Nigeria Under 16 Men and Women national teams has been drawn in the Group-A ahead the 2011 edition of the Africa cadet championship holding in Egypt from July 8 through 17 and July 22-31.
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.
Coaches 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.
The Nigerian Under 16 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.
Group-B of the Cadet Afrobasket for Men comprises; Mali, Congo, South Africa, Angola, Libya and Tunisia.
Nigeria also draw Egypt in the Women version of the continent Cadet championship in Group-A.
Other countries in Group-A for the championship that will run from July 22 to 31 includes; Guinea, Algeria and Mozambique while Group-B is made-up of Mali, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo Angola and Tunisia.
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