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The Nigeria women's national basketball team,
also known as D'Tigers,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] With
this win, they became the first women's African basketball team to
win a game at the Olympics.[5]
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.[6]
2006 FIBA world
championship for women
Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship by
winning the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship
for Women.[7] 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.[1]
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. [8]
[9][10]
*Olympic games attended by the squad indicated in
this year.
See also
References
- ^ a
b
(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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