Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been drawn into Group D of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket, alongside Mozambique and Rwanda.
The tournament is scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 3, 2025, at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
As the reigning champions, D’Tigress will aim to secure their seventh AfroBasket title. Their recent performance includes a strong showing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they reached the quarter-finals.
The tournament format places 12 teams into four groups of three. Each team will play the others in their group once. Group winners will advance directly to the quarter-finals, while the second and third-placed teams will play in a qualifying round for the remaining quarter-final spots.
Mozambique received a wildcard entry, while Rwanda qualified automatically as a semi-finalist in the 2023 edition.
Full groupings for the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket:
Group A: Côte d’Ivoire (hosts), Angola, Egypt
Group B: Mali, Cameroon, South Sudan
Group C: Senegal, Uganda, Guinea
Group D: Nigeria, Mozambique, Rwanda
Fans can look forward to an exciting competition as D’Tigress begins their title defense in Group D.
