Nigeria beat 11th time winners and current defending champions Angola by 74-65 points in the final of the Afrobasket Championship hosted in Tunisia to clinch their first-ever title since
the inception of the competition in 1962. Before now Nigeria had become runners-up in three different occasions in 1997 (loosing to host nation Senegal), 1999 and 2003 (loosing to Angola in both years). This win means that Nigeria has automatically qualified to play in the 2016 Basketball Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
D'Tigers in action
Chamberlain Oguchi with FIBA President
Nigeria's Chamberlain Oguchi (pictured above) won the MVP award and also made it to the Afrobasket Five-All-Star team together with teammate Al-Farouq Aminu.
Al-Farouq Aminu poses with FIBA President
In the other game, host nation Tunisia beat Senegal to win their third place match.
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