Angola women's national basketball team

Angola women's national basketball team is the basketball team which represents Angolan women internationally. In 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women They won their first Continental African title and they qualified for the first time to 2012 Summer Olympics. They have made their only appearance so far in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2014, where they finished last among 16 teams.

Angola
FIBA ranking41 Increase 7 (21 August 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1979
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFederação Angolana de Basquetebol
CoachJosé Villa
Olympic Games
Appearances1
World Cup
Appearances1
AfroBasket
Appearances20
Medals (2011, 2013)
(1981, 1986, 1994, 2007, 2009)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

History

FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007

The squad traveled to Senegal for the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 in September 2007. It went 4–1 in the first round of the competition, losing only to the Democratic Republic of the Congo once they had clinched advancement to the next round. In the round of single elimination, Angola beat Côte d'Ivoire 44–42, before losing to eventual champion Mali by 9. In the third place game, Angola beat Mozambique by 15 to clinch a spot in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2011

Angola won its first African title at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali. It finished with a 7–1 record with Small forward Nacissela Maurício being named the tournament's MVP. Moreover, Power forward Sónia Guadalupe was named to the All-Tournament team. With this win, Angola secured a spot at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Results

Olympic Games

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
United Kingdom London 2012Group stage12th505243395−152
Total1/10 titles505243395−152

World Cup

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Turkey Istanbul/Ankara 2014Group stage16th303125286−161
Total1/10 titles303125186−161

African Games

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Kenya Nairobi 1987Final2nd523243278−35
Egypt Cairo 1991Did not participate
Zimbabwe Harare 1995Qualifiers1014546−1
South Africa Jo'burg 1999
Nigeria Abuja 2003round robin4th532323312+11
Algeria Algiers 2007Semi-finals3rd752384362+22
Mozambique Maputo 2011Final2nd871494347+147
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 2015Semi-finals3rd752392361+31
Total5/80 titles272071,8361,660+176

AfroBasket

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Senegal Dakar 1981Semi-finals3rd532366325+41
Angola Luanda 1983Quarter-finals6th514277350−73
Senegal Dakar 1984Quarter-finals7th4132552550
Mozambique Maputo 1986Semi-finals3rd422307246+61
Tunisia Tunis 1990Quarter-finals5th422268233+35
Senegal Dakar 1993Quarter-finals6th523321312+9
South Africa Jo'burg 1994Semi-finals3rd532310236+74
Kenya Nairobi 1997Quarter-finals5th532316252+64
Tunisia Tunis 2000Quarter-finals5th532438293+145
Mozambique Maputo 2003Semi-finals4th642387320+67
Nigeria Abuja 2005Quarter-finals6th523295222+73
Senegal Dakar 2007Semi-finals3rd862463396+67
Madagascar Antananarivo 2009Semi-finals3rd862508436+72
Mali Bamako 2011Final1st871495432+63
Mozambique Maputo 2013Final1st880490399+91
Cameroon Yaoundé 2015Semi-finals4th853485415+70
Mali Bamako 2017Quarter-finals6th862543466+77
Senegal Dakar 2019Quarter-finals5th642286239+47
Cameroon Yaoundé 2021Quarter-finals8th624403429−26
Rwanda Kigali 2023Qualification to quarterfinals9th303212211−25
Total20/282 titles116704674256467+932

Angola all-time record against all nations

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket.The roster was announced on 28 July 2023.[2][3]

Angola women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 3 Edvania Pascoal 24 – (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube Angola
PG 4 Artémis Barbosa 30 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Castelló Spain
PF 5 Joana António 26 – (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube Angola
G 6 Isabel Fernando 23 – (2000-06-05)5 June 2000 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
SG 7 Arminda Joaquim 17 – (2006-02-26)26 February 2006 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
SF 8 Sara Caetano 19 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Formigas do Cazenga Angola
SF 11 Isabel João 19 – (2004-05-31)31 May 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
G 12 Nelma Cunha 21 – (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PF 14 Nadir Manuel 36 – (1986-11-30)30 November 1986 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Interclube Angola
PF 15 Jessica Malagi 25 – (1997-12-17)17 December 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Interclube Angola
C 20 Cristina Matiquite 31 – (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube Angola
PG 23 Cacia Antonio 22 – (2001-05-06)6 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Interclube Angola
Head coach
  • Angola José Villa
Assistant coach(es)
  • Angola João Formosa
  • Angola Elisa Pires
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2023

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. "Começa hoje a jornada da nossa Selecção Sénior Feminina no Afrobasket Rwanda". facebook.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. "Team roster: Angola". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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