{"id":41756,"date":"2026-08-06T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41756"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:23:39","slug":"nigerias-u18-women-win-opener-while-men-suffer-defeat-to-egypt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigerias-u18-women-win-opener-while-men-suffer-defeat-to-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s U18 women win opener while men suffer defeat to Egypt \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria recorded contrasting outcomes on the opening day of the FIBA U18 African Basketball Championships in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, with the women&#8217;s team securing a victory while the men&#8217;s side suffered a heavy defeat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s competition, Junior D&#8217;Tigress began their campaign on a winning note, edging out Tunisia 54\u201350 in a tightly contested fixture. Favour Joy Anari delivered a stellar performance, posting 14 points and nine rebounds to steer her side to victory. The Nigerians will turn their focus to their next group fixture against Cameroon tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s event, Junior D&#8217;Tigers endured a difficult start, falling 95\u201368 to a dominant Egyptian side. The North Africans controlled all four quarters, relying on a balanced offensive display that saw six players reach double figures, led by Rami Magdy&#8217;s 17 points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, severely constrained by fielding a short-handed squad of only seven players, committed 17 turnovers during the match. Victor Nwafor was the top performer for the Junior D&#8217;Tigers, scoring 16 points. The team will seek immediate redemption when they face Chad tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tournaments serve as official African qualifying events for the 2027 FIBA U19 World Cups set to take place in China and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32367,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-41756","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Nigeria's U18 women triumph over Tunisia","published_date":"2026-08-06 17:23:09","news_description":"Nigeria's U18 women triumph over Tunisia","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41757,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41756\/revisions\/41757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}