# 2023 Women's Afrobasket qualification

The 2023 Women's Afrobasket qualification was played on various dates in 2023 to determine the seven teams who qualified for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the championship tournament. There were seven zones in total.

## Participating teams

Zone 1 :
| Zone 1 TeamPos | Zone 2 TeamPos  Guinea54 | Zone 3 TeamPos  Ivory Coast54 | Zone 4 TeamPos  DR Congo74  Gabon82 |
Zone 5 :
| Zone 5 TeamPos  Egypt42  Kenya68  Rwanda88  Uganda89  South Sudan113 | Zone 6 TeamPos  Angola46  Mozambique47  South Africa102  Zimbabwe105  ZambiaNR | Zone 7 TeamPos |
Did not enter :
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Malawi
* Namibia
* Niger
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia

## Zone 2/3

Two teams played to determine the qualifying team from 30 June to 2 July 2023 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Originally, six teams entered the tournament.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ivory Coast | 179–101 | Guinea | 81–55 | 98–46 |

### Games
## Zone 4

Two teams played a two-game series to determine the qualifying team.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| DR Congo | 222–85 | Gabon | 121–32 | 101–53 |

### Games
## Zone 5

Five teams played to finalize one teams who qualifies. The tournament was in Kampala, Uganda from 14 to 19 February 2023.

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 352 | 267 | +85 | 7 | Final |
| 2 | Uganda (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 291 | 269 | +22 | 7 | Final |
| 3 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 267 | 244 | +23 | 7 | Third place game |
| 4 | South Sudan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 226 | 277 | −51 | 5 | Third place game |
| 5 | Rwanda | 4 | 0 | 4 | 224 | 303 | −79 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Egypt 3 Pts, +24 PD; Uganda 3 Pts, −7 PD; Kenya 3 Pts, −17 PD
* ↑ Rwanda as final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of their results

### Final
## Zone 6

Four teams played to determine the team who qualifies. The tournament was held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 21 to 28 February 2023. South Africa withdrew before the tournament.

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mozambique | 6 | 6 | 0 | 519 | 301 | +218 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | Angola | 6 | 4 | 2 | 407 | 282 | +125 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 258 | 390 | −132 | 8 | Third place game |
| 4 | Zambia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 292 | 503 | −211 | 6 | Third place game |

### Final
## Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Date of qualification | Last appearance | Best placement in tournament | WR |
| Rwanda | Host nation | 23 September 2021 | 2011 | Ninth place (2009, 2011) | 88 |
| Nigeria | 2021 Women's Afrobasket semi-finalists | 23 September 2021 | 2021 | Champions (2003, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2021) | 15 |
| Senegal | 2021 Women's Afrobasket semi-finalists | 23 September 2021 | 2021 | Champions (1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2015) | 31 |
| Cameroon | 2021 Women's Afrobasket semi-finalists | 23 September 2021 | 2021 | Runners-up (2015) | 50 |
| Mali | 2021 Women's Afrobasket semi-finalists | 23 September 2021 | 2021 | Champions (2007) | 26 |
| Egypt | Zone 5 winner | 19 February 2023 | 2021 | Champions (1966, 1968) | 42 |
| Mozambique | Zone 6 winner | 28 February 2023 | 2021 | Runners-up (1986, 2003, 2013) | 47 |
| DR Congo | Zone 4 winner | 25 March 2023 | 2019 | Champions (1983, 1986, 1994) | 74 |
| Angola | Wildcard | 9 June 2023 | 2021 | Champions (2011, 2013) | 48 |
| Uganda | Wildcard | 9 June 2023 | 2015 | Ninth place (1997) | 80 |
| Ivory Coast | Zone 2/3 winner | 2 July 2023 | 2021 | Fourth place (1977, 2009) | 54 |
| Guinea | Wildcard | 3 July 2023 | 2021 | Runners-up (1966) | 99 |

## Statistical leaders
### Player averages

As of 28 February 2023
| Category | Player | Team | Average |
| Points | Raneem El-Gedawy | Egypt | 19.6 |
| Rebounds | Madina Okot | Kenya | 14.4 |
| Assists | Reem Moussa | Egypt | 6.8 |
| Steals | Raneem El-Gedawy | Egypt | 4.4 |
| Blocks | Rose Macuei | South Sudan | 2.0 |
| Minutes | Jannon Jaye Otto | Uganda | 37.1 |
| Efficiency | Raneem El-Gedawy | Egypt | 20.6 |

### Team averages

| Category | Team | Average |
| Points | Mozambique | 87.0 |
| Rebounds | Kenya | 61.0 |
| Assists | Egypt | 19.6 |
| Steals | Kenya | 14.0 |
| Blocks | South Sudan | 4.0 |
| Efficiency | Mozambique | 103.4 |