2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket qualification

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2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket qualification
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The 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket qualification occurred on various dates in 2019. It determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket. Teams competed against other teams in their respective zones for a spot in the Championship tournament. [1]

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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.

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation7 June 2019 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Abidjan 1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
2017 Women's AfroBasket semi-finalists 18–27 August 2017 Flag of Mali.svg Bamako 3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 1 25 July 2019 (Cancelled) Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis 1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 2 17–19 May 2019 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Praia 1Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 3 Flag of None.svg N/A1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 4 4–5 May 2019 Flag of Cameroon.svg Yaoundé 1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 5 26 June – 1 July 2019 Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Zone 6 6–8 June 2019 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Harare 1Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
2019 Women's AfroBasket Qualification Wildcard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Abidjan 2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Total12

Zones

Zone 1

Zone 2

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 19 May 2019 in Praia, Cape Verde. [2] Despite losing the first game, Cape Verde qualified on aggregate 108–98. [3]

17 May 2019
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg48–50Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–8, 12–12, 9–14
19 May 2019
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg48–60Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 13–19, 16–12, 9–14

Zone 3

Zone 4

A regional tournament was held from 4 to 5 May 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [4] After winning the two games against DR Congo, Cameroon earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.

4 May 2019
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg91–46Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter:25–9, 21–5, 20–15, 25–17
5 May 2019
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg66–70Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 27–9, 16–18, 9–26

Zone 5

A regional tournament was held from 26 June to 1 July 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda, Egypt, Kenya and Rwanda participated in this tournament. [5] Egypt earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.

Group phase

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 330214193+216
2Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 321183163+205
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 312220232−124
4Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 303189218−293
Source: Standings [ dead link ]
26 June 2019
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg86–82Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by quarter:20–17, 20–19, 22–24, 24–22
26 June 2019
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg62–53Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter:23–11, 5–19, 22–13, 12–10
27 June 2019
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg80–92Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 21–22, 16–28, 27–25
27 June 2019
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg64–55Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 16–20, 26–9, 14–6
29 June 2019
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg56–64Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 10–14, 10–15, 27–12
29 June 2019
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg46–66Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Scoring by quarter:15–14, 10–18, 13–19, 8–15

Knockout phase

Semi-finals
30 June 2019
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg78–73Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter:17–12, 18–25, 21–22, 22–14
30 June 2019
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg62–67Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 10–18, 20–20, 17–12
Third-place game
1 July 2019
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg61–97Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 13–27, 21–26, 15–17
Final
1 July 2019
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg90–72Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–11, 28–20, 18–19

Zone 6

A regional tournament was held on 8 June 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe. [6] After winning the two games against Zimbabwe, Angola earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket. [7]

6 June 2019
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg53–99Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 14–21, 10–22, 15–28
8 June 2019
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg90–64Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 28–14, 19–19, 23–17

Wildcard

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo and Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya earned a spot for the Women's AfroBasket with a wildcard. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Women's Afrobasket Qualifiers
  2. ↑ "Cape Verde target first Women's AfroBasket appearance since 2013". FIBA. 13 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Cape Verde beat Guinea in Zone 2 Qualifiers, advance to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 20 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Cameroon and DR Congo to battle for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2019 spot". FIBA. 3 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Egypt seek #AfroBasketWomen return in style". FIFA. 20 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Zimbabwe lean on home advantage ahead of #AfroBasketWomen 2019 Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. 1 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Angola book ticket to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". fiba.basketball. 9 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "DR Congo and Kenya awarded wild cards for #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 19 July 2019.
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