Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team D’ Tigers has dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released yesterday.

D’Tigers slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the world ranking.

The former African champions tallied 299.7 points during the month under review to occupy sixth position on the continent.

South Sudan hopped from 34th to 23rd in the FIBA World Ranking to become the top-ranked African team, overtaking Cote d’Ivoire.

Angola, Tunisia, and Egypt complete the top five teams in Africa.

Olympic champions U.S. protected their lead at the top, while Serbia jumped up two spots to get to the second spot with a total of 758.9 points, overtaking Germany.