Nigeria women's national basketball team
 Nigeria
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| FIBA ranking | 42  4 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1964 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Africa | ||
| National federation | Nigerian Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Scott Nnaji | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (2004) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| Women's World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (2006) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA Africa Championship for Women | |||
| Appearances | 10 | ||
| Medals |
 (2): 2003, 2005 (2): 1997, 2015
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The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as D'Tigers, is the national women's basketball team in Nigeria.
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. 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. With this win, they became the first women's African basketball team to win a game at the Olympics.
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.
Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship by winning the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women. 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.
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