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FIBA ranking | 12 ![]() | ||
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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 | ||
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All Africa Games | |||
Appearances | 8 | ||
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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 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]