FIBA Women’s World Cup: Nigeria’s D’Tigress drawn in group with Hungary, South Korea, France
Reigning African champions D’Tigress of Nigeria has been drawn in Group B of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 alongside Hungary, South Korea and France.
The draw for the 16-team tournament was held at the Kraftwerk Berlin in Germany on Tuesday, with the participating countries distributed into four groups (A-D), each consisting of four teams.
Group A features host Germany, Spain, Japan and Mali; Group C includes Belgium, Australia, Puerto Rico, while the United States, Czechia, Italy and China will face one another in Group D.
The tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Berlin from September 4 to 13, would be Nigeria’s third appearance in the competition.
Nigeria made its FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup debut in 2006 but failed to make it past the group stage. The D’Tigress didn’t qualify again until 2018, when it finished in the quarterfinals.
Despite qualifying, the West African country withdrew from the 2022 edition after former President Muhammadu Buhari announced a two-year withdrawal from all international basketball competitions.
The decision followed a longstanding leadership crisis inside the Nigeria Basketball Federation.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Abuja
TCN announces 16-hour power outage in parts of Abuja, Niger
TCN said the interruption would occur between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on each of the two days.
States
Terrorists surrender 12 rifles, release 10 kidnap victims in Kwara
The report said the rescued victims and recovered weapons were in military custody.
Heading 5
Ex-police officer to be castrated for child sex abuse in Louisiana
District Judge Kevin Kimball sentenced Mr Williams to three life terms in prison and ruled that he would be castrated.
Politics
Obi is incorruptible, says Kwankwaso
Mr Kwankwaso said the attribute is key and needed in the governance of the nation.
Politics
Katsina PDP guber candidate pledges to end unemployment
The candidate said that if elected, he would prioritise policies that would enable young people to secure employment.
States
Zamfara: Abducted children, women rescued after 22 days in bandits’ den
Mr Abubakar said the police, the State Security Service and local hunters swiftly mobilised and carried out a well-coordinated rescue operation.
