By Taofeek
Babalola
D’Tigers
Head Coach, Alex Nwora has said that the preparation for the second and final
round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers has already started.
Nwora stated
this after his side became the first team in Africa to qualify for the final
round of the qualifiers after their emphatic 109 points to 66 win against
Uganda in Lagos.
The first
leg of the second round tournament will take place during the fourth window in September
from 10th to 18th while the return leg is between 26th of November and 4th of
December.
Nwora
stressed that the fourth window which will likely throw up tougher opponents
will start without delay.
“From our next game, we will start preparing
for September. If we are going to face countries like Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire,
Mozambique and Central Africa Republic who are also big names in African
basketball, then we need to step up our game.”
With
qualification already secured, Head Coach, Alex Nwora said focus will now shift
to young debutants in the team in its quest to give them more playing time.
“We have
secured our win and we are so excited about this. We have a mixture of
experienced and young but new players in this team. We will give the younger
players more time on the court to see what they can do. I am really excited
about the endless possibilities of the team going by their potentials”.
The world
cup which is the flagship edition made up of 32 teams will take place in China
from 31st August to 15th September, 2019.
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