Mali and Nigeria, di two African teams wey dey di 2026 FIBA Women Basketball World Cup for Berlin, don comot on Monday 7 September afta dem lose dia last Group B games. Mali fall 58-83 to host country Germany, while defending African champions D’Tigress get crush 56-111 by France.
Mali finish di group with one win and two loss, afta dem beat Spain for opening day before dem lose to Japan and then Germany. As Mali and Japan get same point, Mali comot because of head-to-head result, so na Japan go advance to di play-off round.
Nigeria complete one tough campaign with three loss for three matches, because before now dem lose to South Korea and Hungary. France 55-point margin over D’Tigress show say France dominate di top of Group B and end Nigeria World Cup return without any win.
Now say di two African teams don comot, no team from di continent still dey di race for di title. Di tournament go continue for Berlin with play-off games on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September, then quarter-finals on Friday, semi-finals on Saturday and di final on Sunday 13 September.
Di 16-team event go also give di first qualifying quota for di Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
