Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 03:27 pm
Nigeria’ s D ’ Tigers have qualified for the 2020 Olympics holding in Tokyo , after beating their Chinese opponents in front of a home crowd in Guangzhou .
D’Tigers , who are participating in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in China won the game , 86 – 73.
With this result , Nigeria is also the top African team at the ongoing 2019 Basketball World Cup.
.@nbbfonline 🇳🇬 holds on and grabs the win over #FIBAWC host 🇨🇳 in front of a sell-out crowd in Guangzhou, and are qualified for the Olympics! #Tokyo2020 #CHNNGR #NigeriaGotGame pic.twitter.com/Kvb5LJH5fW
— FIBA Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWC) September 8, 2019