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Nigeria
FIBA ranking	(26 August 2024)
Joined FIBA	1964
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Nigerian Basketball Federation
Coach	Otis Hughley Jr.
Nickname(s)	D'Tigeress
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	Quarterfinals (2018)
AfroBasket Women
Appearances	11
Medals	(2003, 2005, 2017, 2019); (1997, 2015)
All Africa Games
Appearances	8
Medals	Gold: (2003); Silver: (2007, 2015) ; Bronze: (1978, 1999, 2011)
Home	Away

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The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as D'Tigeress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent, being the current African champions.

History

2004 Summer Olympics

The Nigerians competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in basketball, one of ten events their national teams qualified for. The Nigerian women's basketball team was one of the twelve teams competing in the event. They earned their berth through a zone qualifying tournament and played in Group A along with Australia, Brazil, Greece, Japan, and Russia.^[2] The team went 0–5 in the preliminary round. In the 11/12th place game, they defeated the Korea for a final finish of 11th out of 12 teams.^[3] With this win, they became the first women's African basketball team to win a game at the Olympics.^[4]

Mfon Udoka was the team's leading scorer and the tournament's second highest scorer. Team athletes Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Joanne Aluka both played high school basketball at Hephzibah High School prior to playing together for Nigeria.^[5]

2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship by winning the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.^[6] They were placed into Group C with China, Russia, and the United States. Nigeria did not qualify for a pass into the second round and were defeated in the 15/16th place game by fellow African representatives Senegal by a score of 66–64. Their tournament record was 0–5.

Nigeria also participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia.

Team in 2007

The team attended the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007; the qualifying event for African teams attempting to make the 2008 Summer Olympics. Nigeria made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIBA African Championship before losing to Mozambique 69–61. They won fifth place by defeating Cameroon 63–50. The team did not qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games.

The Nigerian squad went undefeated in group play during the 2007 All-Africa Games. They went on to the semi-finals and lost to Mozambique 57–46.

2009 Nations Cup

Nigeria has qualified for the 2009 Africa Cup of Nations (basketball) to be held in Libya.^[7]

Competitive Record

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year	Reached	Position	GP	W	L	GS	GA	GD
2004	Group stage	11th	6	1	5	403	486	−83
Total	1/1	0 titles	6	1	5	403	486	-83

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1953	N/A (Team did not exist)
1957
1959
1964	Did not enter
1967
1971
1975	Did not qualify
1979	Did not enter
1983
1986
1990
1994
1998	Did not qualify
2002	Did not enter
2006	Group stage	16th	5	0	5	296	381	−85
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Did not qualify
2018	Group stage	8th	7	3	4	448	508	−60
Total	1/1	0 titles	12	3	9	744	889	−145

AfroBasket Women

AfroBasket record
Year	Reached	Position	GP	W	L	GS	GA	GD
1966	Did not enter
1968
1970
1974	Group stage	5th	5	3	2	278	245	+33
1977	Did not enter
1979	Did not enter
1981	Group stage	7th	4	1	3	215	280	-65
1983	Did not enter
1984
1986
1990
1993
1994
1997	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	2	398	310	+88
2000	Did not enter
2003	Finals	1st	6	5	1	386	328	+58
2005	Finals	1st	5	2	3	454	293	+161
2007	Quarter-finals	5th	8	6	2	516	448	+68
2009	Quarter-finals	5th	8	4	4	441	440	+1
2011	Semi-finals	4th	8	4	4	511	502	+9
2013	Quarter-finals	6th	8	3	5	411	429	-18
2015	Semi-finals	3rd	8	6	2	608	477	+131
2017	Finals	1st	8	8	0	645	413	+232
2019	Finals	1st	5	5	0	399	243	+156
Total	12/24	4 titles	79	51	28	5262	4408	+698

Team honours and achievements

Intercontinental

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
- Quarterfinals: 2018

Continental

AfroBasket Women
- Gold Medal: 2003, 2005, 2017 2019
- Bronze Medal: 1997, 2015
All Africa Games
- Gold Medal: 2003
- Silver Medal: 2007, 2015
- Bronze Medal: 1995, 1999, 1978, 1999, 2011

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.^[8]

Nigeria women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	7	Sarah Ogoke	29 – (1990-06-25)25 June 1990	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	CB Vigo
F	9	Aisha Mohammed	33 – (1985-10-21)21 October 1985	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bursas BSB
PG	10	Promise Amukamara	26 – (1993-06-22)22 June 1993	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Charnay BB
F	11	Adaora Elonu	29 – (1990-04-28)28 April 1990	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Uni Girona CB
C	12	Elo Edeferioka	26 – (1993-04-10)10 April 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	CB Vigo
C	13	Evelyn Akhator	24 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	CB Avenida
SG	16	Jasmine Nwajei	24 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	First Bank BC
PF	21	Atonye Nyingifa	28 – (1990-12-08)8 December 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Porta XI Ensino
PG	23	Ezinne Kalu	27 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Landerneau BB
C	24	Sarah Imovbioh	27 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	PEAC-Pécs
C	25	Victoria Macaulay	29 – (1990-08-07)7 August 1990	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Galatasaray
SF	52	Ify Ibekwe	29 – (1989-10-05)5 October 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Virtus Eirene Ragusa

Head coach

Otis Hughley Jr.

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 10 August 2019

Former players and coaches

This is a list of former players and coaches, as well as current players who have played on past squads, with their years on the team indicated by the Nigerian flag beneath a given year.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Name	Number	Position	Nationality
Olawunmi Adebayo	9
Tayeloly Adeniyi	10
Mobolaji Akiode	6	Guard	Nigeria
Joanne Aluka	5	Forward	United States
Mactabene Amachree	13	Guard	Nigeria
Parricia Chukwuma	12
Kevin Cook		Coach
Adenike Dawodu	11
Nguveren Iyorhe	10	Guard
Ezinne James	15
Aisha Mohammed	9	Guard
Juliana Ojoshogu Negedu	7	Guard
Scott Nnaji		Coach
Chineze Nwagbo	8
Linda Ogugua	15	Center	Nigeria
Morolake Ogunoye	5
Ugo Oha	8	Center	United States
Ugochuckwu Oha	15
Funmilayo Ojelabi-Ogunleye	10
Mercy Okorie	7
Adeola Olanrewaju	14
Taiwo Rafiu	14	Center
Rashidat Sadiq	12	Forward
Sam Vincent (basketball)		Coach
Itoro Umoh-Coleman	4	Guard	United States
Tamunomiete Whyte	5

*Olympic games attended by the squad indicated in this year.

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ (5 February 2004), 2002 Gold Medalist Sue Bird Added To USA Women's Senior National Team Archived 20 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ Women's basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics at sports-reference.com
^ (24 August 2004), Nigeria snaps streak, finishes 11th, ESPN. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ Andy Johnston, Umoh teaches lesson in life, Augusta Chronicle, 29 January 1997. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
^ (27 February 2006), 2006 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team's First European Tour Roster Stocked With Talent Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ (12/10/08), Nigerian National Basketball Team Qualifies for 2009 Nations Cup, ZNNW.com. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ 2019 Women's Afrobasket roster
^ NGR Women coach – Kevin Cook: I Want to Work with Nigeria Forever, FIBA Africa. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ 2006 FIBA World Championship-Nigeria (Statistics) Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball
^ Mechelle Voepel, (14 September 2006), Another American rout, but turnovers worth noting, ESPN. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

External links

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

[2] (5 February 2004), 2002 Gold Medalist Sue Bird Added To USA Women's Senior National Team Archived 20 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[3] Women's basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics at sports-reference.com

[4] (24 August 2004), Nigeria snaps streak, finishes 11th, ESPN. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[5] Andy Johnston, Umoh teaches lesson in life, Augusta Chronicle, 29 January 1997. Retrieved 3 March 2009.

[6] (27 February 2006), 2006 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team's First European Tour Roster Stocked With Talent Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[znnw-7] (12/10/08), Nigerian National Basketball Team Qualifies for 2009 Nations Cup, ZNNW.com. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[8] 2019 Women's Afrobasket roster

[cook-9] NGR Women coach – Kevin Cook: I Want to Work with Nigeria Forever, FIBA Africa. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[10] 2006 FIBA World Championship-Nigeria (Statistics) Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball

[11] Mechelle Voepel, (14 September 2006), Another American rout, but turnovers worth noting, ESPN. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

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 |align=left|{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[2018 FIBA World Championship for Women|2018]]||Group stage||8th|| 7 || 3 || 4 || 448 || 508 || −60

v t e National women's basketball teams of Africa (FIBA Africa)
AfroBasket Women
Zone 1 (4)	Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia
Zone 2 (8)	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone 3 (8)	Benin Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ghana Liberia Niger Nigeria Togo
Zone 4 (8)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Zone 5 (11)	Burundi Egypt United Arab Republic Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia North Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Zone 6 (10)	Angola Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe
Zone 7 (5)	Comoros Djibouti Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles

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