Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team D’Tigers earned themselves a ticket to proceed to 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after beating china 86-73 at the FIBA World Cup game played at the Guangzhou Gymnasium, China.
D’Tigers defeated Tunisia, the African champion in a crucial game. Both teams finished with three wins from five games however, D’Tigers earned the ticket with better goal difference.
The Nigerian team failed to get the Olympics ticket from their group after it finished with two losses and a win but eventually booked a place after emerging as the highest-ranked African team at the tournament.
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