African champions D’Tigress will face Senegal, US and Senegal at the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The Nigerians were drawn in Tournament 2 on Thursday, which will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, beginning February 8, 2024.
D’Tigress were seeded in Pot 3 due to their world ranking of 11th, and would like to join the United States, who have already qualified as World Cup winners.
The draw will feature 16 national teams competing in four women’s basketball competitions, with the top teams earning a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics basketball tournament.
There are 10 Olympic tickets available since France are already assured of their spot as the Olympic hosts and US as the last FIBA Women’s world champions in 2022.
Both have a guaranteed spot in Paris but will take part in the qualifying tournaments.
As determined by the FIBA Central Board’s decision September 9, the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will be held from February 8 to 11, 2024 in four cities, namely Antwerp, Belgium; Belem, Brazil; Sopron, Hungary; and a city to be confirmed in China.
In tournament 1, France are paired with China, New Zealand and the yet-to-be-decided qualifiers from the Americas. In tournament 3, Brazil, Germany, Serbia and Australia will slug it out for a spot at the Olympics.
Meanwhile, Spain, Hungary, Japan and the other qualifier from the Americas region will hope to pick up one of the tickets from the group.
The teams from the Americas are Canada, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Venezuela.