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D’Tigress places 19th in new FIBA ranking

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6 years ago

October 5, 2018

D’ Tigress have moved up 15 places in the latest FIBA Women ’ s ranking to 19 th spot in the world after their 2018 World Cup heroics .
At the last world cup , Nigeria became the first African team to win more than one game in a single World Cup tournament and also advance to the quarter finals of the competition .

Ranked the lowest at 34 th before the 2018 FIBA World Cup in Spain , D’ Tigress have now emerged as the 2 nd best team in Africa , replacing Angola .

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Coach Otis Hughley tutored side recorded three wins in a row defeating Turkey , Argentina and Greece before losing to World number one , USA in the quarter final .

While reacting to the latest ranking , NBBF President , Musa Kida expressed delight in the hard work of the federation .

He said the hard work saw a better prepared and motivated D’ Tigress take on the world in a stunning fashion and has finally been recognised .

According to him , with the recent feat of the team in 2017 when they emerged as African Champions before shocking the world at the 2018 FIBA World Cup , it was just a matter of time before the team took its pride of place .

( NAN )