Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Africa Women's Basketball League | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1985 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Continent | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | Alexandria Sporting Club (2nd title) (2023) |
Most titles | Interclube (5 titles) |
The FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League is the highest continental tournament in African women's basketball. It is the counterpart of the men's basketball competition FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. It is organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the leagues of the African countries.
The tournament was known as the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball Cup until the league rebranded in 2023. [1]
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Rank | Clubs | Winners | Runners-up | Thirds | Total finals | Winning years |
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1 | Interclube | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
2 | Primeiro de Agosto | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2006, 2015, 2017 |
3 | DUC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1993, 1997, 1999 |
4 | Ferroviário de Maputo | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2018, 2019 |
5 | First Bank | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2003, 2009 |
6 | Desportivo de Maputo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2007, 2008 |
7 | Tourbillon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1987, 1989 |
8 | Alexandria Sporting Club | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022, 2023 |
9 | Djoliba AC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2005 |
10 | Maxaquene | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1991 |
11 | AS Bopp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1985 |
12 | Liga Muçulmana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2012 |
Académica de Maputo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | |
Stade Tunisien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1995 | |
Rank | Country | Wins | Runners-up | Thirds | Total finals |
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1 | Angola | 8 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
2 | Mozambique | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
3 | Senegal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
5 | DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Mali | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 25 | 24 | 25 | 73 |
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