Nigeria's men basketball team, D'Tigers have moved 9 places to rank 16th (with 106.2 points) in the 2016 FIBA World Ranking released on Thursday.
The African champions outshone their arch rivals, Angola to lift the Nations Cup for the first time last year which earned the country an automatic qualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The performance of teams at the just concluded Games also led to drastic changes on the ranking table.
Nigeria, by this ranking, is now the highest ranked African team while Tunisia who were however, not at the Olympics also gained two steps to now occupy the 21st position from 23rd, ahead of Angola.
Serbia (553), after winning two of their five games in Group A of the Olympics' basketball event, have leapfrogged Lithuania and France into third place.
They now trail No.1 USA (1000), who won a gold medal at the Olympics for a third straight time, and Spain (665), who finished third.
The Serbians, who suffered a heavy defeat to the Americans in the title game, just as they did at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Madrid, are well clear of No. 4 France (444), No. 5 Lithuania (442) and No. 6 Argentina (360).
The African champions outshone their arch rivals, Angola to lift the Nations Cup for the first time last year which earned the country an automatic qualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The performance of teams at the just concluded Games also led to drastic changes on the ranking table.
Nigeria, by this ranking, is now the highest ranked African team while Tunisia who were however, not at the Olympics also gained two steps to now occupy the 21st position from 23rd, ahead of Angola.
Serbia (553), after winning two of their five games in Group A of the Olympics' basketball event, have leapfrogged Lithuania and France into third place.
They now trail No.1 USA (1000), who won a gold medal at the Olympics for a third straight time, and Spain (665), who finished third.
The Serbians, who suffered a heavy defeat to the Americans in the title game, just as they did at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Madrid, are well clear of No. 4 France (444), No. 5 Lithuania (442) and No. 6 Argentina (360).
