{"id":15117,"date":"2019-09-06T15:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15117"},"modified":"2019-09-06T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:13:33","slug":"fiba-world-cup-dtigers-outscore-ivory-coast-to-keep-olympic-dreams-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fiba-world-cup-dtigers-outscore-ivory-coast-to-keep-olympic-dreams-alive","title":{"rendered":"FIBA World Cup: D\u2019Tigers Outscore Ivory Coast To Keep Olympic Dreams Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigers have taken a big step towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with 83-66 win against Ivory Coast in their classification game at the 2019 FIBA Men\u2019s World Cup in China on Friday morning, reports Completesports.com.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from the impressive win against Korea in their last Group B fixture on Wednesday, D\u2019Tigers took the game to their fellow West Africans right from the start making it six wins from the last seven meetings against the Ivorians.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria led 24-18 at the end of the first quarter with Al-Farouk Aminu contributing seven points.<\/p>\n<p>fiba-world-cup-dtigers-ivory-coast-alex-nwora-tokyo-2020-olympics-basketball<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast fought back and reduced Nigeria\u2019s lead to two points at the end of the first half as the D\u2019Tigers led 37-35.<\/p>\n<p>Things however changed in the third quarter as the D\u2019Tigers regained momentum and led 63-46 going into the final part of the game.<\/p>\n<p>There was no going back from Alex Nwora\u2019s charges as they won 83-66 at the end of proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>fiba-world-cup-dtigers-ivory-coast-alex-nwora-tokyo-2020-olympics-basketball<\/p>\n<p>Their next next opponent in the FIBA World Cup classification games is against host, China on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigeria\u2019s chances of picking the Olympics ticket at the 2019 FIBA World Cup got a big boost with Angola going down to a 71-62 defeat to Iran in their first classification game.<\/p>\n<p>The best placed African team in the competition will pick the automatic ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigers have taken a big step towards qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with 83-66 win against Ivory Coast in their classification game at the 2019 FIBA Men\u2019s World Cup in China on Friday morning, reports Completesports.com. 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