They have won all six matches in their group including the reigning African champions, Tunisia.

"I keep telling the guys, we got our respect, but don't get too content because we haven't done anything yet. We got to take game by game," South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey said after their win against Tunisia on Saturday.

South Sudan has already secured a  place in the Second Round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers in August. 

South Sudan's Bright Stars is a team that four years ago was unknown to many but has now become one of the hottest in African basketball landscape with real chances of competing for one of the five tickets available for African countries for next year's World Cup in Indonesia, Japan, and Philippines.