2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup | ||||||||||
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Season | 2022 | |||||||||
Dates | December 9 – December 17, 2022 | |||||||||
Number of games | 32 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 9 | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria) | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Sporting Alexandria (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Costa do Sol | |||||||||
Third place | Ferroviário de Maputo | |||||||||
Fourth place | Interclube | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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The 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup was the 26th season of the FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on December 9 and ended on December 17, 2022, and was entirely hosted in the Eduardo Mondlane University Gym in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. [1] It is the third time Maputo hosts the league after 2016 and 2018. The league returned after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
Sporting Alexandria won their first continental title, after beating Costa do Sol in the finals, becoming the first Egyptian team to win the competition. [3]
Ten teams qualified. [4] OverDose Up Station from Cameroon was forced to withdraw.
Club |
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CNSS |
Sporting Alexandria |
KPA |
Ferroviário de Maputo |
Costa del Sol |
ASC Ville de Dakar |
Énergie BBC |
Interclube |
APR |
The ten teams are divided in two groups of five. The first four qualify for the play-offs which are all played in single-elimination games. [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Interclube | 4 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 248 | +62 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Costa do Sol (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 266 | 266 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | KPA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 264 | 253 | +11 | 6 | |
4 | CNSS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 255 | 271 | −16 | 5 | |
5 | Énergie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 211 | 310 | −99 | 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ferroviário de Maputo (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 219 | 168 | +51 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Sporting Alexandria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 197 | +28 | 5 | |
3 | Ville de Dakar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 160 | 164 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | APR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 224 | −64 | 3 |
Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
Interclube | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
APR | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
APR | 38 | Sporting Alexandria | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
KPA | 67 | Interclube | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sporting Alexandria | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
KPA | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
KPA | 51 | Sporting Alexandria | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ASC Ville de Dakar | 71 | Costa do Sol | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Costa do Sol | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ASC Ville de Dakar | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | CNSS | 43 | Ferroviário Maputo | 49 | Third place game | ||||||||||||||||||
ASC Ville de Dakar | 74 | Costa do Sol | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
APR | 53 | Ferroviário Maputo | 75 | Interclube | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
CNSS | 72 | CNSS | 43 | Ferroviário Maputo | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 December 16:00 |
Interclube | 82–100 | Sporting Alexandria |
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 18–23, 22–31, 20–18 | ||
Pts: Lucas 23 Rebs: Manuel 9 Asts: Gala 4 | Pts: Dillard 21 Rebs: Amer 10 Asts: Dillard 6 |
15 December 18:30 |
Ferroviário de Maputo | 49–53 | Costa do Sol |
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 16–16, 11–17, 8–9 | ||
Pts: Shumpert 17 Rebs: Jenkins 8 Asts: Veloso 2 | Pts: Lhavanguane 17 Rebs: Rafael 10 Asts: Da Ofelia 3 |
17 December 18:30 |
Sporting Alexandria | 65–58 | Costa do Sol |
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 20–21, 19–8, 10–11 | ||
Pts: Dillard 21 Rebs: Amer 7 Asts: Moussa 5 | Pts: Mucauro 15 Rebs: Mucauro 8 Asts: Lhavanguane 4 |
The all-tournament team and Most Valuable Player were announced after the final. [5]
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