The Mozambican national basketball team lost today, Thursday (22), against Montenegro (74-52) in the second match of Group "B" of the FIBA World Championship Qualification Tournament for Germany-2026, which has been taking place at the Juan de la Barrera pavilion in Mexico since Monday.

With this defeat, in this case the second, after losing the opening game against the host nation (71-65) on Monday morning, Mozambique's chances of fighting for a place at the World Cup in Germany are over. According to Challenge newspaperThe last time Mozambique played in a World Cup was in 2014 in Turkey.

Meanwhile, tomorrow, the Mozambican national team will play their final match against New Zealand at 1.30am, just to keep the schedule ticking over.

(Photo DR)