The
Nigeria women's national basketball team, also
known as D'Tigers, is the national women's basketball team in Nigeria
it is
currently ranked number one in the African
continent and in the top 20 in the world.
Current squad
This is a list of the members of the squad as of the
FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 2007.
Olayinka Sanni,
Mfon Udoka, Mercy Okorie, Ononiwu Chisaokwu,
Ekworomadu Joyce, Ugochukwu Oha, Charity Egenti, Sefi Mojidi, Marie
Izidor Enjol, Chioma Udeaja, Funmilayo Ojelabi-Ogunleye, and Amaka
Adibeli.
Head Coach: Ayo Bakare
Assistant Coaches: Scott Nnaji and Adewumi Aderemi
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
.
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.
*Olympic games attended by the squad indicated in this
year.
See also
References
- (12/10/08), Nigerian National Basketball Team Qualifies for
2009 Nations Cup, ZNNW.com. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- NIGERIA : Afrobasket '07: Nigeria team departs
today
- (February 5, 2004), 2002 Gold Medalist Sue Bird Added To USA Women's
Senior National Team, USA Basketball. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- Women's basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
at sports-reference.com
- (August 24, 2004), Nigeria snaps streak, finishes 11th,
ESPN. Retrieved
2009-03-04.
- Andy Johnston, Umoh teaches lesson in life, Augusta
Chronicle, January 29, 1997. Retrieved 03-03-2009.
- (February 27, 2006), 2006 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team's
First European Tour Roster Stocked With Talent, USA Basketball.
Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- NGR Women coach - Kevin Cook: I Want to Work with
Nigeria Forever, FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- 2006 FIBA World Championship-Nigeria
(Statistics), USA Basketball
- Mechelle Voepel, (September 14, 2006), Another American rout, but turnovers worth
noting, ESPN. Retrieved
2009-03-07.
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