The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) on Monday officially released the D'Tigers final 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers set to take place in Tripoli, Libya, from 21-23 February 2025. The NBBF earlier in the month announced a 24-man preliminary roster for the D'Tigers, which has now been trimmed down by 50%. The selected squad includes a strong mix of experienced players...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released the preliminary roster for the men’s national basketball team, the D’Tigers, ahead of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers third window, set to take place in Tripoli, Libya, from 17-24 February 2025. 11 home-based players made the 24-man preliminary roster with the rest made up of foreign-based players, with the team to be led by head coach Abdulrahman Mohammed, who...
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have forfeited their participation in the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers due to lack of funds from the government. D’Tigers were scheduled to begin their quest for qualification against Libya, Uganda and Cape Verde from February 23-25 in Tunisia. A brief statement from the Nigeria Basketball Federation confirmed that players who represented the country at the 2020 Olympic Games were ready to stage...
The D’Tigers of Nigeria on Tuesday lost their second straight game of the 2024 Africa FIBA men’s pre-Olympic qualifiers at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos and subsequently missed out on a place in the Games coming up next year in Paris, France. Nigeria, who lost to Senegal in their first group game and needed a win to keep hopes of qualification alive, couldn’t hold on...
The Nigerian men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, began their road to the Paris 2024 Olympics with a 93-87 loss to Senegal at the Eko Conventional Centre in Lagos on Monday. The DTigers were up by one after the first quarter, but the Lions of Senegal picked up their pace to win the second quarter 21-18 and head into halftime with a two-point lead. However, Nigeria turned...
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