D’Tigress guard Ezinne Kalu don call Nigerians wey dey Berlin and di area around am make dem fill di stands when Nigeria start dia 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign on Friday for Germany.
As she dey speak before di tournament, di 34-year-old ask fans make dem come out plenty, say: "We dey head to Berlin for di World Cup, and we need our pipo dere to support us. So we need every Nigerian wey dey near Berlin to show up. Bring your flag, your voice and energy."
Di call to action land on top di back of fifth straight FIBA Women’s AfroBasket crown, wey dem seal am with 78-64 win against Mali for di 2025 final. D’Tigress also reach di Olympic quarter-finals for Paris 2024, first time any African team don do dat.
Di Berlin tournament na Kalu second World Cup with Nigeria. She debut for di 2018 edition for Spain, dey average 10.6 points, three rebounds and 4.1 assists as D’Tigress bow out for quarter-finals and finish eighth. She don also lift AfroBasket title for 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025.
Nigeria go enter Group play against South Korea on Friday, den face Hungary on Saturday and host nation France on Monday. Dia place for di field don secure through di 2025 AfroBasket, though one hard qualifying campaign for Lyon-Villeurbanne see dem lose three out of five games.
