Stanton Rose named captain of Guyana’s 12-man squad for FIBA World Cup qualifiers

Apr 04, 2021 Sports

The GABF Team to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) CONCENCABA pre-qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup.

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) released the final 12-player squad that will travel to El Salvador on April 12th next to play in Guyana’s first appearance at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) CONCENCABA pre-qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup.
Twenty-one year-old Power Forward Stanton Rose remains the captain of the team that has been bolstered with brothers Delroy and Gordon James who both possess a wealth of experience. Co-captain Anthony Moe is another extremely valuable player on the team with experience against many of the players that will be suiting up for the opposing teams during the qualifiers.
The remaining players of the squad are Yannick Tappin, Nikkoloi Smith, Terron Welch, Travis Belgrave, Deylon Bovell, Harold Adams, Timothy Thompson and Israel Yaw. Initially, Guyana was set against the hosts, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica but a late application by Jamaica has now seen the number of teams in the first round of qualifiers moving to five.
A release from the FIBA read, “We have the mission to develop and promote our sport, and to that purpose, a group of strategic objectives has been established. One of those is the Empowerment of Federations through encouraging the participation in international competitions and increasing the number of National Federations participating in the top groups.
Over the past couple of days, we’ve received late requests from the sub-zone National Federations requesting to be allowed to participate in the CONCENCABA Pre-Qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup that will take place in El Salvador.
After a thorough assessment of those requests by our Regional office, in combination with FIBA’s Headquarters, we’ve concluded that Jamaica’s request has merit for being in compliance with our registration procedures. All other late requests were denied on the basis of breaching FIBA’s registration procedures.”
Three out of the five teams will advance to the next round of qualification following one off round-robin matches. Guyana will tip off the competition when they clash with Nicaragua on April 15 from 21:00hrs then they will play Jamaica the next day at 18:00hrs followed by El Salvador on the 17th at 21:00hrs before their last game against Costa Rica on the 18th at 18:00hrs.
The partners making the team’s participation possible include JHI Associates, Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, E-Networks, Nigel Hinds, Hand-in-Hand, Atlantic Mining Supplies, American Airlines, Rima Guest House and Sleepin International.