Nigeria’s men national team D’Tigers have been drawn in pot seven alongside Senegal, New Zealand and Angola ahead of the FIBA Men’s World Cup draw coming up on Saturday (today) at the Shenzhen Bay Arena in China. The FIBA World Cup will kick off from August 31 to September 15. The 32 teams, which qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, were drawn in eight pots of four teams each, based on the latest FIBA World Ranking for Men after the last window of qualifiers played in February. Hosts, China, are in Pot 1 alongside the top three teams in the world: USA, Spain and France. Group F teams will play in Nanjing, Group G in Shenzhen while Dongguan is the preferred city for Group H teams.

Source: Punch March 16, 2019 00:22 UTC