# AfroBasket Women 2017 qualification

AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the AfroBasket Women 2017. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.

## 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 | | | 1 | Mali |
| AfroBasket Women 2015 semi-finalists | 24 September–3 October 2015 | Yaoundé | 4 | Senegal Cameroon Nigeria Angola |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 1 | | | 1 | Tunisia |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 2 | | | 1 | Guinea |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 3 | 12–13 May 2017 | Abidjan | 1 | Ivory Coast |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 4 | 17–18 June 2017 | Kinshasa | 1 | DR Congo |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 5 | 12–18 March 2017 | Cairo | 1 | Egypt |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Zone 6 | 9–10 March 2017 | Maputo | 1 | Mozambique |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 Qualification Wildcard | 19 July 2017 | | 1 | Central African Republic |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Zones
### Zone 1

* Tunisia: Tunisia and Morocco were supposed to compete for the only ticket on offer for FIBA Africa Zone 1 teams for the Final Round that was scheduled to be played April 7-9 in Tunisia. However Morocco pulled out of the regional qualifier.

### Zone 2

* Guinea: Guinea and Cape Verde were supposed to compete for the only ticket on offer for FIBA Africa Zone 2 teams for the Final Round. However Cape Verde pulled out the regional qualifier.

### Zone 3

A regional tournament was held from 12 to 13 May 2017 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
* 12 May 2017
| Ivory Coast | 83–45 | Benin |
* Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* 13 May 2017
| Benin | 45–70 | Ivory Coast |
* Abidjan, Ivory Coast

### Zone 4

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 18 June 2017 in Kinshasa, DR Congo.
* 17 June 2017
| DR Congo | 67–53 | Central African Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 18-11, 19-12, 12-16 |||
* Kinshasa, DR Congo
* 18 June 2017
| Central African Republic | 52–50 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-12, 11-19, 12-9, 15-10 |||
* Kinshasa, DR Congo

### Zone 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 4 | 0 | 345 | 262 | +83 | 8 | Qualified for AfroBasket Women 2017 |
| 2 | Kenya | 4 | 1 | 3 | 267 | 271 | −4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Uganda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 227 | 306 | −79 | 5 | |
* March 12
| Egypt | 85–56 | Uganda |
* Cairo, Egypt
* March 13
| Uganda | 41–70 | Kenya |
* Cairo, Egypt
* March 14
| Kenya | 62–87 | Egypt |
* Cairo, Egypt
* March 16
| Kenya | 59–62 | Uganda |
* Cairo, Egypt
* March 17
| Egypt | 81–76 | Kenya |
* Cairo, Egypt
* March 18
| Uganda | 68–92 | Egypt |
* Cairo, Egypt

### Zone 6

* March 9
| Mozambique | 88–30 | Zimbabwe |
* Maputo, Mozambique
* March 10
| Zimbabwe | 40–90 | Mozambique |
* Maputo, Mozambique

### Wildcard

FIBA Africa on Wednesday awarded the wild card for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 to the Central African Republic.