Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress has been drawn to play against France, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Serbia in Group B of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tournament.
The tournament is scheduled to take place in Australia from September 22 to October 1, 2022, and would feature 12 women’s national teams scheduled to play 38 games.
The basketball federation said, “Following FIBA’s decision on Russian teams, the results features a team ‘To Be Determined (TBD) team. FIBA’s Central Board will decide in due course which team from the Washington/Santo Domingo Qualifying Tournament will participate in the Women’s World Cup later this year”.
For winning gold during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the United States earned their place in the competition while the hosts of the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, Australia gained automatic entry.
Belgium, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Korea, and the United States have been drawn to play in Group A of the tournament.