FIBA Ranking: Nigerian Girls  Missing On Top 100

In the latest rankings released by FIBA, basketball governing body, after the FIBA 2022 Youths Events, Nigerian girls failed to make the top 100 teams in the world, Tidesports source reports.
The new system for the FIBA World Ranking Youth was launched earlier this year and it calculates the rating points for each game for each team as well as the ranking according to the weighted average rating points of each team, overall games contributing to the ranking.
According to the release on FIBA website, the countries not listed have 0 points and are therefore all positioned, with the same rank, after the last country mentioned.
While the Nigerian girls are missing from the top 100 rankings, Mail, winners of the last edition of the FIBA U-16 Women’s African Championship occupy the 19th position while Egypt sit 20th in the world.
Angola are the next African Nation to make the cut in the 36th position while Uganda, Algeria and Mozambique are ranked in 40th, 41st and 42nd positions respectively.
Madagascar, Tanzania, Senegal, Rwanda, Guinea, Gabon, New Guinea, are the other African countries to make the top 100.
Globally, the USA strengthened their grip on top spot in latest FIBA World Ranking Girls after winning all seven of their games at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 in Hungary in July and accrue a total of 847.8 points in the FIBA World Ranking Girls. USA Basketball also won the gold medal at the FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship 2022.