Nigerian Federation confirms team's absence from FIBA U17 Women's World Championship

ZARAGOZA (2016 FIBA U17 Women's World Championship) - Nigeria will not compete at the 2016 FIBA U17 Women's World Championship after the team was unable to be issued the necessary visas to travel to Zaragoza, Spain.

The President of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), Tijjani Umar, confirmed in a letter sent to FIBA that, despite the federation taking all the necessary steps in due course to obtain the visas, they were denied them.

As a result of their absence, and in line with FIBA's rules, Nigeria will be credited with forfeits for Wednesday's game against Canada and Thursday's game against Japan. After the second forfeit, all of the results of their games shall be nullified.

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