Nigeria's men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, alongside 15 other African countries, will compete for a ticket to the 2027 FIBA World Cup, with the qualifying series set to begin in November, Afrosport reports. Having successfully turned around their luck and secured a ticket to the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket set to take place in Angola from 12-24 August, the D'Tigers will now shift their attention to booking...
Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, finished the third window of their 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers in Libya unbeaten following a 77-62 win over Cape Verde on Sunday, Afrosport reports. Having lost their opening three games, the D’Tigers needed to win their remaining games in the final round of the qualifiers, and the coach Abdulrahman Mohammed-led side did just that. NIGERIA WINS!! We started this window...
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...
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