Ahead of Sunday’s final game against host China, D’Tigers Head Coach, Alex Nwora, has noted that grinding out a win is achievable but will not come easy.
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The Alex Nwora-led team will face host China on Sunday at 5pm in their second classification game at the championship
D’Tigers have arrived in Guangzhou in time for their classification game against Cote d’Ivoire on Friday.
Nigeria’s D’Tigers will now meet Cote D’Ivoire on Friday at the City Arena in Guangzhou, in their opening match of the classification round at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.
The Eagle Online recalls the Nigerian side were crushed by Russia and Argentina in their first two games of the championship
After two successive World Cup losses against Russia and Argentina in China, D’Tigers have now shifted their attention to qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
The hard fighting Alex Nwora lads suffered a 94-81 points loss to the group favourites and South American giants at the City Arena, Wuhan Sports Centre on Monday.
As the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup gets underway in China on Saturday, the D’Tigers hope to start against Russia on a winning note.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja after the presentation of the 2019 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket trophy to the newly appointed Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, the NBBF President, Engr. Musa Kida, said the boys are focused on the task ahead.
The team’s General Manager, Musa Adamu, revealed that the team had to wait for the NBBF President, Musa Kida to return from Senegal where he went to cheer the D’Tigress to their fourth African title.
D’Tigers’ earlier scheduled trip to China in continuation of their preparation for the FIBA World Cup may have suffered a setback over paucity of funds as the Nigeria Basketball Federation continues struggling to make funds available.
Speaking to journalists after the team’s first training session in Lagos, Nwora said despite all the 44 players on the preliminary list being good enough to be at the World Cup, the Technical Crew can only pick 12 players to represent the country.
Nwora said: “We have quality players who are performing at the top level in Europe and the US, and we have played some friendly matches against some top sides. Indeed we are very confident of making it to the podium.
The strong contingent, led by Head Coach, Alex Nwora, arrived Nigeria aboard a Delta Airline flight from Atlanta to continue their World Cup preparation.
The home based D’Tigers on Sunday lost their second straight match against DR Congo 55 – 81 in the ongoing FIBA AFROCAN Men’s basketball in Bamako, Mali
The pairings were arrived at at the draws held in Praia, Cape Verde, for the event which will hold at the Palais des Sports, Salamatou Maiga in Bamako.
Nigeria’s basketball teams to the 2019 African Games in Morocco will commence camping on July 5, 2019 in Abuja.
D’Tigers Head Coach, Alex Nwora, has released a 44-man preliminary roaster ahead of the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup in China, after weeks of scouting.
African champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigers, has lined up multiple Grade A friendlies against Dominican Republic and Canada ahead of the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup.
Musa Kida, the President, Nigeria Basketball Federation on Tuesday, said that the national senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, would be well prepared for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.