2023 Africa Women's Basketball League

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2023 Africa Women's Basketball League
League FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League
Season2023
Dates9–17 December 2023
Number of teams10
Finals
Champions Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria (2nd title)
  Runners-up Flag of Kenya.svg KPA
Third place Flag of Angola.svg Interclube
Fourth place Flag of Rwanda.svg REG
Awards
MVP Cierra Dillard
(Sporting Alexandria)
Statistical leaders
Points Tiffany Mitchell (REG)
Seasons
2024 →

The 2023 FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League (FIBA AWBL) was the 27th season of the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on 8 December and ended on 17 December 2023, and was held entirely in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. [1] This was the first season under the new name. [2]

Contents

Sporting Alexandria were the defending champions, having defeated Maputo in the previous season's final. [3] Sporting successfully defended its title after finishing with a 7–0 record and winning all games by a wide margin. [4]

Name change

On 15 December 2022, FIBA Africa changed the name of the tournament to the Africa Women's Basketball League. [2]

Qualification

Nine teams qualified through qualifying tournaments that were organised in the FIBA Africa zones, while Sporting Alexandria automatically qualified as hosts of the tournamnet.

TypeDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedRef.
Host team1 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria
Zone 311-19 December 2023 Abuja, Nigeria2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Customs [5] [6]
Flag of Benin.svg ASPAC
Zone 43–5 November 2023 Yaoundé, Cameroon2 Flag of Cameroon.svg OverDose Up Station [7]
Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala
Zone 528 October–4 November 2023 Kigali, Rwanda3 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA [8]
Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank
Flag of Rwanda.svg REG
Zone 6Not held1 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube [9]
Wild card1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS
Total10

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.

Group phase

The groups were announced by FIBA on 10 December 2023. [10]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification SPO KPA NCS UDO CNSS
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria (H)440411224+1878Advance to quarterfinals —102–77——98–41
2 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 431306260+467———74–5982–46
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Customs 422233272−39657–9653–73———
4 Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala 413222311−89549–115—46–57——
5 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg CNSS 404209314−1054 9–10 Classification match ——57–6665–68—
Source: FIBA AWBL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification REG GDI EQU OVE ASPAC
1 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 440362249+1138Advance to quarterfinals —96–89—86–45—
2 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 431324228+967—80–55—79–34
3 Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank 422268306−38650–84——76–73—
4 Flag of Cameroon.svg OverDose Up Station 413238290−525—43–76——77–52
5 Flag of Benin.svg ASPAC 404220339−1194 9–10 Classification match 65–96—69–87——
Source: FIBA AWBL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Classification round

9th-10th place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
CNSS Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Flag of Benin.svg ASPAC

Final round

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinals Semi-finals Finals
Flag of Cameroon.svg OverDose Up Station 55
Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 105
Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala 58 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 100
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Customs 67 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 74
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Customs 65
Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 89
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Customs 83 Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria 103
Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank 53 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 59
Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala 54
Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 85
Seventh place Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala 54 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 97 Third place game
Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank 75 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 101
Flag of Cameroon.svg Université de Douala 0 Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank 66 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 83
Flag of Cameroon.svg OverDose Up Station 20 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 81 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 59

Individual awards

The awards were announced after the ending of the final on 17 December. [11]

MVP Award
Flag of Senegal.svg Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria)
All-Star Team
Flag of Senegal.svg Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria)
Flag of Egypt.svg Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria)
Flag of Kenya.svg Madina Okot (KPA)
Flag of Rwanda.svg Destiney Philox (REG)
Flag of Kenya.svg Victoria Reynolds (KPA)

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