Nigeria women's national basketball team

Nigeria
FIBA ranking8 3 (8 August 2025)
Joined FIBA1964
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationNigeria Basketball Federation
CoachRena Wakama
NicknameD'Tigress
Olympic Games
Appearances3
World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsQuarter-finals (2018)
AfroBasket
Appearances15
Medals (2003, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
(1997, 2015)
All Africa Games
Appearances8
Medals Gold: (2003)
Silver: (2007, 2015)
Bronze: (1978, 1999, 2011)
Home
Away

The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship a record five times in a row and seven times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroon, 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda, and 2025 at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. They are the only African team to reach the quarter finals of both the Fiba Women's World Cup and the Olympics.