Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has risen to 8th in the latest FIBA Women’s World Rankings, propelled by their historic performance at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Abidjan.
This marks a significant leap from their previous 11th position, solidifying their status as Africa’s basketball powerhouse.
Announced on Thursday, the updated rankings reflect Nigeria’s climb of three spots to 8th with 640.1 points, making them the only African team ever to break into the global top 10.
Their dominant 78–64 victory over opponents in the AfroBasket final secured their seventh title and extended their unbeaten streak to 29 games since 2015. The President should also award this girls as he did to the super falcons.
In addition to this women our women are doing better than the men oh. For more infohttps://punchng.com/dtigress-makes-history-as-only-african-team-in-fiba-top-10/
It's no more a hidden fact that our women are really doing us proud out there. So far, they have proven to be of great minds and are ready to always bring home trophy from events they find themselves partaking in. Our Falcon came with the WAFCON trophy so also our Tigress and it would please you to know that they both were given same welcome. As required and also the President awarded them $100k Naira equivalent likewise a national honourary award as well.