2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup

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2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup
2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup logo.jpg
Season2022
DatesDecember 9 – December 17, 2022
Games played32
Teams9
Regular season
Season MVP Flag of Egypt.svg Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria)
Finals
Champions Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol
Third place Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Maputo
Fourth place Flag of Angola.svg Interclube
Statistical leaders
Points Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifunanya Okoro 20.9
Rebounds Flag of Kenya.svg Madina Okot 12.3
Assists Flag of Kenya.svg Natalie Mwagale 4.3
2018
2023

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]

Contents

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]

Teams

Ten teams qualified. [4] OverDose Up Station from Cameroon was forced to withdraw.

Club
Flag of Cameroon.svg OverDose Up Station
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS
Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria
Flag of Kenya.svg KPA
Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Maputo
Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa del Sol
Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Ville de Dakar
Flag of Benin.svg Énergie BBC
Flag of Angola.svg Interclube
Flag of Rwanda.svg APR

Format

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]

Group phase

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 440310248+628Advance to quarter-finals
2 Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol (H)43126626607
3 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 422264253+116
4 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS 413255271165
5 Flag of Benin.svg Énergie 404211310994
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Maputo (H)330219168+516Advance to quarter-finals
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 321225197+285
3 Flag of Senegal.svg Ville de Dakar 31216016444
4 Flag of Rwanda.svg APR 303160224643
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Play-offs

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinals Semi-finals Finals
Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 94
Flag of Rwanda.svg APR 53
Flag of Rwanda.svg APR 38 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 100
Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 67 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 82
Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 76
Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 70
Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 51 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 65
Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Ville de Dakar 71 Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 58
Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 53
Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Ville de Dakar 37
Seventh place Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS 43 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Maputo 49 Third place game
Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Ville de Dakar 74 Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 53
Flag of Rwanda.svg APR 53 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Maputo 75 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 67
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS 72 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS 43 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Maputo 71


Semi-finals

15 December
16:00
Interclube Flag of Angola.svg 82100 Flag of Egypt.svg 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 Flag of Mozambique.svg 4953 Flag of Mozambique.svg 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

Third place game

17 December
16:00
Interclube Flag of Angola.svg 6771 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Maputo
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 17–18, 20–23, 16–16
Pts: Matiquite 18
Rebs: Manuel 11
Asts: Gala 4
Pts: Mabjaia 20
Rebs: Jenkins 9
Asts: Mafanela 3

Final

17 December
18:30
Sporting Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg 6558 Flag of Mozambique.svg 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

All-Tournament Team

The all-tournament team and Most Valuable Player were announced after the final. [5]

References

  1. "Maputo - Host City". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. "Your ultimate guide to the 2022 Africa Champions Cup for Women". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Demba, Varore (December 6, 2022). "Coupe d'Afrique des clubs (F) : la composition des groupes connue ce jeudi". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. "MVP Hagar Amer highlights 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women All-Star Team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 18, 2022.