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See the challenge as Nigeria's D'Tigers set for 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers.
February and November have been set aside as the Qualifiers for the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket, Africa's premier men's basketball competition.
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17:25 - 25.11.2023
D'Tigers: Nigeria to face Cape Verde and Uganda in 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifier
After failure to qualify for the Olympics and World Cup, D'Tigers return to try to get to the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket by facing Cape Verde and Uganda.
The draw for the 16 teams who will compete in the qualifiers, together with the victors of the preliminary competitions.
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22:15 - 18.08.2023
D'Tigers visit American International School of Lagos
Nigeria's D'Tigers visit American International School of Lagos after failure to qualify for Olympics.
The team has been divided into five groups of four teams, with South Sudan, who will compete in the Olympics, leading Group A, which also includes Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Group B includes Mauritius and Comoros, the winners of the pre-qualifiers in Zone 6.
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Cape Verde, who placed fourth in the most recent AfroBasket, which took place in Rwanda in 2021, is ranked first in Group B, which also includes Nigeria, Uganda, and the victor of the Zones 1 and 2 pre-qualifiers.
Group C's opponents for the 2021 bronze medalists, Senegal, are Cameroon, who placed last in the previous competition; Rwanda and the victor of the Zones 3 and 4 pre-qualification tournament round out the field.
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The dominant teams in Zone 5, Egypt, Central Africa Republic, and the winner of the pre-qualifier between Zone 5, Madagascar, and Djibouti comprise Group D, which is rounded out by reigning silver medallists Cote D'Ivoire.
In Group E, defending champion Tunisia will face Angola, which placed sixth in 2021, Guinea, and Kenya.
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