{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"The\u00a0Super Falcons\u00a0\u2013 Best African Women\u2019s team ever! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WWGgo2EdTn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/the-super-falcons-best-african-womens-team-ever\/\">The\u00a0Super Falcons\u00a0\u2013 Best African Women\u2019s team ever!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/the-super-falcons-best-african-womens-team-ever\/embed\/#?secret=WWGgo2EdTn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The\u00a0Super Falcons\u00a0\u2013 Best African Women\u2019s team ever!&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"WWGgo2EdTn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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As the curtains are drawn this afternoon, both teams that have already qualified to represent the continent in the\u00a02019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, meet to settle their scores in what will be a nail-biting finale to a great championship to determine the best team on the African continent in 2018!The major stake in this final match is\u00a0prestige.\u00a0The\u00a0Super Falcons, 8 time-winners out of the last 10 championships, are poised to avenge their painful first-round defeat and restore their place as the most successful national women\u2019s football team in the history of African football.The \u2018Greatest\u2019\u00a0Elephant Girls\u00a0of African basketball!The\u00a0First Bank Basketball Club is Nigeria\u2019s most successful women\u2019s basketball team in history.\u00a0\u00a0It returned from the 2018 FIBA Africa Women\u2019s Club Championship with a well-earned third-place medal around their necks.\u00a0 For a team that was idle and did not play in any major competition for most of the season, it was a great and consoling result.\u00a0 Even the national basketball league did not start until 9 months into the season due to the crisis that crippled all activities of the national basketball federation during the season.\u00a0\u00a0Despite that, it was truly remarkable that they went to Mozambique, played very well, and only narrowly missed out on playing in the finals for the second year running, when they lost to host and eventual winners, Club Ferroviario of Mozambique, in the semi-finals.\u00a0 The team only started their own season one month to the African championship. They went to Mozambique with an assembly of 7 local players and 5 professionals that joined them from the US and Congo DCR on the eve of the event.\u00a0 The championship started slowly for\u00a0First Bank\u00a0but the team improved slowly but steadily from match to match until the very end when they played their best match and defeated V. Club of Congo, 93 to 69 points, to clinch Third-Place.\u00a0\u00a0Two of the\u00a0Elephant Girls, Ayisa and Mfutila, received 2 of the 5 individual awards at the end of the championship.\u00a0\u00a0Interestingly, the Nigerian representatives have attended more championships than any other club in the continent since its inception. Twice, they have won the coveted championship.\u00a0 In Nigeria, the\u00a0Elephant girls\u00a0have the best records of any team in the country\u2019s basketball history. They have become the unofficial barometer to measure the \u2018temperature\u2019 of Nigeria\u2019s basketball\u2019s development and growth. When\u00a0First Bank BC\u00a0is doing well, the Nigerian national team is also doing well.\u00a0This year,\u00a0First Bank Women\u2019s Basketball Club\u00a0was the country\u2019s sole representative at the African championship.\u00a0\u00a0Congratulations\u00a0to the \u2018greatest\u2019\u00a0Elephant girls\u00a0of Africa."}