Basketball: Nigeria Moves 14th Spot Up On FIBA Women Ranking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 14, 2020
The recent qualification ofNigeria’s D’Tigress to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has lifted the country tothe 14 position on the updated FIBA world ranking for women.
Though, the ranking saw USA maintainher status as the top-ranked country ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Women’s OlympicsBasketball Tournament draw, Australia, Spain, Canada, France, Turkey, Belgium,Serbia, China, Japan and Japan occupy the top 10 with Belarus, Russia andGreece just above Nigeria that garnered a total of 3,666.
The reigning AfroBasket championshowever remains the top-ranked African team ahead of continental rivals,Mozambique in 36th position. The two other teams that did make upward moveswere Sweden 315.0 and Mozambique 153.1.
Sweden also rose two positions toenter the Top 20, while Mozambique got a seven-position bounce and is nowranked 36.