Surprise winner of the United States in 2021, Nigeria will not play the World Cup this summer, but a qualifying tournament for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It will be at home, in Lagos, and eight nations will be in the running to try to win the one and only ticket for the 2024 Olympics. In addition to Nigeria, we will thus find Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To win his ticket, Ogoh Odaudu players could count on some of their NBAers. So, Chimezie Metu has already confirmed its presence for this tournament which will take place from August 12 to 20. According to the federation, Gabe Vincent and Josh Okogie also plan to participate in the competition.
In 2021, during the Tokyo Olympics, Nigeria also traveled with Jordan Nwora, Jahlil Okafor and Precious Achiuwa. At the time, the team was coached by Mike Brown. Unfortunately, the sequel was less glorious with a major crisis, and even a government-ordered suspension of all international competitions. Fortunately, everything has since returned to normal, and personalities like Ime Udoka or Masai Ujiri had stepped up to denounce the situation.
