2021 Women's Afrobasket qualification

The 2021 Women's Afrobasket qualification occurred on various dates on 2021 to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2021 Women's Afrobasket. Teams compete with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the championship tournament.

Zone 1

Four teams were scheduled to compete, but Algeria, Morocco and Libya withdrew before the tournament, so the original host Tunisia qualified.[1]

Zone 2

Two teams played a home-and away series to determine the qualified team.[2]

Overview
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  124–132  Cape Verde 65–64 59–68

Results
27 June 2021
Guinea  65–64  Cape Verde
28 June 2021
Cape Verde  68–59  Guinea
Conakry, Guinea

Zone 3

Six teams were scheduled to compete, but Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso did not register for the tournament, so Ivory Coast qualified.[3]

Zone 5

Four teams played a round robin to determine the qualified team.[4] It was held in Kigali, Rwanda between 14 and 17 July 2021.[5] Kenya become the champions after defeating Egypt 99–83 in the final.[6]

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 273 230 +43 6 Semi Final 1
2  Rwanda (H) 3 2 1 201 168 +33 5 Semi Final 2
3  Kenya 3 1 2 217 232 −15 4
4  South Sudan 3 0 3 165 226 −61 3 Semi Final 1
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
12 July 2021 South Sudan  65–95  Egypt Kigali
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–36, 23–20, 14–24, 9–15
Arena: BK Arena
12 July 2021 Rwanda  77–45  Kenya Kigali
18:00
Arena: BK Arena
13 July 2021 Kenya  66–48  South Sudan Kigali
15:00
Arena: BK Arena
13 July 2021 Rwanda  59–71  Egypt Kigali
18:00
Arena: BK Arena
14 July 2021 Egypt  107–106  Kenya Kigali
15:00
Arena: BK Arena
14 July 2021 South Sudan  52–65  Rwanda Kigali
18:00
Arena: BK Arena

Semi-finals
16 July 2021 Egypt  99–65  South Sudan Kigali
15:00
Arena: BK Arena
16 July 2021 Rwanda  52–79  Kenya Kigali
18:00
Arena: BK Arena

Third place game
17 July 2021 South Sudan  56–83  Rwanda Kigali
15:00
Arena: BK Arena

Final
17 July 2021 Egypt  83–99  Kenya Kigali
18:00
Arena: BK Arena

Zone 6

Three teams were scheduled to compete, but Botswana and Zimbabwe did not register for the tournament, so Angola qualified.[7]

References
  1. "Women's AfroBasket 2021 – Team Profile: Tunisia". fiba.basketball. 2 September 2021.
  2. "Guinea v Cape Verde – one ticket for two teams vying return to Women's AfroBasket". fiba.basketball. 10 June 2021.
  3. "Women's AfroBasket 2021 – Team Profile: Cote d'Ivoire". fiba.basketball. 3 September 2021.
  4. "Kenya's Wanyama confident about chances at Women's AfroBasket Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. 18 May 2021.
  5. "Rwanda to host FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021 Zone 5 Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. 18 June 2021.
  6. "Kenya qualify for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021". fiba.basketball. 18 July 2021.
  7. "Women's AfroBasket 2021 – Team Profile: Angola". fiba.basketball. 13 September 2021.
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