Serbia (Silver)
x - 3. 🇨🇦 Canada (Bronze)
x - 4. 🇺🇲 United States
y - 5. 🇱🇻 Latvia
y - 6. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
y - 7. 🇸🇮 Slovenia
y - 8. 🇮🇹 Italy
y - 9. 🇪🇦 Spain
x - 10. 🇦🇺 Australia
y - 11. 🇲🇪 Montenegro
y - 12. 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
y - 13. 🇧🇷 Brazil
y - 14. 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
y - 15. 🇬🇷 Greece
y - 16. 🇬🇪 Georgia
x - 17. 🇸🇸 South Sudan
x - 18. 🇨🇵 France
x - 19. 🇯🇵 Japan
y - 20. 🇪🇬 Egypt
y - 21. 🇫🇮 Finland
y - 22. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
y - 23. 🇱🇧 Lebanon
y - 24. 🇵🇭 Philippines
y - 25. 🇲🇽 Mexico
y - 26. 🇦🇴 Angola
y - 27. 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
z - 28. 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
z - 29. 🇨🇳 China
z - 30. 🇻🇪 Venezuela
z - 31. 🇮🇷 Iran
z - 32. 🇵🇸 Jordan

x - Already Qualified to Summer Olympics
y - Qualified to Olympic Qualifying Tournament
z - not Qualified to Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The campaign ended for all african teams with the following results:

Final Rankings
17. 🇸🇸 South Sudan (3-2) QUALIFIED for the as the best african team in the
20. 🇪🇬 Egypt (2-3) | will play the
26. 🇦🇴 Angola (1-4) | will play the
27. 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire (1-4) | will play the
28. 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (1-4)

As Cameroon 🇨🇲 won the , they will join Egypt, Angola and Cote d'Ivoire for the next qualification phase!
🙌 THANKS to all the fans who kept believing in Africa 🌍!

Via: FIBA AfroBasket