Peter Ahmedu, Assistant Coach of Nigeria’s national women basketball team, on Saturday said the men’s national team have the ability to perform well at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.
Ahmedu, while reacting to the 2019 World Cup draw held at Shenzhen in China on Saturday, said D’Tigers have a good chance to advance beyond their group with early preparation.
Newsmen gather that Nigeria has been placed in Group B alongside South Korea and basketball powerhouses Russia and Argentina.
They will be based in the city of Wuhan for the group phase of the tournament.
“As far as the World Cup is concerned, there is no group that is a walk-over. So, D’Tigers’ group is not a bad group for them.
“With the calibre of players we have, if we begin to prepare early for the tournament, it is a group we can qualify from,” he told Newsmen.
The assistant coach of D’Tigress also said…
