Lack of funds: D’Tigers pull out of AfroBasket 2025 Qualifiers
The Nation’s Senior Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers, have withdrawn from the AfroBasket 2025 qualifiers billed for Saturday February 24,due to constraints of funds.
The team’s withdrawal was confirmed on D’Tigers’ X handle.
D’Tigers have been drawn in Group B with Uganda, Cape Verde and Libya in the first window of the qualifiers which will hold in Tunisia.
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The Nigerian team are scheduled to begin the qualifiers on Saturday, 24 February against Libya.
Meanwhile, it is gathered that the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is now making last-minute attempts to gather funds for D’Tigers to participate in the qualifiers. How this last minute chase for funds can materialise is left to be seen with the tournament set for kickoff in a matter of hours.
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The AfroBasket 2025 qualification will be played from February to November 2024, to determine the 16 nations who will qualify for the FIBA AfroBasket 2025. Nigeria has won the AfroBasket only once which was in 2015.