Nigeria’s basketball team D’tigers, after a sterling FIBA World Cup outing, have now moved up 10 places in the latest FIBA ranking. Nigeria is now ranked 23rd globally.
D’Tigers who became the first country in the world to qualify for the World Cup won three games and lost two to finish on the 17th spot out of the 32 teams in China.
Spain went on to win the tournament, making it its second FIBA basketball World Cup title win after defeating Argentina 95-75 in the gold medal game.
