African champions D’Tigress will know their group opponents in the upcoming Olympic qualifying tournament next week.
The Nigerian side qualified for the final stage of the qualifier in July when they emerged as the Women’s Afrobasketball Champions.
D’Tigeress despite not having a decent preparation proved too much for the rest of Africa to win their 4th consecutive title.
They defeated Senegal in the final of the competition played in Rwanda.
The most recent victory made Nigeria only the second team ever, after Senegal, to win four consecutive titles and they did so in style by extending their unbeaten run to 23 games.
Aside from that, the head coach of D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, also made history as the first female coach to win the competition since it began in 1966. After 57 years of male supremacy in women’s basketball in Africa.
D’Tigress who are now ranked as the 11th team globally last lost a game in the Women’s AfroBasket in 2015 against Cameroon in the semi-finals.
According to the update from FIBA, the draw will take place on the 5th of October in Hungary.
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