AfroBasket Women

For the men's tournament, see AfroBasket.

AfroBasket Women

Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2025 Women's Afrobasket
File:AfroBasket Women.png
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966 (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

Summaries

Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1966 Details	Guinea		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic	n/a	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea		File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	n/a	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
1968 Details	UAR		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic	n/a	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	n/a	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
1970 Details	Togo		File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	44–36	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	50–27	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
1974 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	47–44	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	56–34	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
1977 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	88–56	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt		File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	70–35	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1979 Details	Somalia		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	n/a	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	n/a
1981 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	83–73	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	83–71	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
1983 Details	Angola		File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	n/a	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	n/a	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
1984 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	2–0 w/o	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	83–70	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
1986 Details	Mozambique		File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	n/a	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	n/a	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
1990 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	70–68	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire		File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	86–75	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
1993 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	89–43	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya		File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	63–57	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire
1994 Details	South Africa		File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	68–48	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	53–29	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
1997 Details	Kenya		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	73–59	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	90–62	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2000 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	71–63	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg DR Congo	80–79	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2003 Details	Mozambique		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	69–63	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	61–47	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
2005 Details	Nigeria		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	64–57	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	59–51	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006).svg DR Congo
2007 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	63–56	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	73–58	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
2009 Details	Madagascar		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	72–57	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	76–57	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
2011 Details	Mali		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	62–54	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	71–62	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2013 Details	Mozambique		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	64–61 (OT)	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	56–53	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2015 Details	Cameroon		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	81–66	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	65–55	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
2017 Details	Mali		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	65–48	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	75–52	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
2019 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	60–55	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	66–54	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
2021 Details	Cameroon		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	70–59	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	53–49	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2023 Details	Rwanda		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	84–74	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	89–51	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
2025 Details	Ivory Coast

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

^w/o Withdrew.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Most recent award winners (2021)

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

Year	Winner
2021	Adaora Elonu

Year	Player	Position	Team
2021	Ezinne Kalu	Guard	Nigeria
	Marina Ewodo	Forward	Cameroon
	Adaora Elonu	Forward	Nigeria
	Yacine Diop	Forward	Senegal
	Mariam Coulibaly	Center	Mali

Participating nations

Nation	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	2025	Years
Algeria		4		9	8		8				8					10					11	11						8
Angola							1981	6	7	1986	5	6	1994	5	5	4	6	2007	2009	2011	2013	4	6	5	8	9		20
Cameroon								1983	1984	4				7		8		6	7	6	4	2015	8	10	2021	6	Q	15
Cape Verde																	7	9			9			9	10			5
Central African Republic	1966			6	9																		12					4
Congo			7									9																2
DR Congo							1981	1983	1984	1986	1990	4	1994	1997	2001	7	4	7		7			9	6		12		16
Egypt	1966	1968	1970	1974	1977				6		7				7						8	8	7	7	6	10		14
Gabon																	9					7						2
Ghana					6	1979														12								3
Guinea	1966		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		1993		4				12			10			11	9			7
Madagascar			1970															10	8									3
Mali		1968	4	8	7		4		4			7		6	9	5	5	2007	2009	2011	5	5	2017	2019	2021	2023	Q	21
Mauritius																			12									1
Morocco															4													1
Mozambique								4	5	1986	1990	1993	4		6	2003	2005	4	6	5	2013	6	4	4	5	5		18
Niger															10		8											2
Nigeria				5			7							1997		2003	2005	5	5	4	6	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	Q	15
Rwanda																			9	9						4	Q	4
Senegal	4	1968	1970	1974	1977	1979	1981	1983	1984		1990	1993	1994	1997	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	4	2023	Q	26
Somalia		5				1979																						2
South Africa												8	6			9			11			12						5
Tanzania														8														1
Togo			6	4	1977												10											4
Tunisia				1974	5		6				4				2001	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

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

External links

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