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Nigeria to host eight teams in basketball pre-Olympic qualifiers

By Our reporter On Aug 6, 2023 0

Nigeria will host eight other African Basketball teams in the pre-qualifiers on the journey to the Olympic Games in Paris after they were selected by The Federation International Basketball Association as the hosts.

The FIBA Pre-Olympics African Qualifier will be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos from August 12 to August 20. The participating teams that will slug out for a coveted spot to represent the continent at the next Olympic Games are Senegal, Mali, Uganda, Congo Democratic Republic, Cameroun, Guinea, Tunisia, and host, Nigeria.

The teams are divided into two groups of four each with the top two teams in each group proceeding to the semi-finals. An African representative will emerge between the winners of both semi-final matches.

Currently ranked the first team in Africa, the Nigerian men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers has a high chance to be Africa’s representative at Paris 2024.