Tokyo 2020: Making The Top Eight Will Be A Good Achievement - Sam Ahmedu

  Tokyo 2020: Making The Top Eight Will Be A Good Achievement - Sam Ahmedu By Oluwayemi Omolagba Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, President of African FIBA Zone 3, Col. Sam Ahmedu (rtd) spoke about D'Tigers and D'Tigress chances in the tournament. In his exclusive interview from his base in Atlanta with BSNSports.com.ng, he said; "Of a truth both teams are in a very difficult group but that is not enough reasons to say we will not make it. When you check our teams well, you'll discover that we have very good players both in the NBA and WNBA, so, our chances are very bright. "Also if you check the fixtures based on the schedule that has been released by FIBA, the top two teams from each group will qualify automatically while the two top best losers will also qualify for the quarter-finals so all we need to do to get to the quarter-finals is to win one game in our groups so the chances are very bright. We are likely to qualify automatically or at worse as one of the best losers, and once it's gets to the quarter-finals, it's a knockout and from there anything can happen." The NBBF Board member who is currently in his base in Atlanta believes that Nigeria getting to the podium via the basketball is very possible but on a more realistic way, a top eight finish will be a good performance from both the male and female basketball teams. "To round up, concerning the Women, our chances are very bright and the women and men team we're going to put together this time around will be the strongest in the history of Nigerian Basketball teams. "Getting to the podium via basketball is possible. Every team wants to get to the podium, France, Serbia, USA, everybody wants to get there but it now depends on what we can do to get there. Last time out the USA team finished fifth which shows anything is possible and if we didn't get there, our performances should be something we will proud of. "Last time we finished 11 out of 12 and if we finish among the top 8 this time, it'll be a very big achievement." He concluded.