AfroBasket Women 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
Total12

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  8345  Benin
13 May 2017
Benin  4570  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  6753  Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 18-11, 19-12, 12-16
18 June 2017
Central African Republic  5250  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  8556  Uganda
March 13
Uganda  4170  Kenya
March 14
Kenya  6287  Egypt
March 16
Kenya  5962  Uganda
March 17
Egypt  8176  Kenya
March 18
Uganda  6892  Egypt

Zone 6

March 9
Mozambique  8830  Zimbabwe
March 10
Zimbabwe  4090  Mozambique

Wildcard

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

References

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