Nigeria ranked 5th in final AfroBasket standings
Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, finished in fifth place at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Championship, held in Angola from August 12 to 24. The host nation had delighted home fans by defeating Mali 70–43 in the final to claim their 12th AfroBasket crown. The victory, Angola’s first continental triumph since 2013 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, […]
D’Tigers guard, Ike Nwanu, shields the ball away from a Senegalese player during the just concluded 2025 FIBA AfroBasket
Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, finished in fifth place at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Championship, held in Angola from August 12 to 24.
The host nation had delighted home fans by defeating Mali 70–43 in the final to claim their 12th AfroBasket crown.
The victory, Angola’s first continental triumph since 2013 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reaffirmed their status as the most successful team in the tournament’s history. They went unbeaten across all six games to lift the trophy.
Mali finished second in the AfroBasket for the first time in their history with a 4-3 record while Senegal defeated Cameroon 98-72, securing their third consecutive Third-Place finish.
For D’Tigers, the campaign ended in the quarter-finals after a 91–75 loss to Senegal, who later secured the bronze medal. Despite the setback, Nigeria recovered to claim fifth place overall, winning three games and losing only once throughout the tournament.
The Nigerian side, making their 20th AfroBasket appearance, had earlier impressed in the group stage, topping Group B with wins against Madagascar, Tunisia, and Cameroon. However, their knockout-stage defeat to Senegal dashed hopes of a deeper run.
The final standings saw Angola crowned champions, Mali finishing as runners-up, Senegal in third, and Cameroon in fourth. Nigeria followed in fifth place, ahead of Egypt in sixth, while Ivory Coast and Cape Verde completed the top eight.
D’Tigers, champions in 2015, will now shift focus to the FIBA Men’s World Cup Qualifiers in November, where they aim to secure a ticket to the 2027 edition in Qatar after missing out on the 2023 tournament.
Final standing of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket
- Angola (6-0)
- Mali (4-3)
- Senegal (5-2)
- Cameroon (4-3)
- Nigeria (3-1)
- Egypt (3-1)
- Côte d’Ivoire (3-1)
- Cape Verde (3-2)
- Guinea (2-2)
- South Sudan (1-3)
- Congo DR (1-3)
- Tunisia (1-3)
- Rwanda (0-3)
- Madagascar (0-3)
- Uganda (0-3)
- Libya (0-3)