The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF says D’Tigers wouldcompete in Qualification Group-D alongside Mali, Rwanda and Algeria for a placein the 2021 FIBA Afro-basket Championship. The federation’s Media Officer, Afolabi Oni in a statementsaid the team which narrowly lost the title in 2017 to co-hosts Tunisia wouldstart their qualification campaign in November. He noted that “D’Tigers, who are 2020 Olympic Games-bound,will start the qualification campaign between November 23rd and December 1st. Oni said the teams will play the two tournaments format duringthe three international windows for a place in the 2021 AfrobasketChampionship. He also explained that D’Tigers are tipped as one of thefavorites during the qualifiers, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF saidit will not leave anything to chance as they are focused on commencing an earlypreparation.