Nigeria women's national basketball team

Nigeria
FIBA ranking	12 1 (15 February 2024)
Joined FIBA	1964
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Nigerian Basketball Federation
Coach	Rena Wakama
Nickname(s)	D'Tigress
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	Quarter-finals (2018)
AfroBasket
Appearances	15
Medals	(2003, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023); (1997, 2015)
All Africa Games
Appearances	8
Medals	Gold: (2003); Silver: (2007, 2015) ; Bronze: (1978, 1999, 2011)
Home	Away

The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, 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. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for four times in a row and six times in total.^[2] They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.^[3]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Nigeria are the winners of FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "D'Tigress stun Mali to claim historic 3rd consecutive Afrobasket title". TheCable. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[2] "Nigeria are the winners of FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

[3] "D'Tigress stun Mali to claim historic 3rd consecutive Afrobasket title". TheCable. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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