AfroBasket Women

Women's basketball continental championship of Africa

For the men's tournament, see AfroBasket.

AfroBasket WomenCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 Women's Afrobasket

Sport| Basketball
Founded| 1966; 58 years ago (1966)
No. of teams| 12
Country| FIBA Africa member nations
Continent| FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)|  Nigeria (6th title)
Most titles|  Senegal (11 titles)

The AfroBasket Women (formerly FIBA Africa Championship for Women) is the women's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the African zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games.

## Results[edit]

### Summaries[edit]

Year  | Hosts  |  | Final  |  | Third place match

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1966
Details |  Guinea |
United Arab Republic | n/a |
Guinea |
Central African Republic | n/a |
Senegal
1968
Details |  UAR |
United Arab Republic | n/a |
Senegal |
Mali | n/a |
Algeria
1970
Details |  Togo |
Madagascar | 44–36 |
United Arab Republic |
Senegal | 50–27 |
Mali
1974
Details |  Tunisia |
Senegal | 47–44 |
Tunisia |
Egypt | 56–34 |
Togo
1977
Details |  Senegal |
Senegal | 88–56 |
Egypt |
Togo | 70–35 |
Ivory Coast
1979
Details |  Somalia |
Senegal | n/a |
Somalia |
Ghana | n/a |
1981
Details |  Senegal |
Senegal | 83–73 |
Zaire |
Angola | 83–71 |
Mali
1983
Details |  Angola |
Zaire | n/a |
Senegal |
Cameroon | n/a |
Mozambique
1984
Details |  Senegal |
Senegal | 2–0
w/o |
Zaire |
Cameroon | 83–70 |
Mali
1986
Details |  Mozambique |
Zaire | n/a |
Mozambique |
Angola | n/a |
Cameroon
1990
Details |  Tunisia |
Senegal | 70–68 |
Zaire |
Mozambique | 86–75 |
Tunisia
1993
Details |  Senegal |
Senegal | 89–43 |
Kenya |
Mozambique | 63–57 |
Zaire
1994
Details |  South Africa |
Zaire | 68–48 |
Senegal |
Angola | 53–29 |
Mozambique
1997
Details |  Kenya |
Senegal | 73–59 |
DR Congo |
Nigeria | 90–62 |
Kenya
2000
Details |  Tunisia |
Senegal | 71–63 |
Tunisia |
DR Congo | 80–79 |
Morocco
2003
Details[1] |  Mozambique |
Nigeria | 69–63 |
Mozambique |
Senegal | 61–47 |
Angola
2005
Details[2] |  Nigeria |
Nigeria | 64–57 |
Senegal |
Mozambique | 59–51 |
DR Congo
2007
Details[3] |  Senegal |
Mali | 63–56 |
Senegal |
Angola | 73–58 |
Mozambique
2009
Details[4] |  Madagascar |
Senegal | 72–57 |
Mali |
Angola | 76–57 |
Ivory Coast
2011
Details |  Mali |
Angola | 62–54 |
Senegal |
Mali | 71–62 |
Nigeria
2013
Details[5] |  Mozambique |
Angola | 64–61 (OT)  |
Mozambique |
Senegal | 56–53 |
Cameroon
2015
Details |  Cameroon |
Senegal | 81–66 |
Cameroon |
Nigeria | 65–55 |
Angola
2017
Details |  Mali |
Nigeria | 65–48 |
Senegal |
Mali | 75–52 |
Mozambique
2019
Details |  Senegal |
Nigeria | 60–55 |
Senegal |
Mali | 66–54 |
Mozambique
2021
Details |  Cameroon |
Nigeria | 70–59 |
Mali |
Cameroon | 53–49 |
Senegal
2023
Details |  Rwanda |
Nigeria | 84–74 |
Senegal |
Mali | 89–51 |
Rwanda
2025
Details |  Ivory Coast |  |  |  |  |  |

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^w/o Withdrew.

### Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Senegal| 11| 9| 3| 23
2|  Nigeria| 6| 0| 2| 8
3|  DR Congo| 3| 4| 1| 8
4|  Egypt| 2| 2| 1| 5
5|  Angola| 2| 0| 5| 7
6|  Mali| 1| 2| 5| 8
7|  Madagascar| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Mozambique| 0| 3| 3| 6
9|  Tunisia| 0| 2| 0| 2
10|  Cameroon| 0| 1| 3| 4
11|  Guinea| 0| 1| 0| 1
Kenya| 0| 1| 0| 1
Somalia| 0| 1| 0| 1
14|  Central African Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ghana| 0| 0| 1| 1
Togo| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (16 entries)| 26| 26| 26| 78

## Tournament awards[edit]

Most recent award winners (2021)

Main articles: FIBA AfroBasket Women Most Valuable Player and FIBA AfroBasket Women All-Tournament Team

Year  | Winner

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2021 |  Adaora Elonu
Year  | Player  | Position  | Team

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2021 | Ezinne Kalu | Guard |  Nigeria
Marina Ewodo | Forward |  Cameroon
Adaora Elonu | Forward |  Nigeria
Yacine Diop | Forward |  Senegal
Mariam Coulibaly | Center |  Mali

## Participating nations[edit]

Nation  |
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1968 |
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1974 |
1977 |
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1981 |
1983 |
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1986 |
1990 |
1993 |
1994 |
1997 |
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2003 |
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2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2025 | Years

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Algeria |  | 4 |  | 9 | 8 |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 11 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  | 8
Angola |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 7 |  | 5 | 6 |  | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |  |  |  |  | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 |  | 20
Cameroon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 7 |  | 8 |  | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |  | 8 | 10 |  | 6 |  | 14
Cape Verde |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 9 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9 | 10 |  |  | 5
Central African Republic |  |  |  | 6 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  | 4
Congo |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
DR Congo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 7 | 4 | 7 |  | 7 |  |  | 9 | 6 |  | 12 |  | 16
Egypt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  | 7 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 |  | 14
Gabon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Ghana |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Guinea |  |  | 5 | 7 |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  | 9 | 10 |  | 12 | 8 |  | 10
Ivory Coast |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 5 | 5 |  |  | 6 | 5 | 5 |  | 8 |  |  | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 |  | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | Q | 16
Kenya |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 11 | 9 |  |  | 7
Madagascar |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Mali |  |  | 4 | 8 | 7 |  | 4 |  | 4 |  |  | 7 |  | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 |  |  |  | 5 | 5 |  |  |  |  | Q | 21
Mauritius |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Morocco |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Mozambique |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 5 |  |  |  | 4 |  | 6 |  |  | 4 | 6 | 5 |  | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |  | 18
Niger |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Nigeria |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | Q | 15
Rwanda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | Q | 4
Senegal | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | Q | 26
Somalia |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
South Africa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 6 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Tanzania |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Togo |  |  | 6 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Tunisia |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 6 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 6 |  | 11 | 10 | 10 |  |  | 11 | 12 | 11 |  |  | 12
Uganda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 7 |  | 3
Zimbabwe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Teams  | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## See also[edit]

* FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
* FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
* FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2003 African Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
2. ^ "2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
3. ^ "2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4. ^ "2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
5. ^ "2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Women Basketball Africa Championship (todor66.com)
* Women Basketball Africa Championship (the-sports.org)

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AfroBasket Women

Tournaments|

* Guinea 1966
* United Arab Republic 1968
* Togo 1970
* Tunisia 1974
* Senegal 1977
* Somalia 1979
* Senegal 1981
* Angola 1983
* Senegal 1984
* Mozambique 1986
* Tunisia 1990
* Senegal 1993
* South Africa 1994
* Kenya 1997
* Tunisia 2000
* Mozambique 2003
* Nigeria 2005
* Senegal 2007
* Madagascar 2009
* Mali 2011
* Mozambique 2013
* Cameroon 2015
* Mali 2017
* Senegal 2019
* Cameroon 2021
* Rwanda 2023
* Ivory Coast 2025

Qualification|

* ...2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Squads|

* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1974
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1984
* 1986
* 1990
* 1993
* 1994
* 1997
* 2000
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Awards|

* All-Tournament Team
* Most Valuable Player

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* t
* e

International women's basketball

* FIBA
* World Ranking
* Teams
* Olympics
* Youth
* World Cup
* U21
* U19
* U17
* Universiade

Africa|

* AfroBasket Women
* U20
* U18
* U16

Americas|

* AmeriCup
* U20
* U18
* U16
* Caribbean Championship
* U20
* Centrobasket
* U17
* Central American Championship
* U21
* South American Championship
* 2nd tier
* U21
* U17
* U15

Asia|

* Asia Cup (includes Oceania)
* U20
* U18
* U16
* Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational
* William Jones Cup

Europe|

* EuroBasket Women
* U-20
* U-18
* U-16
* European Championship for Small Countries

Oceania|

* Oceania Championship (defunct)
* U17
* U15
* Melanesia Cup
* Polynesian Cup

Other
tournaments|

* African Games
* Arab Championship
* Arab Games
* ASEAN University Games
* Asian Games
* Bolivarian Games
* Central Asian Games
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* Central American Games
* Commonwealth Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Micronesian Games
* European Games
* EYOF
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* Pacific Games
* Pan American Games
* Southeast Asian Games

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. • Basketball portal

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FIBA Africa competitions

National teams|

* African championships
* Men's
* Women's
* AfroCan
* African Games
* Basketball at the African Games

Youth national teams|

* African championships
* Men's U20 (defunct)
* Women's U20 (defunct)
* Men's U18
* Women' U18
* Boys' U16
* Girls' U16

Men's club|

* Basketball Africa League
* Africa Basketball League (defunct)
* Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

Women's club|

* Champions Cup
* Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

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FIBA Women AfroBasket winners

* 1966: United Arab Rep.
* 1968: United Arab Rep.
* 1970: Madagascar
* 1974: Senegal
* 1977: Senegal
* 1979: Senegal
* 1981: Senegal
* 1983: Zaire
* 1984: Senegal
* 1986: Zaire
* 1990: Senegal
* 1993: Senegal
* 1994: Zaire
* 1997: Senegal
* 2000: Senegal
* 2003: Nigeria
* 2005: Nigeria
* 2007: Mali
* 2009: Senegal
* 2011: Angola
* 2013: Angola
* 2015: Senegal
* 2017: Nigeria
* 2019: Nigeria
* 2021: Nigeria
* 2023: Nigeria

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African Championships

Olympic
sports|

| Team|

* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Football
* men
* women
* Handball
* men
* women
* Rugby sevens
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* marathon
* race walking
* Badminton
* teams
* Beach volleyball
* BMX racing
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Fencing
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* Judo
* Mountain biking
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* teams
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Non-Olympic
sports|

| Team|

* Beach soccer
* Cricket
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Minifootball
* men
* Korfball
* Netball
* Roller hockey
* Rugby union
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Aerobic gymnastics
* Chess
* individual
* junior
* team
* Cross country
* Draughts
* Mountain running
* Rally
* individual
* Sambo
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* Snooker

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