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]
| 2023 Africa Women's Basketball League | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| League | FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League | ||
| Season | 2023 | ||
| Dates | 9–17 December 2023 | ||
| Number of teams | 10 | ||
| Finals | |||
| Champions |  Sporting Alexandria (2nd title) | ||
| Runners-up |  KPA | ||
| Third place |  Interclube | ||
| Fourth place |  REG | ||
| Awards | |||
| MVP | Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) | ||
| Statistical leaders | |||
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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 edit
On 15 December 2022, FIBA Africa changed the name of the tournament to the Africa Women's Basketball League.[2]
Qualification edit
Nine teams qualified through qualifying tournaments that were organised in the FIBA Africa zones, while Sporting Alexandria automatically qualified as hosts of the tournamnet.
| Type | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host team | 1 | Sporting Alexandria
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| Zone 3 | 11-19 December 2023 | Abuja, Nigeria | 2 |  Nigeria Customs
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[5][6] |
 ASPAC
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| Zone 4 | 3–5 November 2023 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 2 |  OverDose Up Station
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[7] |
| Université de Douala
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| Zone 5 | 28 October–4 November 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | 3 | KPA
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[8] |
| Equity Bank
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| REG
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| Zone 6 | Not held | 1 | Interclube
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[9] | |
| Wild card | 1 |  CNSS
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| Total | 10 | ||||
Format edit
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 edit
The groups were announced by FIBA on 10 December 2023.[10]
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | KPA | NCS | UDO | CNSS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Alexandria (H)
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4 | 4 | 0 | 411 | 224 | +187 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 102–77 | — | — | 98–41 | |
| 2 | KPA
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4 | 3 | 1 | 306 | 260 | +46 | 7 | — | — | — | 74–59 | 82–46 | ||
| 3 | Nigeria Customs
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4 | 2 | 2 | 233 | 272 | −39 | 6 | 57–96 | 53–73 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Université de Douala
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4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 311 | −89 | 5 | 49–115 | — | 46–57 | — | — | ||
| 5 | CNSS
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4 | 0 | 4 | 209 | 314 | −105 | 4 | 9–10 Classification match | — | — | 57–66 | 65–68 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REG | GDI | EQU | OVE | ASPAC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REG
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4 | 4 | 0 | 362 | 249 | +113 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 96–89 | — | 86–45 | — | |
| 2 | Interclube
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4 | 3 | 1 | 324 | 228 | +96 | 7 | — | 80–55 | — | 79–34 | |||
| 3 | Equity Bank
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4 | 2 | 2 | 268 | 306 | −38 | 6 | 50–84 | — | — | 76–73 | — | ||
| 4 | OverDose Up Station
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4 | 1 | 3 | 238 | 290 | −52 | 5 | — | 43–76 | — | — | 77–52 | ||
| 5 | ASPAC
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4 | 0 | 4 | 220 | 339 | −119 | 4 | 9–10 Classification match | 65–96 | — | 69–87 | — | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Classification round edit
9th-10th place game edit
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| CNSS
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ASPAC
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Final round edit
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| OverDose Up Station | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting Alexandria | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Université de Douala | 58 | Sporting Alexandria | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria Customs | 67 | Interclube | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria Customs | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interclube | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria Customs | 83 | Sporting Alexandria | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity Bank | 53 | KPA | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Université de Douala | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| REG | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Université de Douala | 54 | REG | 97 | Third place game | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equity Bank | 75 | KPA | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Université de Douala | 0 | Equity Bank | 66 | Interclube | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| OverDose Up Station | 20 | KPA | 81 | REG | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Individual awards edit
The awards were announced after the ending of the final on 17 December.[11]
| MVP Award | |
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 Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria)
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| All-Star Team | |
| Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria)
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| Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria)
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| Madina Okot (KPA)
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| Destiney Philox (REG)
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| Victoria Reynolds (KPA)
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References edit
- ^ "Cairo - Host City". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ a b "FIBA Africa Central Board approves schedule of 2023 General Assembly and Elections". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Alexandria Sporting crowned 2023 AWBL champions". FIBA.basketball. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Nigeria Customs, ASPAC qualify to inaugural AWBL". FIBA.basketball. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Three FIBA Africa Zone 3 teams set to battle for two AWBL tickets". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Overdose Up Station, Universite Douala claim qualification tickets for AWBL". FIBA.basketball. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "REG, KPA make final to qualify for AWBL". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "AWBL - One month to go for Africa's new Women Basketball League". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "All you need to know ahead of the inaugural AWBL". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "MVP Dillard leads 2023 AWBL All-Star team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 January 2024.