D’Tigers and D’Tigress have been ranked number one in Africa in the 2022 FIBA ranking updated March 1, 2022 (men) and February 15 2022 (women).
D’Tigers ranks number one in Africa with current points of 458.7.
D’Tigress ranks number one in Africa with current points of 421.4.
D’Tigers
For the men’s ranking, this was released after the second window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers as national teams from across the globe continue their battles for a spot in the 32-team field at next year’s spectacle to be staged in The Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Other African nations following Nigeria (22nd in the world) on the ranking list are Tunisia second in Africa and 28 in the world; Angola is third in Africa and 31 in the World while Senegal and Cote d’ Ivoire are fourth and fifth in Africa and 33 and 41in the world.
D’Tigress
For the women’s ranking, this was released after the FIBA Women’s World Cup 2023 Qualifying Tournaments.
Other African nations following Nigeria’s D’Tigress (14th in the world) on the ranking list are Senegal second in Africa and 30 in the world; Mali is third in Africa and 37 in the world.
2022 FIBA Ranking (World)
Team USA, Spain and Australia remain the top three teams with the biggest mover in the men’s World Ranking was South Sudan, who had a World Cup Qualifiers debut for the ages with wins over Rwanda (68-56), FIBA AfroBasket 2021 champs Tunisia (72-64) and Cameroon (74-68) in the window played in Senegal.
