Nigeria will battle Uganda, Mali and Cape Verde as the team eyes a back to back FIBA World Cup appearance.
The draws
conducted at the Federation of International Basketball Associations
headquarters in Mies, Switzerland on Tuesday saw Nigeria seeded in Pot One
alongside Tunisia.
According to
the schedule already released by FIBA Africa, Nigeria will be in action during
the first window.
Their first
game will be against Cape Verde on Friday, 26th, 2021.
The Mike
Brown led team will be taking on a familiar foe, Mali on the 27th after they
met earlier in the run up to the 2019 edition held in China and recently at the
2021 Afrobasket.
All eyes
will be on the clash against Uganda on the 28th after the latest Afrobasket
loss.
At the
conclusion of the first round where every team will play 6 games, the top three
teams in the groups will qualify for the last round.
The top two
teams in the two groups alongside the best third-placed team after the
conclusion of the last round will represent Africa at the World Cup to be
co-hosted by Indonesia, Philippines and Japan.
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