The preparation for the final and most important qualifying window for the 2025 Men’s Afrobasket Championship has begun, according to the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
The 31st iteration of Africa’s most prominent continental men’s basketball tournament will be the FIBA Men’s AfroBasket 2025. After hosting the competition in 1989, 1999, and 2007, Luanda, the capital of Angola, will host it for the fourth time from August 12 to 24, 2025.
In the first round of the qualifiers, Nigeria lost 82-89 to Libya before losing to Uganda and Cape Verde, 72-62 and 78-62 respectively. The next round of games will take place from 21-23 February, 2025 as the team attempts to stage a miraculous comeback to qualify for the tournament in August.
D’Tigers will have to win at least two of their three games in the final window and hope other results go their way as they are currently bottom of Group B with three points, three points away from Cape Verde who lead the table. The other teams in the group, Libya and Uganda have recorded five and four points respectively.
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According to Engineer Musa Kida, president of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), the team travelling to Libya will consist of both domestic players and those who play outside of Nigeria.
In the same vein, Babatunde Ogunade, the NBBF Vice President and Technical Director, clarified that the Federation will put in all effort to ensure that the nation can have a formidable squad capable of competing for the qualifiers.
D’Tigers ended up in 12th place at the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in Rwanda, marking their lowest finish since 1972, as such, they will be desperate to secure qualification in a bid to improve on their previous tournament and compete for the ultimate prize.
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