FIBA Women’s World Cup: D’Tigress Group Opponents France, Hungary, South Korea Name Squads

FIBA Women’s World Cup: D’Tigress Group Opponents France, Hungary, South Korea Name Squads

Sampson Adedeji

Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face France, Hungary and South Korea in the group stage of the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, with the three teams unveiling their squads ahead of the competition, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The tournament is scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, from September 4 to 13, 2026.

France have named a strong pool featuring established stars such as Marine Johannès, Gabby Williams, Dominique Malonga, Valériane Ayayi, Marine Fauthoux, Janelle Salaün and Leïla Lacan.

France: Pauline Astier, Romane Bernies, Stella Colas, Marine Fauthoux, Coline Franchelin, Marine Johannès, Leïla Lacan, Carla Leite, Marie Pardon, Tima Pouye, Nell Angloma, Valériane Ayayi, Noémie Brochant, Marie-Paule Dally, Camille Droguet, Inès Pitarch-Granel, Garance Rabot, Ainhoa Risacher, Janelle Salaün, Migna Touré, Gabby Williams, Marième Badiane, Alexia Chery, Sarah Cissé, Claire Dalstra, Maëva Djaldi-Tabdi, Aminata Gueye, Sixtine Macquet, Dominique Malonga, Ana Tadic, Alicia Tournebize and Jess-Mine Zodia.

Hungary have also assembled a sizeable squad, including Yvonne Turner, Dorka Juhász, Réka Dombai, Virág Takács-Kiss and Ágnes Studer.

Hungary: Nina Aho, Tyra Aho, Barbara Angyal, Dominika Baa, Júlia Boros, Réka Dombai, Panka Dúl, Lívia Gereben, Kinga Josepovits, Dorka Juhász, Veronika Kanyási, Lili Krasovec, Sára Laczko, Réka Lelik, Melinda Miklós, Eszter Rátkai, Zsuzsanna Sitku, Ágnes Studer, Judit Székely-Barnai, Gréta Szűcs, Virág Takács-Kiss, Frank Tóth, Ágnes Török, Yvonne Turner and Aliz Varga.

South Korea have named a 13-player squad led by players including Jihyun Park, Jisu Park, Leeseul Kang and Haeran Lee.

South Korea: Heji An, Isaem Choi, Yeeun Heo, Yusun Hong, An Jin, Leeseul Kang, Yoolim Kang, Haeran Lee, Sohee Lee, Jihyun Park, Sohee Park, Jisu Park and Hyun Jeong.

D’Tigress will be looking to make a strong impact in Berlin as they face three challenging opponents in what promises to be a competitive group stage.

The 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup will run from September 4 to 13, 2026.