2023 Women's Afrobasket

The 2023 AfroBasket Women was the 26th edition of the tournament and held from 28 July to 5 August 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda.^[1][2][3]

FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2023

26th FIBA Africa Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali
Dates	28 July – 5 August
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (6th title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Rwanda
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
MVP	Amy Okonkwo
Top scorer	Jannon Jaye Otto (21.3 points per game)
Official website
Website
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Nigeria won their fourth consecutive and sixth overall title after defeating Senegal in the final.^[4]

Host selection

Rwanda was awarded the hosting rights on 25 May 2023. This was the first time Rwanda has hosted the event and the second time overall in any senior level having hosted the men's tournament in 2021.

Format

The 12 teams were split into four groups of three teams. The first-placed team qualified to the quarterfinals while the other two teams played in a playoff round. A second-placed team faced off against a third-placed team and vice versa. A knockout-system was used after the preliminary round and the losing teams of the quarterfinals were playing classification games while the winners played out the champion.^[5]

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Women's Afrobasket qualification

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Last appearance	Best placement in tournament	WR
Rwanda	Host nation	23 September 2021	2011	Ninth place (2009, 2011)	88
Nigeria	2021 Women's Afrobasket semi-finalists		2021	Champions (2003, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2021)	15
Senegal				Champions (1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2015)	31
Cameroon				Runners-up (2015)	50
Mali				Champions (2007)	26
Egypt	Zone 5 winner	19 February 2023		Champions (1966, 1968)	42
Mozambique	Zone 6 winner	28 February 2023		Runners-up (1986, 2003, 2013)	47
DR Congo	Zone 4 winner	25 March 2023	2019	Champions (1983, 1986, 1994)	74
Angola	Wildcard[6]	9 June 2023	2021	Champions (2011, 2013)	48
Uganda			2015	Ninth place (1997)	80
Ivory Coast	Zone 2/3 winner	2 July 2023	2021	Fourth place (1977, 2009)	54
Guinea	Wildcard[7]	3 July 2023		Runners-up (1966)	99

Venue

Similar to the 2021 AfroBasket on the men's side, the now-named BK Arena (formerly the Kigali Arena) host the whole tournament.

Kigali		Kigali
		BK Arena
		Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Main article: 2023 Women's Afrobasket squads

Each team had to commit a roster of 12 players.

Draw

The draw took place on 9 June 2023 in Maputo, Mozambique.^[8][9]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rwanda (H)	2	1	1	132	109	+23	3	Quarterfinals
2	Angola	2	1	1	143	140	+3	3	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Ivory Coast	2	1	1	107	133	−26	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

28 July 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	64–35	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 14–14, 24–8, 12–6
Pts: Philoxy 18 Rebs: Butera 8 Asts: Philoxy 7		Pts: Amani 6 Rebs: Sieza 9 Asts: five players 1

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Fanta Touré (MLI)

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29 July 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	72–69	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 21–24, 19–13, 11–19
Pts: Diawara 21 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Amani 7		Pts: Caetano 18 Rebs: Manuel 11 Asts: Manuel 4

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Erick Otieno (KEN)

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30 July 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Angola	74–68 (OT)	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 14–22, 22–4, 20–22, Overtime: 10–4
Pts: Manuel 21 Rebs: Matiquite 19 Asts: Antonio 7		Pts: Crooms 19 Rebs: Butera 6 Asts: three players 3

BK Arena, Kigali

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	125	103	+22	4	Quarterfinals
2	Mozambique	2	1	1	152	95	+57	3	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Guinea	2	0	2	90	169	−79	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

28 July 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	55–53	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–14, 11–14, 12–13
Pts: Silatsa 13 Rebs: Silatsa 10 Asts: Thomas 3		Pts: Mafanela 18 Rebs: Seda 16 Asts: Chiziane 6

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Aya Ahmed (EGY)

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29 July 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	99–40	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 22–5, 35–15, 17–13
Pts: Dongue 25 Rebs: Seda6 12 Asts: Mafanela		Pts: Jallow 18 Rebs: Diack, Kaba 5 Asts: Jallow 3

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Arbia Belghith (TUN), Christelle Madjio (CMR)

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30 July 2023 12:00

Boxscore

Guinea	50–70	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 21–17, 4–18, 10–14
Pts: Jallow 17 Rebs: Kaba 13 Asts: Mara 5		Pts: Akoa 19 Rebs: Effa 9 Asts: Akoa, Mukoko 5

BK Arena, Kigali

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	2	2	0	152	115	+37	4	Quarterfinals
2	Uganda	2	1	1	151	163	−12	3	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Senegal	2	0	2	132	157	−25	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

28 July 2023 14:30

Boxscore

Mali	80–66	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 21–14, 21–16, 22–17
Pts: N'Diaye 25 Rebs: Dembélé 10 Asts: N'Diaye 5		Pts: Otto 19 Rebs: Akullu 10 Asts: Akello 4

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Arbia Belghith (TUN), Didier Gaga (RWA), Benedicte Kologo (CIV)

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29 July 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Uganda	85–83	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–17, 22–18, 28–27
Pts: Otto 21 Rebs: Akullu, Lamunu 10 Asts: Otto 5		Pts: Traoré 29 Rebs: Diagne 9 Asts: Dieng 7

BK Arena, Kigali

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30 July 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Senegal	49–72	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 12–15, 8–26, 13–20
Pts: Dillard 20 Rebs: Coulibaly, Ndour 6 Asts: Dillard 4		Pts: Koné 18 Rebs: M. Coulibaly 12 Asts: N'Diaye 5

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Natascha Onono (RSA), Nadjet Zenagui (ALG)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	152	100	+52	4	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	2	1	1	154	161	−7	3	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	DR Congo	2	0	2	113	158	−45	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

28 July 2023 11:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	69–35	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 13–10, 17–14, 23–3
Pts: Balogun, Okoro 11 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 10 Asts: five players 2		Pts: Nguz 12 Rebs: Mfutila 11 Asts: Kokolo 4

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Erick Otieno (KEN), Nadege Zouzou (CIV), Claudio Eiuba (ANG)

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29 July 2023 12:00

Boxscore

DR Congo	78–89	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 20–15, 29–23, 17–28
Pts: Muadi 21 Rebs: Muadi 10 Asts: Mbelu 6		Pts: Mohamed 34 Rebs: El-Gedawy 14 Asts: Abdelgawad 7

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Fanta Touré (MLI), Harouna Maïga (BFA), Benedicte Kologo (CIV)

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30 July 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Egypt	65–83	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 13–24, 19–14, 23–27
Pts: Abdelgawad 19 Rebs: El-Gedawy 10 Asts: Moussa 5		Pts: Okonkwo 29 Rebs: Okonkwo 13 Asts: Okoro 6

BK Arena, Kigali

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2 August

Rwanda

66

1 August

Uganda

61

Uganda

78

3 August

DR Congo

62

Rwanda

48

Nigeria

79

2 August

Nigeria

59

1 August

Mozambique

52

Mozambique

70

5 August

Ivory Coast

48

Nigeria

84

Senegal

74

2 August

Cameroon

77

1 August

Senegal

80

Egypt

60

3 August

Senegal

71

Senegal

75

Mali

65

Third place

2 August

5 August

Mali

96

Rwanda

51

1 August

Guinea

40

Mali

89

Angola

69

Guinea

71

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	3 August
	Uganda	62
					4 August
	Mozambique	88
					Mozambique	74
	3 August
					Cameroon	65
	Cameroon	73
	Guinea	37
					Seventh place game
					4 August
					Uganda	85
					Guinea	44

Qualification to quarterfinals

1 August 2023 12:00

Boxscore

Angola	69–71	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 15–16, 23–12, 16–26
Pts: Matiquite 21 Rebs: Matiquite 11 Asts: Fernando 3		Pts: Kaba 26 Rebs: Kaba 14 Asts: Mara 5

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Nadjet Zenagui (ALG), Natascha Onono (RSA), Christelle Madjio (CMR)

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1 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Egypt	60–71	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 11–20, 17–13, 8–20
Pts: El-Gedawy 17 Rebs: El-Gedawy 7 Asts: Moussa 4		Pts: Diagne 17 Rebs: Diagne 10 Asts: Dieng 7

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Claudio Eiuba (ANG), Benedicte Kologo (CIV)

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1 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	70–48	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 16–19, 13–10, 20–12
Pts: Dongue 18 Rebs: Dongue 13 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Djedjemel 10 Rebs: Sieza 12 Asts: Diawara 4

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Aya Ahmed (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Haytham Ihaqaf (LBA)

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1 August 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Uganda	78–62	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 18–15, 23–15, 25–17
Pts: Asinde, Otto 18 Rebs: Lamunu 14 Asts: Babirye 11		Pts: Nguz 15 Rebs: Kaba 11 Asts: Mbelu 7

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Nadege Zouzou (CIV), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Fanta Touré (MLI)

Quarterfinals

2 August 2023 12:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	77–80	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 13–18, 20–28, 25–23
Pts: Thomas 22 Rebs: Ewodo 9 Asts: Akoa 6		Pts: Dillard 29 Rebs: Diagne 8 Asts: Dillard 6

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Claudio Eiuba (ANG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Erick Otieno (KEN)

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2 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Mali	96–40	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 23–12, 22–11, 27–9
Pts: Haidara 17 Rebs: M. Coulibaly 8 Asts: A. Coulibaly, N'Diaye 4		Pts: Kaba 17 Rebs: Jallow 8 Asts: Jallow 2

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Didier Gaga (RWA)

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2 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	66–61	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 16–6, 24–10, 15–23
Pts: Sifa 19 Rebs: Uwizeye 13 Asts: Crooms, Sifa 5		Pts: Otto 31 Rebs: Akullu, Otto 13 Asts: Otto 4

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Nadege Zouzou (CIV), Aya Ahmed (EGY)

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2 August 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	59–52	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 13–15, 18–10, 12–9
Pts: Okonkwo 17 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Okoro 4		Pts: Seda 13 Rebs: Seda 10 Asts: Chiziane, Mafanela 3

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Harouna Maïga (BFA), Haytham Ihaqaf (LBA)

5–8th place semifinals

3 August 2023 12:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	74–37	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 24–4, 18–11, 25–10, 7–12
Pts: Silatsa 13 Rebs: Silatsa 10 Asts: Akoa, Mukoko 5		Pts: Kaba 15 Rebs: Kaba 11 Asts: Kaba, Mbaye 2

BK Arena, Kigali

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3 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Uganda	62–88	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 20–16, 22–23, 7–23
Pts: Otto 18 Rebs: Akullu 9 Asts: Akullu 5		Pts: Mucauro 23 Rebs: Seda 11 Asts: Veloso 6

BK Arena, Kigali

Semifinals

3 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	48–79	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 12–22, 17–14, 13–21
Pts: Philoxy 21 Rebs: Butera 11 Asts: Crooms, Philoxy 3		Pts: Okonkwo 23 Rebs: Okonkwo 10 Asts: Ogoke 7

BK Arena, Kigali

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3 August 2023 21:00

Boxscore

Senegal	75–65	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–22, 24–11, 15–16
Pts: Dillard 33 Rebs: Traoré 10 Asts: Dillard 6		Pts: Koné 20 Rebs: Koné 10 Asts: K. Coulibaly 4

BK Arena, Kigali

Seventh place game

4 August 2023 12:00

Boxscore

Uganda	85–44	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 26–15, 22–16, 23–3
Pts: Otto 21 Rebs: Akello 11 Asts: Akello 3		Pts: Kaba 21 Rebs: Kaba 8 Asts: Mbaye 4

BK Arena, Kigali

Fifth place game

4 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	74–65	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 20–19, 19–14, 21–20
Pts: Seda 16 Rebs: Seda 11 Asts: Mucauro 8		Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Akoa 9 Asts: Akoa 10

BK Arena, Kigali

Third place game

5 August 2023 14:30

Boxscore

Rwanda	51–89	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 9–23, 13–23, 14–29
Pts: Philoxy 17 Rebs: Crooms 7 Asts: Kiyobe, Philoxy 4		Pts: Dembélé 14 Rebs: M. Coulibaly 11 Asts: N'Diaye 6

BK Arena, Kigali

Final

5 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	84–74	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 24–21, 19–26, 22–17
Pts: Okoro 16 Rebs: Musa 12 Asts: Ogoke, Okoro 4		Pts: Dillard 19 Rebs: Diagne 10 Asts: Dillard 10

BK Arena, Kigali Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)

Final standings

Rank[11]	Team	Record
	Nigeria	5–0
	Senegal	3–3
	Mali	4–1
4	Rwanda	2–3
5	Mozambique	4–2
6	Cameroon	3–2
7	Uganda	3–3
8	Guinea	1–5
9	Angola	1–2
10	Egypt	1–2
11	Ivory Coast	1–2
12	DR Congo	0–3

Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points Name PPG[12] Jannon Otto 21.3 Nadine Mohamed 21.0 Cierra Dillard 20.7 Sara Caetano 18.0 Amy Okonkwo 17.4 Destiney Philoxy

Rebounds Name RPG Cristina Matiquite 13.0 Tamara Seda 11.8 Raneem El-Gedawy 10.3 Nadir Manuel 9.3 Masseny Kaba Mellissa Akullu

Assists Name APG Cacia Antonio 6.0 Cierra Dillard 5.5 Monique Akoa 5.4 Ketia Mbelu 5.0 Meral Abdelgawad 4.3

Blocks Name BPG Raneem El-Gedawy 3.0 Grace Tolo 2.7 Fatma Aly 2.0 Nadir Manuel 1.7 Elizabeth Balogun 1.6

Steals Name SPG Djefarima Diawara 3.3 Djeneba N'Diaye 3.0 Silvia Veloso 2.8 Alima Dembélé seven players 2.7

Efficiency Name EFFPG Cierra Dillard 21.5 Amy Okonkwo 21.0 Cristina Matiquite 19.3 Tamara Seda 19.2 Sika Koné 18.8

Teams

Points Team PPG[13]  Mali 80.4  Nigeria 74.8  Uganda 72.8  Mozambique 72.7  Senegal 72.0

Rebounds Team RPG  Uganda 56.2  DR Congo 56.0  Angola 55.0  Nigeria  Mali 51.4

Assists Team APG  Mali 21.8  Mozambique 20.8  Senegal 17.5  Egypt 17.0  Cameroon 16.8  Nigeria

Blocks Team BPG  Egypt 6.3  Nigeria 6.0  Ivory Coast 4.3  Senegal  Angola 3.7

Steals Team SPG  Mali 15.0  Mozambique 13.5  DR Congo 13.3  Ivory Coast  Angola 11.3

Efficiency Team EFFPG  Mali 93.0  Nigeria 88.4  Mozambique 82.8  Senegal 75.3  Cameroon 74.0

Awards

The awards were announced on 5 August 2023.^[14]

All-Tournament Team
Guards	Forwards
Cierra Dillard Jannon Otto	Amy Okonkwo Sika Koné Tamara Seda
MVP: Amy Okonkwo

References

1. "Rwanda to Host 2023 Afrobasket Women's Tourney". allafrica.com. 22 June 2022.
2. "Rwanda To Host 2023 Fiba Women Afrobasket Tourney". bsnsports.com.ng. 23 September 2021.
3. "FIBA Africa formalize Rwanda's hosting rights for the 2023 Women's AfroBasket". fiba.basketball. 25 May 2023.
4. "Nigeria win fourth Women's AfroBasket title in a row". fiba.basketball. 5 August 2023.
5. "Competition System". fiba.basketball. 8 June 2023.
6. "FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2023: Gazelles draw former champions Mali, Senegal". kawowo.com. 9 June 2023.
7. "Nigeria and Guinea awarded wildcards for 2023 AfroCan and Women's AfroBasket". kawowo.com. 3 July 2023.
8. "Watch the Draws for the 2023 Women's AfroBasket and AfroCan". fiba.basketball. 8 June 2023.
9. "Draw results in for the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket". fiba.basketball. 9 June 2023.
10. "2023 Women's AfroBasket – Full schedule and tickets available". fiba.basketball. 24 July 2023.
11. Final standings
12. "Statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
13. "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
14. "Okonkwo named TISSOT MVP after helping Nigeria to the 2023 Women's AfroBasket title". FIBA. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links

• Official website