Nigeria women's national basketball team


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. 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. With this win, they became the first women's African basketball team to win a game at the Olympics.
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.

2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship by winning the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women. 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 to be held in Libya.

Competitive Record

FIBA World Cup

Summer Olympics

AfroBasket Women

Team honours and achievements

Intercontinental
Continental

Current roster

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.
NameNumberPositionNationality2004*20052006200720082009
Olawunmi Adebayo9
Tayeloly Adeniyi10
Mobolaji Akiode6GuardNigeria
Joanne Aluka5ForwardUnited States
Mactabene Amachree13GuardNigeria
Parricia Chukwuma12
Kevin CookCoach
Adenike Dawodu11
Nguveren Iyorhe10Guard
Ezinne James15
Aisha Mohammed9Guard
Juliana Ojoshogu Negedu7Guard
Scott NnajiCoach
Chineze Nwagbo8
Linda Ogugua15CenterNigeria
Morolake Ogunoye5
Ugo Oha8CenterUnited States
Ugochuckwu Oha15
Funmilayo Ojelabi-Ogunleye10
Mercy Okorie7
Adeola Olanrewaju14
Taiwo Rafiu14Center
Rashidat Sadiq12Forward
Sam Vincent Coach
Itoro Umoh-Coleman4GuardUnited States
Tamunomiete Whyte5

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