Nigeria women's national basketball team
| FIBA ranking | 8 3 (8 August 2025) | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1964 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Nigeria Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Rena Wakama | ||
| Nickname | D'Tigress | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | Quarter-finals (2018) | ||
| AfroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 15 | ||
| Medals | (2003, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) (1997, 2015) | ||
| All Africa Games | |||
| Appearances | 8 | ||
| Medals | Gold: (2003) Silver: (2007, 2015) Bronze: (1978, 1999, 2011) | ||
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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.