Tokyo 2020: D'Tigers Face Australia, Two Others

  Tokyo 2020: D'Tigers Face Australia, Two Others By Sampson Adedeji FIBA on Tuesday conducted the draws for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, and Nigeria's D'Tigers were drawn in group B of the competition, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Nigeria senior national team is the best ranked team in Africa having been rated 22nd in the world going by the ranking released by FIBA in December 2020. D’Tigers were able to achieve this feat after winning their three matches against South Sudan, Rwanda and Mali in the just concluded 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers. The draw released put Nigeria in group B alongside Australia and winner of the qualifiers in Croatia and Belgrade. The games will go on between July 25th to August 7th 2021.