Nigeria enter their World Cup opener against Korea carrying global ambition—and tactical lessons from a damaging 17-point defeat in March.
D’Tigress begin their 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign against Korea on Friday carrying African dominance, Olympic pedigree — and unfinished business. Korea beat Nigeria 77–60 in qualifying only months ago. Now, with Hungary immediately behind them and France still to come, Nigeria’s opening game offers an early test of whether Africa’s champions are ready to break another global barrier.
Nigeria’s D’Tigress open their 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign against Korea on September 4 as Berlin offers another chance to push beyond previous global limits.
