Nigeria’s D’Tigress Are African Basketball Champions For The 4th Time In A Row

Nigeria’s D’Tigress have won the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship.

The team produced a brilliant display to defeat the Senegalese team in a keenly contested match that ended 84-74 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday.

The Rena Wakama-led side trounced tournament hosts Rwanda 79-48 in the semi-final match.

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The victory makes it the sixth time Nigeria has won the title and makes them the second African country to win the women’s Afrobasket title four times in a row.

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FOUR IN A ROW!!! Queens of Africa!

Congrats to D’Tigress! pic.twitter.com/GNtaVbdqIN

— D’Tigers | Nigeria Basketball (@NigeriaBasket) August 5, 2023

With all humility…. pic.twitter.com/ZOV0UQIvA8

— DTigress (@DtigressNG) August 5, 2023