Nigeria to battle USA, Serbia, Mozambique for Olympics ticket

Nigeria to battle USA, Serbia, Mozambique for Olympics ticket

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Reigning African Champions, Nigeria will face World Number One, United State of America, Serbia and Mozambique in the battle for a spot at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

This was revealed at a brief ceremony held in Switzerland today (Wednesday) to officially kick start the Olympics Tournament qualification race. D’Tigress will play in Belgrade after being drawn in Group A.

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.