AfroBasket Women 2017 qualification

For the men's tournament, see AfroBasket 2017 qualification.

AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the AfroBasket Women 2017. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1]

Qualified Teams

Five teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Seven more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Mali
AfroBasket Women 2015 semi-finalists 24 September–3 October 2015 Cameroon Yaoundé 4  Senegal
 Cameroon
 Nigeria
 Angola
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 1 1  Tunisia
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 2 1  Guinea
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 3 12–13 May 2017 Ivory Coast Abidjan 1  Ivory Coast
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 4 17–18 June 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 1  DR Congo
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 5 12–18 March 2017 Egypt Cairo 1  Egypt
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 6 9–10 March 2017 Mozambique Maputo 1  Mozambique
AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Wildcard 19 July 2017 1  Central African Republic
Total 12

Zones

Zone 1

  •  Tunisia: Tunisia and Morocco were supposed to compete for the only ticket on offer for FIBA Africa Zone 1 teams for the Final Round that was scheduled to be played April 7-9 in Tunisia. However Morocco pulled out of the regional qualifier.[2]

Zone 2

  •  Guinea: Guinea and Cape Verde were supposed to compete for the only ticket on offer for FIBA Africa Zone 2 teams for the Final Round. However Cape Verde pulled out the regional qualifier.[3]

Zone 3

A regional tournament was held from 12 to 13 May 2017 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[4]

12 May 2017
Ivory Coast  83–45  Benin
13 May 2017
Benin  45–70  Ivory Coast

Zone 4

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 18 June 2017 in Kinshasa, DR Congo.[5]

17 June 2017
DR Congo  67–53  Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 18-11, 19-12, 12-16
18 June 2017
Central African Republic  52–50  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 14-12, 11-19, 12-9, 15-10

Zone 5

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 4 0 345 262 +83 8 Qualified for AfroBasket Women 2017
2  Kenya 4 1 3 267 271 −4 5
3  Uganda 4 1 3 227 306 −79 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
March 12
Egypt  85–56  Uganda
March 13
Uganda  41–70  Kenya
March 14
Kenya  62–87  Egypt
March 16
Kenya  59–62  Uganda
March 17
Egypt  81–76  Kenya
March 18
Uganda  68–92  Egypt

Zone 6

March 9
Mozambique  88–30  Zimbabwe
March 10
Zimbabwe  40–90  Mozambique

Wildcard

FIBA Africa on Wednesday awarded the wild card for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 to the Central African Republic.[6]

References

  1. ^ Women's Afrobasket Qualifiers
  2. ^ "Tunisia qualify for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 as Morocco pull out of qualifier". FIBA. 12 April 2017. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Guinea qualify for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 as Cape Verde pull out of regional Qualifiers". FIBA. 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire select preliminary roster for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". FIBA. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "DR Congo, CAF face off in Kinshasa for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 Qualifier". FIBA. 16 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Central African Republic awarded wild card for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017.