Olympic Qualifier: D’Tigress Set Up Mali in Semi-Final After Defeating Mozambique

After the football team’s failure to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tournament, all attention has been shifted to other sports which Basketball is one of them.

The D’Tigress did not disappoint the sports fans in the country as they are on verge of booking their place at the next year Olympic competition just like their male counterpart D’Tiger had done.

The D’Tigress qualification chances increase after defeating hosts of the FIBA Africa Women’s pre Olympics qualifying tournament, Mozambique 57-48 at the Pavilhao Maxaquene on Saturday.

The 2019 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket champions showed superiority over their opponents in the first quarter with a 21-8 lead also taking the second quarter 17-11 going into the half time break 38-19 with a massive 19 points lead.

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The home side took control of the second half taking the third quarter 16-8 also coming tops in the fourth quarter 13-11 but their late charge was not enough to guarantee a comeback as Nigeria qualified for the semi-final as group B winners.

D’Tigeress will face Mali in the semi-final on Sunday (today). While Senegal play Mozambique.

The two winners in the semi-finals will automatically book their tickets to the 16-nation Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be hosted in China (Foshan), from February 6 to 9, 2020.