Nigeria’s senior national male basketball team, D’Tigers, will face Russia, Argentina and South Korea at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, following the draw conducted on Saturday at Shenzhen in China.
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Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, has been placed in Pot 7 by the Federation of International Basketball ahead of the FIBA World Cup draw on March 16.
FIBA World Cup bound D’Tigers will know their opponents as the World Cup draw is slated for March 16 in Shenzhen, China.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has stated that the decision to appoint Alex Nwora as D’Tigers’ coach has paid off handsomely after qualifying the team for the FIBA Men’s basketball World cup in China.
The senior men’s 3×3 national basketball team has been grouped alongside France, Germany and Italy in the qualification Group A for a place in the 2019 FIBA 3×3 World Cup.
Nigeria’s national male basketball team, D’Tigers, slipped to their second loss in three games with a 63-84 points defeat in the hands of Senegal on Sunday.
The Nigerian national basketball team, D’Tigers, recovered from an embarrassing defeat by Cote d’Ivoire to record a comfortable 75-59 points win against the Central African Republic on Saturday.
Hosts Cote d’Ivoire ended Nigeria’s perfect record in the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers on Friday in Abidjan with a 72-46 points win.
Gaziantep of Turkey centre, Tonye Jekiri, and Gombe Bull’s rising star, Buchi Agu, may be in line for their D’Tigers debut when the team files out against Côte d’Ivoire on Friday.
Despite the absence of some key players who took part in the last FIBA World Cup qualifiers, D’Tigers Head coach, Alex Nwora, is still determined more than ever to end the qualifying campaign on a high.
D’Tigers camp officially opens on February 19 in Abidjan for the last window of the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
D’Tigers Head Coach, Alex Nwora, has invited 15 players for the last window of the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup qualifiers taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from February 18.
Nigeria’s D’ Tigers will on March 16 in Shenzhen, one of the eight host cities of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, know her opponents at the the draw ceremony.
The men’s team, captained by Azouma Dike (Kano Pillars), is made up of Abdul Yahaya (Kano Pillars), Lucky Subel (Kano Pillars) and Godwin David (Kano Pillars).
After weeks of training, which started in Atlanta, United States of America and ended in Turkey, African Champions, D’Tigress, will start their 2018 FIBA Women’s World Basketball Cup campaign against Australia on Saturday by 12:30am Nigerian time.
Alex Nwora, the head coach of the senior national basketball team, D’Tigers, on Sunday said his team was focused on beating all contenders at the ongoing 2019 FIBA Africa World Cup Qualifiers in Lagos.
The lads on Friday opened their World Cup campaign with a 84-73 victory over Cote d’Ivoire
D’Tigers parading some of the best players in the competition defeated Cote D’Ivoire, 84-73, to claim first game in the second round of the qualification series.
Okoye said he is back on a mission to prove his worth and importance to the team.
With less than 24 hours to the start of the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers on Friday in Lagos, the camp of the D’Tigers is buzzing with positive energy and optimism ahead of their opening game.