A win would have given the hosts an Olympics ticket, but they met a Nigerian side desperate to correct the mistakes that cost them matches against Russia and Argentina earlier on. FIBAWorldCup DTigers Nigeria China OlympicGames Tokyo2020
It was Nigeria’s last classification game of the 2019 FIBA Men World Cup and the D’Tigers needed a win to end as Africa’s highest performer at the World Cup, which reward was an Olympics ticket. That they did in style.
A win would have given the hosts an Olympics ticket, but they met a Nigerian side desperate to correct the mistakes that cost them matches against Russia and Argentina earlier on. And so the boys fought their hosts all over the court to end the third and fourth quarters 25-20 and 26-22 respectively with four players recording double figures.
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