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Nigeria’s National Women’s Basketball team, D’Tigress, has been drawn in Group B alongside Turkey, Argentina and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup scheduled for Tenerife in Spain. The reigning African champions, aftering conquering Africa in style in Bamako in 2017, will hope to cause some stir at the global stage scheduled for later this year.


The draw held on Tuesday in Tenerife showed that Group A has France, Canada, Greece, and Korea, while host Spain will slug it out with Belgium, Puerto Rico and Japan in Group C.

 

Africa’s other representative Senegal is pitched against 2016 Rio Olympics champion U.S., Latvia, and China in Group D.

 

The tournament is billed for September 22 to September 30.

 

On Monday, the official logo and branding identity of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 was unveiled in San Cristobál de la Laguna, Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands.

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