AfroBasket Women 2019 qualification

AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification occurred on various dates on 2019. It was determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket. Teams will competed other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1]

Qualified Teams

Five teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Seven more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 7 June 2019 Abidjan 1  Senegal
AfroBasket Women 2017 semi-finalists 18–27 August 2017 Bamako 3  Nigeria
 Mali
 Mozambique
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 1 25 July 2019 (Cancelled) Tunis 1  Tunisia
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 2 17–19 May 2019 Praia 1  Cape Verde
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 3 N/A 1  Ivory Coast
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 4 4–5 May 2019 Yaoundé 1  Cameroon
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 5 26 June – 1 July 2019 Uganda 1  Egypt
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 6 6–8 June 2019 Harare 1  Angola
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Wildcard Abidjan 2  DR Congo
 Kenya
Total12

Zones

Zone 1

Zone 2

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 19 May 2019 in Praia, Cape Verde.[2] Despite losing the first game, Cape Verde qualified on aggregate 108-98.[3]

17 May 2019
Cape Verde  48–50  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–8, 12–12, 9–14
19 May 2019
Guinea  48–60  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 13–19, 16–12, 9–14

Zone 3

Zone 4

A regional tournament was be held from 4 to 5 May 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[4] After winning the two games against DR Congo, Cameroon earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

4 May 2019
Cameroon  91–46  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 21–5, 20–15, 25–17
5 May 2019
DR Congo  66–70  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 27–9, 16–18, 9–26

Zone 5

A regional tournament will be held from 26 June to 1 July 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda, Egypt, Kenya and Rwanda will participate in this tournament.[5] Egypt earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

Group phase
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Egypt 3 3 0 214 193 +21 6
2  Uganda 3 2 1 183 163 +20 5
3  Kenya 3 1 2 220 232 −12 4
4  Rwanda 3 0 3 189 218 −29 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
26 June 2019
Egypt  86–82  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–19, 22–24, 24–22
26 June 2019
Uganda  62–53  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 5–19, 22–13, 12–10
27 June 2019
Rwanda  80–92  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 21–22, 16–28, 27–25
27 June 2019
Egypt  64–55  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 16–20, 26–9, 14–6
29 June 2019
Rwanda  56–64  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 10–14, 10–15, 27–12
29 June 2019
Kenya  46–66  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 10–18, 13–19, 8–15

Knockout phase
Semi-Finals
30 June 2019
Egypt  78–73  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–25, 21–22, 22–14
30 June 2019
Uganda  62–67  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 10–18, 20–20, 17–12
Third Place Game
1 July 2019
Rwanda  61–97  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 13–27, 21–26, 15–17
Final
1 July 2019
Egypt  90–72  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–11, 28–20, 18–19

Zone 6

A regional tournament will be held on 8 June 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe.[6] After winning the two games against Zimbabwe, Angola earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.[7]

6 June 2019
Zimbabwe  53–99  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 14–21, 10–22, 15–28
8 June 2019
Angola  90–64  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 28–14, 19–19, 23–17

Wildcard

DR Congo and Kenya earned a spot for the Women's AfroBasket with a wildcard.[8]

References
  1. Women's Afrobasket Qualifiers
  2. "Cape Verde target first Women's AfroBasket appearance since 2013". FIBA. 13 May 2019.
  3. "Cape Verde beat Guinea in Zone 2 Qualifiers, advance to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 20 May 2019.
  4. "Cameroon and DR Congo to battle for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2019 spot". FIBA. 3 May 2019.
  5. "Egypt seek #AfroBasketWomen return in style". FIFA. 20 June 2019.
  6. "Zimbabwe lean on home advantage ahead of #AfroBasketWomen 2019 Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. 1 June 2019.
  7. "Angola book ticket to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". fiba.basketball. 9 June 2019.
  8. "DR Congo and Kenya awarded wild cards for #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 19 July 2019.
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