Tag: Nigeria

The Complete Guide to National Basketball Team Nicknames

The Complete Guide to National Basketball Team Nicknames

[survey][prem] With the continental championships in full swing, dozens of basketball national teams are vying for a berth to the Olympics. If you follow international basketball, you’ll quickly notice a pattern that countries have both official or an unofficial nicknames for their […]

Nigeria upsets Angola to win Afrobasket, qualfies for 2016 Olympics

Nigeria upsets Angola to win Afrobasket, qualfies for 2016 Olympics

Nigeria upset Angola to win the country’s first Afrobasket — a historic event for Nigerian basketball. . The Nigerian D’Tigers came in as underdogs to the Southern Africa dynasty. Led by Chamberlain Oguchi’s 19 points and Olaseni “Shane” Lawal’s 12 […]

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

Sixteen African nations have commenced on the Ivory Coast for the Africa Men’s Champi onships of Basketball (forum). The competition started on August 20 and will go until the end of the month, August 31. Also known as the Afrobasket, the […]

FIBA wild cards to Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania & Russia

FIBA wild cards to Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania & Russia

After weeks of speculation, FIBA has chosen the four final countries, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Russia, that will represent in the 2010 World Championships of Basketball. (Discuss FIBA’s four wild card selections in our forum) The maximum three -from-one-region wild cards […]

FIBA Wild Cards: It’s down to Eight

FIBA Wild Cards: It’s down to Eight

We are only one day away from FIBA announcing the final four countries that will fill the tournament field for the 2010 World Championships. (Predict the four teams to WC2010) The Wild Card process started with 14 teams hoping for […]

Which countries will get the FIBA Wild Cards?

Which countries will get the FIBA Wild Cards?

The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball. With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in […]

FIBA hints at “impactful teams” for WC wildcard

FIBA hints at “impactful teams” for WC wildcard

Tijani Umar, the President of the NBBF (Nigeria Basketball Federation) recently returned from Zurich, Switzerland after a meeting with FIBA World officials to chat about the FIBA wild cards for the 2010 World Championships. However, Umar’s meeting with FIBA officials […]

Average Height by Country (Males >20 years)

Average Height by Country (Males >20 years)

If  basketball popularity coincided with the average height of the country’s population, then Scandinavia should have many more professional basketball players. At least according to some data that was compiled by one of our forum members, tpraseri (see Average Height […]

Angola vs. Côte d’Ivoire in Afrobasket Finals

Angola vs. Côte d’Ivoire in Afrobasket Finals

It’s no surprise that Angola is in the finals of Afrobasket, the African nation has been dominating the African Championships the last decade, winning nine of the last ten tournaments. The shocking news is that Nigeria and Senegal won’t be in […]

Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt upset at Afrobasket

Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt upset at Afrobasket

After some shocking results on day five of the tournament, only two teams, defending champions Angola and Nigeria, remain as the only undefeated nations in the 2009 Afrobasket tournament (click here for Afrobasket discussion) Angola and Nigeria will meet today […]

Afrobasket: Angola, Senegal, and Nigeria undefeated

The prelimiary stage of the 2009 African Championships have finished (discuss).  Three nations Angola, Nigeria, and Senegal have moved onto the next round undefeated with three wins each.   Each team will play today in the quarterfinals. [nggallery id=11] Nigeria […]

Day Three of AfroBasket, AsiaBasket begins

Two regional basketball championships are going into their third, and final day, of preliminary games today. The 2009 Africa Nations and the Asia Championships are finishing up their round robin play.After day 2, Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, and Cameroon have advanced […]

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya […]

AfroBasket 2007 Commences…

AfroBasket 2007 Commences…

The African regional championships have begun. Afrobasket 2007 will be held this year in Luanda, the largest city and the capital of Angola. The tourney features 16 teams from across the continent – Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde Island, Central African […]