# 2023 Africa Women's Basketball League

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. This was the first season under the new name.
Sporting Alexandria were the defending champions, having defeated Maputo in the previous season's final. Sporting successfully defended its title after finishing with a 7–0 record and winning all games by a wide margin.

## Name change

On 15 December 2022, FIBA Africa changed the name of the tournament to the Africa Women's Basketball League.

## Qualification

Nine teams qualified through qualifying tournaments that were organised in the FIBA Africa zones, while Sporting Alexandria automatically qualified as hosts of the tournament.
| Type | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host team | | | 1 | Sporting Alexandria |
| Zone 3 | 11-19 December 2023 | Abuja, Nigeria | 2 | Nigeria Customs |
| Zone 3 | 11-19 December 2023 | Abuja, Nigeria | 2 | ASPAC |
| Zone 4 | 3–5 November 2023 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 2 | OverDose Up Station |
| Zone 4 | 3–5 November 2023 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 2 | Université de Douala |
| Zone 5 | 28 October–4 November 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | 3 | KPA |
| Zone 5 | 28 October–4 November 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | 3 | Equity Bank |
| Zone 5 | 28 October–4 November 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | 3 | REG |
| Zone 6 | Not held | Not held | 1 | Interclube |
| Wild card | | | 1 | CNSS |
| Total | | | 10 | |

## Format

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

The groups were announced by FIBA on 10 December 2023.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | KPA | NCS | UDO | CNSS |
| 1 | Sporting Alexandria (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 411 | 224 | +187 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 102–77 | — | — | 98–41 |
| 2 | KPA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 306 | 260 | +46 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | — | — | 74–59 | 82–46 |
| 3 | Nigeria Customs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 233 | 272 | −39 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals | 57–96 | 53–73 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Université de Douala | 4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 311 | −89 | 5 | Advance to quarterfinals | 49–115 | — | 46–57 | — | — |
| 5 | CNSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 209 | 314 | −105 | 4 | 9–10 Classification match | — | — | 57–66 | 65–68 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REG | GDI | EQU | OVE | ASPAC |
| 1 | REG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 362 | 249 | +113 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 96–89 | — | 86–45 | — |
| 2 | Interclube | 4 | 3 | 1 | 324 | 228 | +96 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals | | — | 80–55 | — | 79–34 |
| 3 | Equity Bank | 4 | 2 | 2 | 268 | 306 | −38 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals | 50–84 | — | — | 76–73 | — |
| 4 | OverDose Up Station | 4 | 1 | 3 | 238 | 290 | −52 | 5 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 43–76 | — | — | 77–52 |
| 5 | ASPAC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 220 | 339 | −119 | 4 | 9–10 Classification match | 65–96 | — | 69–87 | — | — |

## Classification round
### 9th-10th place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CNSS | | ASPAC |

## Final round

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | | OverDose Up Station | OverDose Up Station | 55 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sporting Alexandria | 105 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Université de Douala | Université de Douala | 58 | | | | Sporting Alexandria | Sporting Alexandria | 100 | | | | |
| | | | Nigeria Customs | Nigeria Customs | 67 | | | | | Interclube | Interclube | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | Nigeria Customs | 65 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Interclube | Interclube | | | 89 | | | | | | | |
| Nigeria Customs | Nigeria Customs | 83 | | | | | | | | Sporting Alexandria | Sporting Alexandria | | | | 103 |
| Equity Bank | Equity Bank | 53 | | | | | | | | Sporting Alexandria | | | | | KPA | KPA | 59 |
| | | | | | | Université de Douala | Université de Douala | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | REG | 85 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Université de Douala | Université de Douala | 54 | | | | REG | REG | 97 | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game | | |
| | | | Equity Bank | Equity Bank | 75 | | | | | KPA | KPA | 101 | | | | | |
| Université de Douala | Université de Douala | 0 | | | | Equity Bank | Equity Bank | | | 66 | | | | Interclube | Interclube | 83 |
| OverDose Up Station | OverDose Up Station | 20 | | | | KPA | KPA | 81 | | | | | | | REG | REG | 59 |

## Individual awards

The awards were announced after the ending of the final on 17 December.
MVP Award :
* Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) |
* All-Star Team |
* Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) |
* Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria) |
* Madina Okot (KPA) |
* Destiney Philox (REG) |
* Victoria Reynolds (KPA) |