16 June 2011
Nigeria U16 Men and Women national teams have been drawn in the Group-A ahead the 2011 edition of the Africa cadet championship slated to hold in Egypt from July 8 to 31.
The Nigerian Men side coached by the trio of Coaches Ayinla Johnson, Sani Turi and Abdulrahman Mohammed will have host Egypt, Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique to contend with when hostilities began.
The Nigerian U16 side will look to better its third place finish in the 2009 edition of championship held in Maputo, Mozambique with team Head Coach Johnson combing the nooks and cranies of Nigeria for quality young talents.
CoacheB of the Cadet Afrobasket for Men comprises; Mali, Congo, South Africa, Angola, Libya and Tunisia.
Nigerias Johnson and Mohammed were at different times captain of the Nigeria senior men’s team – D’Tigers with Johnson captaining D’Tigers in 1997 and 1998 Mohammed on the other hand was captain of D’Tigers to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia, the task to help mould a future team rest on their shoulders.
Group- also draw Egypt in the Women version of the continent Cadet championship in Group-A.
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Nigeria: U16 Afrobasket – National Team Draw Egypt, Algeria, Mozambique