
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday emerged winner of the men’s FIBA Africa 3×3 championship in Lome, Togo after beating Ivory Coast 21-9 in the final.
Mali won the women’s category after beating Nigeria women’s team 12-11.
Nigeria’s men won five matches enroute to becoming the African champions while the Ivorians and Madagascar finished second and third.
The men’s team has Azuoma Dike, Godwin David, Lucky Subel and Yahaya Abdul while the women’s team is made up of Nkechi Akashili, Deborah Nwakamma, Josette Anaswem and Nkem Akaraiwe.
Final standings of the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup 2017:
Women
1.Mali
2.Nigeria
3.Uganda
4.Cote d’Ivoire
5.Egypt
6.Ghana
7.Togo
8.Niger
9.Mauritania
10.Gambia
Men
1.Nigeria
2.Cote d’Ivoire
3.Madagascar
4.Egypt
5.Togo
6.Mali
7.Benin
8.Uganda
9.Ghana
10.Mauritania
11.Niger
12.Gambia