In its quest to adequately prepare the D’Tigers for the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has lined up multiple grade-A friendlies against the Dominican Republic and Canada ahead of the World Cup.
D’Tigers’ two-legged encounter against the Dominican Republic will take place in Santo Domingo between July 19 and 25 before playing Canada in Quebec and Ontario between August 5 and 11, 2019.
According to arrangements put in place for the team, D’Tigers will open camp in the United States of America before moving to Canada.
Lagos, Nigeria, will be the venue of the final phase of preparation with NBBF already in advanced talks with a yet-to-be-named World Cup-bound team for a two-legged friendly.
NBBF President, Musa Kida, disclosed that the federation was determined to give the team the best preparation that it could afford to ensure that it did the nation proud in China when the World cup starts on August 31.
“We have locked down two grade A games with the Dominican Republic and Canada, who will both be at the World Cup. These games alongside those we are still planning to organize when the team comes to Lagos, we believe, will provide quality tests for the team.”
Kida revealed that though the choices of campsites in the USA and Canada had not been made due to factors such as quality of facilities, playing personnel and most importantly funds, agreements have been concluded with the Canadian and Dominican Republic Basketball Federations for the games.
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