Fixtures

올림픽 토너먼트 여자, 파이널라운드 07/29 13:00 1 나이지리아 vs 호주 - View
올림픽 토너먼트 여자, 파이널라운드 08/01 13:00 2 프랑스 vs 나이지리아 - View
올림픽 토너먼트 여자, 파이널라운드 08/04 13:00 3 캐나다 vs 나이지리아 - View

The Nigeria women's national basketball team (Igbo: ndị otu egwuregwu basketbọl ụmụ nwanyị nke Naịjirịa), 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. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.

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 (basketball) to be held in Libya.

나이지리아는 국제농구연맹(FIBA)의 회원으로 농구 국가대표팀을 운영하고 있다. 1963년 FIBA에 가입했으며, 1972년에 처음 올림픽에 출전했다. 2012년 올림픽에선 10위를 기록했다. 아프리카 선수권 대회에서는 1995년, 2015년에 우승했으며, 2019년에는 준우승을 차지했다. 또한, 2019년 월드컵에서 17위를 기록했다.

나이지리아 농구 국가대표팀은 아프리카에서 강호로 평가받고 있다. 2012년 올림픽에 출전한 이후로 국제대회에서 좋은 성적을 거두고 있으며, 아프리카 선수권 대회에서도 줄곧 상위권을 차지하고 있다.

나이지리아 농구 국가대표팀의 주요 선수로는 거인 중앙 알렉스 아킨데(Alex Akindele), 득점가 오예 아데토운보(Ovie Adetunbo), 스몰 포워드 케인 아지부(Kane Ajibade) 등이 있다.

나이지리아 농구 국가대표팀은 아직까지는 세계적인 강호로 평가받지는 못하고 있지만, 꾸준히 성장하고 있는 팀이다. 향후 국제대회에서 더 좋은 성적을 거둘 가능성이 높다.