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NIGERIA’S D’TIGERS RANKED 17TH AT FIBA WORLD CUP

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With the final match of FIBA 2019 World Cup decided, the full classification of all the teams have emerged. Nigeria’s D’Tigers who crashed out of medal zone after two consecutive defeats in the group stage placed 17th among the 32 teams.

The Nigerian team is however the ranked African team. Tunisia, the next African team is placed 20th. Angola placed 27th while Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal are 29th and 30th respectively.

Final Standings of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019:
1. Spain
2. Argentina
3. France
4. Australia
5. Serbia
6. Czech Republic
7. USA
8. Poland
9. Lithuania
10. Italy
11. Greece
12. Russia
13. Brazil
14. Venezuela
15. Puerto Rico
16. Dominican Republic
17. Nigeria
18. Germany
19. New Zealand
20. Tunisia
21. Canada
22. Turkey
23. Iran
24. China
25. Montenegro
26. Korea
27. Angola
28. Jordan
29. Cote d’Ivoire
30. Senegal
31. Japan
32. Philippines

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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