Kenya women's national basketball team

For the men's team, see Kenya national basketball team.

  Kenya

FIBA ranking	68 2 (9 February 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA	1965
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Kenya Basketball Association
Coach	George Mayienga
Nickname(s)	Lionesses [2]
World Cup
Appearances	1
AfroBasket Women
Appearances	7
Medals	Silver: (1993)
Home Away

The Kenya women's national basketball team represents Kenya in international competitions. Internationally they are known as the Kenyan Lionesses. It is administrated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF). ^[3]

African Championship record

• 1986 – 5th
• 1993 – 2nd
• 1997 – 4th
• 2007 – 12th
• 2013 – 10th
• 2019 – 11th
• 2021 – 9th

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 Women's Afrobasket. ^{[4] [5]}

Kenya women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Jemimah Omondi 25 – (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Sprite Storms SG 5 Melissa Otieno 29 – (1992-07-03)3 July 1992 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Equity Bank PG 6 Natalie Mwangale 28 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Kenya Ports Authority G 7 Georgia Otieno 29 – (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ubumwe BBC PF 10 Christine Akinyi 23 – (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Zetech University SF 11 Selina Okumu 28 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kenya Ports Authority SG 12 Rose Ouma 36 – (1984-11-06)6 November 1984 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Al-Nasr C 13 Mercy Wanyama 29 – (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) A. D. Cortegada PF 14 Vilma Owino 28 – (1993-08-18)18 August 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Kenya Ports Authority PF 15 Ivy Opicho 22 – (1999-07-15)15 July 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Strathmore University SF 30 Victoria Reynolds 23 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) William & Mary Tribe PF 45 Brenda Wasuda 32 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Seattle Redhawks	Head coach George Mayienga Assistant coach(es) Jacob Opel Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 18 September 2021

Head coach position

• George Mayienga – 2021–present ^[2]

2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Qualifiers

From 14 till 19 February the Kenyan women's team competed in the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBaskt Qualifiers in Kampala, Uganda. ^[6] The team finished with 4 wins and 1 loss, coming third in the tournament. Unfortunately they did not progress to the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket, set to be held later this year in Kigali, Rwanda from 28 July till 6 August 2023.

See also

• Kenya women's national under-19 basketball team
• Kenya women's national under-17 basketball team
• Kenya women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
2. Kenya women’s basketball embarks on mending the rim Maxwell Wasike (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation), 26 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
3. FIBA National Federations – Kenya ^{[ dead link ]}, fiba.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
4. "AfroBasket: Adhiambo casualty as Lionesses squad is named". citizentv.co.ke. 14 September 2021.
5. "Team Roster Kenya". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
6. "FIBA Women's AfroBasket - Qualifiers 2023".

External links

• FIBA profile
• Africabasket: Kenya women national team
• Kenya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive