Nigeria’s D’Tigress Win Fourth Consecutive Afrobasket Title

Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigress have won the 2023 Women’s Afrobasket championship, making it a record fourth title consecutively.

D’Tigress defeated the 11-time African champions 84-74 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday. Nigeria is now the second side, after Senegal (1974 to 1981), to have won the championship four consecutive times. This win becomes their sixth title.

The victory means that D’Tigress will now compete for a spot at the women’s basketball event of the 2024 Olympics.

👉 Nigeria D’Tigress have been unbeaten since 2015, and the winning streak is ongoing (24-0)! 🔥#AfroBasketWomen pic.twitter.com/23IGLQI3GA

— FIBA Women’s Afrobasket (@afrobasketwomen) August 5, 2023

Nigeria’s Amy Okonkwo who finished the final with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 assists, was named the Most Valuable Player of the final for her impressive show.

It was also a huge win for newly appointed D’Tigress Head Coach, Rena Wakama as she became the first woman to lead a team to the Afrobasket title.

Rena Wakama went into the 2023 Afrobasket Women tournament as the only female head coach. Following the victorious outing of @DtigressNG, @Coach_Rena takes her place in history as the 1st female coach to have accomplished this feat in the history of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket. pic.twitter.com/zxxQrn0RYy

— DTigress (@DtigressNG) August 5, 2023