Nigeria will host eight other African Basketball teams in the pre-qualifiers on the journey to the Olympic Games in Paris after they were
The FIBA Pre-Olympics African Qualifier will be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos fromThe participating teams that will slug out for a coveted spot to represent the continent at the next Olympic Games are Senegal, Mali, Uganda, Congo Democratic Republic, Cameroun, Guinea, Tunisia, and host, Nigeria.
Currently ranked the first team in Africa, the Nigerian men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers has a high chance to be Africa’s representative at Paris 2024.The team will be represented by 23 team members with some currently playing in the NBA, the world’s most rated Basketball league.
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