After World Cup heroics, D’Tigress climb highest in latest FIBA rankings

After finishing 8th and breaking few records at the just-concluded FIBA Women’s World Cup, the Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, progressed in global ranking.

The Otis Hughley girls moved up 15 places in the latest FIBA Women’s ranking, as they now sit 19th in the world.

At the tournament, Nigeria became the first African team to win more than one game in a single World Cup competition and also the first to reach to the quarter finals of the competition.

Ranked the lowest at 34th before the 2018 FIBA World Cup in Spain, D’Tigress have now emerged as the 2nd best team in Africa, replacing Angola.

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The Nigerian women recorded 3 wins in a row defeating Turkey, Argentina and Greece before losing to World number 1, USA in the quarter final.

World Cup winners, United States of America retain its number 1 spot while Spain, Australia and France occupy the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place respectively.

Senegal who lost their quarter final playoff to Spain retained their 17th spot on the global ranking while Angola dropped 2 places to 20.

Mozambique also moved 2 steps backwards occupying 27th spot as Mali dropped 16 places to 40th.

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