D’Tigress to play France in 5-8 classification after quarterfinal loss to USA

Nigeria’s women national basketball team, D’Tigress will continue their historic run at the 2018 FIBA Women World Cup with a clash against France.

The African champions who fell 40-71 to the defending champions, USA will now play France in the 5-8 classification games scheduled for Saturday.

The other classification game will China play against Canada.

In the, Spain will play Australia while Belgium will play USA.

Results of the quarterfinal games

USA 71-40 Nigeria
Australia 83-42 China
Spain 68-53 Canada
Belgium 86-65 France

Semifinal fixtures

Belgium vs USA
Spain vs Australia

5-8 classification game

Nigeria vs France
China vs Canada