D'Tigers Lifts First AfroBasket Championship

Nigeria’s basketball team called D’Tigers, on Sunday, August 30, 2015, defeated Angola to win the AfroBasket Championship in Tunisia.

Angola was beaten by Nigeria 65-74 and it is the first title D’Tigers is winning since the inception of the tournament.

Nigeria now qualifies for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s basketball event.

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D’Tigers defeated Senegal in the semis 88-79 to qualify for the finals of the competition.

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