D’Tigress to battle USA, Serbia, Mozambique in 2020 Olympics Qualifiers

Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn in Group A of the Olympics Qualifying Tournament, to face World Number One, United State of America, Serbia and Mozambique.

D’Tigress will play in Belgrade as the African champions look to earn a ticket to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The draw ceremony held in Switzerland today (Wednesday) to officially kick start the Olympics Tournament qualification race.

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The last time Nigeria met USA was at the quarter finals of the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain where the D’Tigress lost 41-70 points against the team that later went on to win the trophy.

D’Tigress last qualification for the Olympics was in 2004. A total of 10 teams will join USA (World Champions) and host- Japan from the OQT to be played between 6th and 9th of February, 2020 across four countries- China, Serbia, France and Belgium.

The national men’s team, D’Tigers have already secured their place in the men’s category of the Tokyo competition.

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