2004 Summer Olympics The Nigerians competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics in basketball, one of ten events their national teams qualified for. The Nigerian women's basketball team was one of the twelve teams competing in the event. They earned their berth through a zone qualifying tournament and played in Group A along with
Australia,
Brazil,
Greece,
Japan, and
Russia. The team went 0–5 in the preliminary round. In the 11/12th place game, they defeated the
Korea for a final finish of 11th out of 12 teams. With this win, they became the first women's African basketball team to win a game at the Olympics. Mfon Udoka was the team's leading scorer and the tournament's second highest scorer. Team athletes
Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Joanne Aluka both played high school basketball at
Hephzibah High School prior to playing together for Nigeria.
2006 FIBA World Championship for Women Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship by winning the 2005
FIBA Africa Championship for Women. They were placed into Group C with
China, Russia, and the
United States. Nigeria did not qualify for a pass into the second round and were defeated in the 15/16th place game by fellow African representatives
Senegal by a score of 66–64. Their tournament record was 0–5. Nigeria also participated in the
2006 Commonwealth Games held in
Melbourne, Australia.
Team in 2007 The team attended the
FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007; the qualifying event for African teams attempting to make the
2008 Summer Olympics. Nigeria made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIBA African Championship before losing to
Mozambique 69–61. They won fifth place by defeating
Cameroon 63–50. The team did not qualify for the
Beijing Olympic Games. The Nigerian squad went undefeated in group play during the
2007 All-Africa Games. They went on to the semi-finals and lost to Mozambique 57–46.
2009 Nations Cup Nigeria has qualified for the 2009 Africa Cup of Nations (basketball) to be held in
Libya.
2024 Summer Olympics At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the Nigerian women’s basketball team defeated Australia 75-62 in their first game. This was the team’s first Olympic game victory in 20 years. The team lost its second game in the tournament 75-54 against the host nation, France. In their third game against Canada, they won 79-70 to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time ever. With this victory, the team became the first African basketball team, male or female, to qualify for the quarterfinals of the basketball competition at the Olympics. ==Competitive record==