Nigeria will battle Uganda, Mali and Cape Verde as the team eyes a back to back FIBA World Cup appearance.

The draws conducted at the Federation of International Basketball Associations headquarters in Mies, Switzerland yesterday  saw Nigeria seeded in Pot One alongside Tunisia.

According to the schedule already released by FIBA Africa, Nigeria will be in action during the first window.

Their first game will be against Cape Verde on November  26th.The Mike Brown-led team will be taking on a familiar foe, Mali on November  27th  after they met earlier in the run up to the 2019 edition held in China and recently at the 2021 Afrobasket.

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All eyes will be on the clash against Uganda on November  28th  after the latest Afrobasket loss. At the conclusion of the first round where every team will play six  games, the top three teams in the groups will qualify for the last round.

The top two teams in the two groups alongside the best third-placed team after the conclusion of the last round will represent Africa at the World Cup to be co-hosted by Indonesia, Philippines and Japan.

Meanwhile, D’Tigers ended their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket campaign on a sour note  yesterday with a 68-80 loss to lowly-rated Uganda in Kigali, Rwanda.