Nigeria’s senior males’s Basketball group, D’Tigers has been ranked one of the best in Africa in accordance with the newest launched FIBA rating.
Recall that the D’Tigers didn’t safe World Cup qualification after dropping to Angola within the final group stage.
The Nigeria Basketball group primarily comprising of dwelling based mostly gamers received two video games, defeating Guinea and Ivory Coast, however misplaced an important recreation to Angola and didn’t safe a World Cup ticket
The most recent rating launched by FIBA says that D’Tigers secured 461.4 factors to be ranked first in Africa and nineteenth on the earth.
Tunisia are positioned second on the continent and 21 on the earth with 448.6 factors, whereas Senegal are ranked third in Africa however positioned thirty seventh on the earth. Angola are the fourth greatest nation in Africa however 41 on the international degree.
Ivory Coast, who additionally certified for the World Cup, occupy the fifth place in Africa and 42 on the earth.
Nevertheless, Spain is the shock bundle because the occupy the primary place on World rating with a complete of 758 factors, carefully adopted by United States, Australia, Argentina and France.