The Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, will face the defending champions, the USA, on August 7 at 9:30 pm.
THAT’S HISTORY 😤🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/oriDusoNhg
— AfroBallers (@afroballers) August 4, 2024
D’Tigress made history by securing Nigeria’s first-ever berth in the quarterfinals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
This followed their impressive 79-70 victory over Canada in their final group game on Sunday, accumulating five classification points and initially topping Group B.
NIGERIA JUST TOOK DOWN THE FIFTH RANKED TEAM AND QUALIFIES TO THE NEXT ROUND 😤
— AfroBallers (@afroballers) August 4, 2024
WOW, THIS TEAM 🔥 #AfroBallers pic.twitter.com/vluE4eirnr
However, their standing shifted when Australia triumphed over France 79-72 in the other group match, pushing Nigeria down to third place in the group rankings.
The encounter with the USA will be the second Olympic face-off between the two teams, with D’Tigress suffering a narrow nine-point defeat to the Americans in their opening group game at the Tokyo Games and also losing to them in the 2024 Olympics qualifiers.
Elsewhere in other quarter-finals clashes, Serbia will clash with Australia, Spain will go up against Belgium, and France will face Germany.
