Nigeria’s D’Tigress To Face France, Australia, 3 Others In 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup

D’Tigress rejoice

Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn against France, Australia, Canada, Japan and Serbia in Group D of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign.

The tournament is expected to hold in Sydney, Australia in September.

The federation said, “Following FIBA’s decision on Russian teams, the draw 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.

“This milestone event took place on the forefront of Sydney’s spectacular Harbour and was attended by FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis, who gave an opening address, as well as high-ranking officials from the Local Organizing Committee, representatives from Basketball Australia, the Hon. Alister Henskens Senior Counsel and Member of Parliament and other important guests and legends of the game.

“The draw was performed by FIBA Hall of Famer Michele Timms, joined by other Australian legends of the game, FIBA’s Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Event Ambassador Lauren Jackson and former Boomer Shane Heal.

“The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 will tip-off on September 22 at Sydney Olympic Park and the game schedule can be found here.”