2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: D'Tigers Ranked 5th In Power Ranking

2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: D'Tigers Ranked 5th In Power Ranking

Sampson Adedeji

Ahead of Window 4 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African qualifiers, the organiser has released the power ranking for the competition, BSNsports.com.ng reports.

Twelve teams are competing for five (5) places allocated to Africa and the power ranking revealed the strength of each team and their possibilities of securing the ticket.

According to the ranking, Nigeria's D'Tigers are placed in 5th position with South Sudan, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Egypt ahead of them.

The addition of Tokyo 2020 Olympians Josh Okogie, Ike Nwamu, Miye Oni, and the return of coach Mike Brown has boosted the D'Tigers chances for the next three games against Angola, Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire.

The last time Nigeria visited Abidjan, they experienced their worst result in African basketball in the last two decades after a humiliating 76-46 defeat to Cote d'Ivoire in the last window of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers.