Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria senior women’s national basketball team the D’Tigress have been paired in what is likely to be regarded as “Group of Death” on Thursday night as they will face United States of America, Belgium and Africa giants, Senegal in their FIBA Women’s Olympic qualification series holding in Brusells, Belgium, reports Prime Business Africa.
The four-time Africa champions will be buoyed to pick a qualification ticket to the Games in Paris after failing to participate at the 2023 FIBA Women’s World Cup.
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The failure to participate at the World Cup came after the Nigerian Government through the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development ruled against it over issues bothering on welfare packages for the players.
In the draw, D’Tigress are paired in Group B of the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament, and will be playing their games in Belgium.
The matches will be played from February 8-11, 2024.
Both the male and female teams qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where they failed to win a single match.
In Tokyo, the D’Tigress were paired against host, Japan, USA and France.
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