Nigeria’s D’Tigers will not be at next year’s Paris Olympics after losing to Mali, in their second and final Group A game at the 2024 FIBA men’s pre-qualifying Olympic event on Tuesday.
But it was another loss for the Nigerian men’s team as they fell 77 – 68 to Mali inside the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos.
Senegal will now battle Mali on Thursday for who will finish the winner in Group A, the team that will emerge champions at the pre-qualifying Olympic tournament will qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
This is the first time since the 2008 Beijing Olympics that D’Tigers will fail to qualify for the games.