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Nigeria's D'Tigers will not play their dump Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament games at the National Stadium but at Eko Hotel.
Nigeria's senior men's basketball team known as D'Tigers are set to for a return to action.
D'Tigers after their failure to qualify for the 2023 FIBA Mens World Cup are having a reset.
The team will have a chance to begin their qualification process for the Men's basketball event of the 2024 Olympics scheduled for Paris.
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D'Tigers and Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments group stage draw was done last month.
The draw indicates that the initial route taken by each of the 40 participating nations to Paris 2024 has been established.
Nations such as Nigeria that will not be participating in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2023 will have the chance to compete in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments.
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Each FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament's champion will line up at one of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in July, winning a spot in Paris 2024.
The dedicated host nations will hold the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments from August 12 to 20.
The FIBA World Men's Ranking were used to create seeding pots for the tournament draws.
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D'Tigers get FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments opponents
The Group Phase is set for Lagos, Nigeria as D'Tigers are set to play in front of their home fans for the first time in a while.
D'Tigers are in group A and will face Mali, Uganda, and Senegal.
Stars such as Phoenix Suns guard Josh Okogie, Sacramento Kings forward Chimezie Metu, Jordan Nwora of the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors big man Precious Achiuwa will be expected to be available for selection.
Some players part of the D'Tigers team to the AFROCAN are also expected to feature in the team.
The best team will advance to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for the following season by crossing Groups A & B and Groups C & D.
The five FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments will take place between August 12 and August 20, 2023, and the five champions will receive invitations to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in July 2024.
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D'Tigers and Eko Hotel
According to sources, D'Tigers have made a change of arena for the Pre-Olympic tournament.
D'Tigers will not play their group opponents at the Indoor Hall of the National Stadium as many people expected.
It turns out that D'Tigers will play their games at the Eko Convention Center of Eko Hotels due to the state of the Indoor Hall of the National Stadium.
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