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D'Tigers ranked 23rd in FIBA ranking

D'Tigers ranked 23rd in FIBA ranking

by Niyi Busari,
Sep 19, 2019
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By Sampson Adedeji

Following their amazing performance at the just concluded 2019 FIBA men's World Cup in China, Nigeria's D'Tigers has now ranked 23rd in the latest ranking.

BSN reports that the Nigeria side picked up 2020 Tokyo Olympics games ticket in China after the defeating Cote d'Ivoire and upset host China in final of the classification games.

The latest World ranking shows D'Tigers moved up 10 places and emerged as the top in Africa dumping Angola, Tunisia and Senegal to 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions respectively.

Out of the 5 matches played in China, D'Tigers won 3 matches against Korea Republic, CIV and China but lost to Russia and runner up Argentina.

D'Tigers have now qualified for three consecutive Olympic games on the bounce.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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