# 2019 Women's Afrobasket

The 2019 AfroBasket Women was held from 10 to 18 August 2019 in Dakar, Senegal. It was also the first step for the qualification for FIBA Africa for the women's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The top six teams were qualified for the African pre-qualifying tournament.
Nigeria won their second consecutive and fourth overall title after beating Senegal in the final.

## Qualification

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | 7 June 2019 | Abidjan | 1 | Senegal |
| AfroBasket Women 2017 semi-finalists | 18–27 August 2017 | Bamako | 4 | Nigeria Mali Mozambique |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 1 | 25 July 2019 (Cancelled) | Tunis | 1 | Tunisia |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 2 | 17–19 May 2019 | Praia | 1 | Cape Verde |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 3 | N/A | Ivory Coast | 1 | Ivory Coast |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 4 | 4–5 May 2019 | Yaoundé | 1 | Cameroon |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 5 | 26 June – 1 July 2019 | Uganda | 1 | Egypt |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 6 | 6–8 June 2019 | Harare | 1 | Angola |
| AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Wildcard | | Abidjan | 2 | DR Congo Kenya |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Venue

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| Dakar | Dakar |
| Dakar Arena | Dakar |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Dakar |

## Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players.

## Preliminary round

The draw took place on 29 July 2019.
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Senegal (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 83 | +79 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 144 | −37 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 156 | −42 | 2 | Playoffs |
* 10 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 77–36 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–4, 28–12, 12–2 |||
| Pts: Traoré 19 Rebs: Diagne 9 Asts: Diémé 7 | | Pts: K. Kouyaté 9 Rebs: K. Kouyaté, Kouakou 6 Asts: K. Kouyaté 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Erick Otieno (KEN)
* 11 August 2019 16:30
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 71–67 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 11–21, 22–13, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Diawara 32 Rebs: K. Kouyaté 12 Asts: K. Kouyaté 5 | | Pts: Degheidy 21 Rebs: El-Gedawy 7 Asts: Moussa 5 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Artur De Castro (MOZ), Mbayi Ntela (COD)
* 13 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 47–85 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 14–16, 16–18, 6–26 |||
| Pts: Aly 17 Rebs: Aly 9 Asts: Awad 3 | | Pts: Séne 17 Rebs: Diarra 11 Asts: Diémé 9 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), David Domingos (ANG), Erick Otieno (KEN)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 65 | +116 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 159 | −25 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 170 | −91 | 2 | Playoffs |
* 10 August 2019 10:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 75–26 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 26–5, 17–5, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Akhator 13 Rebs: Akhator 10 Asts: Kalu 3 | | Pts: Laouini 5 Rebs: Laouini 8 Asts: Hamrouni, Msadek 2 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Mbayi Ntela (COD), Mohamed Diawara (MLI)
* 11 August 2019 14:00
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 53–95 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–23, 25–21, 10–25, 13–26 |||
| Pts: Hamrouni 14 Rebs: Baccar, Hamrouni 4 Asts: Baccar 4 | | Pts: Dimithe 15 Rebs: Njonkou 10 Asts: Green, Mukoko 4 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chahinaz Boussetta (TUN), David Dimongos (ANG), Mohamed Diawara (MLI)
* 13 August 2019 16:30
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 39–106 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 16–28, 10–23, 6–34 |||
| Pts: Njonkou 16 Rebs: Njonkou 8 Asts: Green, Mukoko 2 | | Pts: four players 14 Rebs: Elonu 8 Asts: Kalu 4 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Artur De Castro (MOZ), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 119 | +34 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Angola | 2 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 120 | +12 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 3 | DR Congo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 151 | −46 | 2 | Playoffs |
* 10 August 2019 15:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 71–63 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 14–10, 21–24, 20–13 |||
| Pts: Tireira 16 Rebs: Tireira 12 Asts: Traoré 6 | | Pts: Dizeko 17 Rebs: Manuel 10 Asts: Lucas 7 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Aya Ahmed (EGY), Arbia Belghith (TUN)
* 11 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 69–49 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 13–7, 17–13, 14–12 |||
| Pts: Lucas 18 Rebs: Eusébio, Manuel 8 Asts: Lucas 6 | | Pts: Akonga 14 Rebs: Makiese 13 Asts: four players 2 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Ndeye Diagne (SEN), Aya Ahmed (EGY)
* 13 August 2019 14:00
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 56–82 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 9–22, 13–30, 18–17 |||
| Pts: Ngobeleza 12 Rebs: Akonga 8 Asts: Muganza 4 | | Pts: Gandega 19 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: four players 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA)

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mozambique | 2 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 90 | +25 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 2 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 117 | −2 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Kenya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 119 | −23 | 2 | Playoffs |
* 10 August 2019 12:30
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 55–39 | Kenya |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 14–9, 9–8, 14–11 |||
| Pts: Seda 15 Rebs: Seda 10 Asts: Zita 8 | | Pts: Wanyama 9 Rebs: Wanyama 12 Asts: four players 1 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Ndeye Diagne (SEN), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA)
* 11 August 2019 11:30
* Boxscore
| Kenya | 57–64 | Cape Verde |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 11–16, 14–21, 20–11 |||
| Pts: Owino 15 Rebs: Owino 11 Asts: Indasi 3 | | Pts: Barros 19 Rebs: Vaz 12 Asts: Leitão, Livramento 5 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Arbia Belghith (TUN)
* 13 August 2019 11:30
* Boxscore
| Cape Verde | 51–60 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 3–10, 18–17, 8–22, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Vaz 14 Rebs: Rocha 6 Asts: Barros, Livramento 2 | | Pts: Cossa 10 Rebs: Seda 14 Asts: Lhavanguane, Zita 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Aya Ahmed (EGY), Arbia Belghith (TUN)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | 15 August | 15 August | | | | |
| | | Senegal | 88 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Senegal | 88 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | Angola | 54 | | | |
| Angola | 64 | Angola | 54 | | | |
| Angola | 64 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | |
| Kenya | 51 | | | | 16 August | 16 August |
| Kenya | 51 | | | | Senegal | 60 |
| | | | | | Mozambique | 57 |
| | | 15 August | 15 August | | | | |
| | | Mozambique | 80 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Mozambique | 80 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | Egypt | 66 | | | |
| Cameroon | 63 | Egypt | 66 | | | |
| Cameroon | 63 | | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Egypt | 68 | | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Egypt | 68 | | | | | | Senegal | 55 |
| | | | | | | | Nigeria | 60 |
| | | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | |
| | | Nigeria | 79 | | | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Nigeria | 79 | | | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | DR Congo | 46 | | | | | |
| Cape Verde | 46 | DR Congo | 46 | | | | | |
| Cape Verde | 46 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| DR Congo | 78 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | | |
| DR Congo | 78 | | | | Nigeria | 79 | | |
| | | | | | Mali | 58 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 August | 15 August | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| | | Mali | 60 | | | | Mozambique | 54 |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Mali | 60 | | | | Mozambique | 54 |
| 14 August | 14 August | Ivory Coast | 51 | | | | Mali | 66 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | Ivory Coast | 51 | | | | Mali | 66 |
| Tunisia | 50 | | | | | | | |

#### 5th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 August | 16 August |
| Angola | 68 |
| Angola | 68 | 17 August | 17 August |
| Egypt | 66 | 17 August | 17 August |
| Egypt | 66 | Angola | 68 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Angola | 68 |
| 16 August | 16 August | DR Congo | 48 |
| DR Congo | 54 | DR Congo | 48 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 17 August | 17 August |
| | | Egypt | 62 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 58 |

### Playoffs

* 14 August 2019 11:30
* Boxscore
| Angola | 64–51 | Kenya |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 14–17, 23–10, 12–12 |||
| Pts: Daniel 15 Rebs: Macuto 9 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Okoth 12 Rebs: Wanyama 8 Asts: Obunga, Indasi 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA), Arbia Belghith (TUN), Mbayi Ntela (COD)
* 14 August 2019 14:00
* Boxscore
| Cape Verde | 46–78 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 8–16, 15–17, 10–21 |||
| Pts: Vaz 21 Rebs: Vaz 8 Asts: Barros 5 | | Pts: Ngobeleza, Mokango 15 Rebs: Mokango 14 Asts: Mfutila, Akonga 4 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Mohamed Diawara (MLI)
* 14 August 2019 16:30
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 63–68 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 16–16, 20–12, 9–28 |||
| Pts: Mfoula 12 Rebs: Njonkou 11 Asts: Nyinkeu 4 | | Pts: Degheidy 23 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Moussa 8 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Ndeye Diagne (SEN)
* 14 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 74–50 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 14–9, 23–8, 21–17 |||
| Pts: Diawara 27 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Diawara 3 | | Pts: Loubiri 10 Rebs: Laouini, Loubiri 6 Asts: three players 1 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Artur De Castro (MOZ), David Domingos (ANG), Aya Ahmed (EGY)

### Quarterfinals

* 15 August 2019 11:30
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 79–46 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 16–14, 23–9, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Kalu 17 Rebs: Imovbioh 5 Asts: Akhator, Amukamara 5 | | Pts: Mfutila 15 Rebs: Mokango 7 Asts: Muganza 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Artur De Castro (MOZ), Arbia Belghith (ALG), Erick Otieno (KEN)
* 15 August 2019 14:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 80–66 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 11–19, 16–14, 27–24 |||
| Pts: Dongue 25 Rebs: Seda 13 Asts: Sita 8 | | Pts: Degheidy 17 Rebs: El-Gedawy 6 Asts: Moussa 5 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA)
* 15 August 2019 16:30
* Boxscore
| Mali | 60–51 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 15–10, 13–18, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Gandega 15 Rebs: Coulibaly 12 Asts: Traoré, Tireira 3 | | Pts: K. Kouyaté 15 Rebs: M. Kouyaté 8 Asts: M. Kouyaté 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Ndeye Diagne (SEN), David Domingos (ANG)
* 15 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 88–54 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 21–9, 23–15, 24–13 |||
| Pts: Traoré 17 Rebs: Traoré 8 Asts: Diémé 12 | | Pts: Macuto 11 Rebs: Macuto 7 Asts: Lucas 2 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 16 August 2019 11:30
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 54–47 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 16–12, 23–6, 7–10 |||
| Pts: Mokango, Muganza 11 Rebs: Mokango, Muganza 8 Asts: Mambengya 7 | | Pts: K. Kouyaté 13 Rebs: Gnanou 10 Asts: K. Kouyaté 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Artur De Castro (MOZ), Mohamed Diawara (MLI), Erick Otieno (KEN)
* 16 August 2019 14:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 68–66 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 12–19, 11–20, 23–7 |||
| Pts: Lucas 14 Rebs: Macuto 6 Asts: Lucas 6 | | Pts: El-Gedawy 20 Rebs: El-Gedawy 8 Asts: Moussa 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Ndeye Diagne (SEN), Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA), Mbayi Ntela (COD)

### Semifinals

* 16 August 2019 16:30
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 79–58 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 17–16, 17–12, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Kalu 19 Rebs: Akhator 13 Asts: Kalu 5 | | Pts: Tireira 14 Rebs: Coulibaly 10 Asts: five players 2 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Arbia Belghith (TUN), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)
* 16 August 2019 19:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 60–57 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 11–17, 22–9, 19–13 |||
| Pts: Traoré 16 Rebs: Diagne, Traoré 9 Asts: Diémé 7 | | Pts: Dongue 18 Rebs: Seda 14 Asts: Mucauro 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Aya Ahmed (EGY)

### Seventh place game

* 17 August 2019 13:30
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 62–58 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 7–19, 18–14, 12–12 |||
| Pts: Awad 14 Rebs: El-Shaarawy 9 Asts: Moussa 6 | | Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Kouyaté, Gnanou 9 Asts: Kolga 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Artur De Castro (MOZ), Ndeye Diagne (SEN), David Domingos (ANG)

### Fifth place game

* 17 August 2019 16:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 68–48 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 4–12, 22–14, 25–10 |||
| Pts: Lucas 18 Rebs: Filipe 8 Asts: Lucas 4 | | Pts: Akonga 9 Rebs: Akonga, Kalanga 8 Asts: Muganza, Ngobeleza 2 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Opeyemi Ogunleye (NGA), Arbia Belghith (TUN)

### Third place game

* 18 August 2019 15:30
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 54–66 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 17–14, 15–18, 14–15 |||
| Pts: Dongue 22 Rebs: Cossa, Seda 6 Asts: Cossa 4 | | Pts: Tireira 21 Rebs: Maiga 12 Asts: Gandega 6 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar

### Final

* 18 August 2019 18:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 55–60 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 14–18, 13–16, 18–12 |||
| Pts: Traoré 13 Rebs: Traoré 6 Asts: Diémé 4 | | Pts: Akhator 14 Rebs: Akhator 9 Asts: Elonu, Nyingifa 3 |
* Dakar Arena, Dakar Attendance: 15,000

## Final standing

* Qualified for Africa pre-qualifying tournaments
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Nigeria | 5–0 |
| | Senegal | 4–1 |
| | Mali | 4–1 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 3–2 |
| 5 | Angola | 4–2 |
| 6 | DR Congo | 2–4 |
| 7 | Egypt | 2–4 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 2–4 |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 1–2 |
| 10 | Cameroon | 1–2 |
| 11 | Kenya | 0–3 |
| 12 | Tunisia | 0–3 |

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders

| Name | PPG |
| Leia Dongue | 15.8 |
| Joseana Vaz | 15.3 |
| Astou Traoré | 15.2 |
| Soraya Degheidy | 14.2 |
| Meiya Tireira | 14.2 |
| Name | RPG |
| Tamara Seda | 11.4 |
| Amina Njonkou | 9.7 |
| Mercy Wanyama | 9.0 |
| Mariam Coulibaly | 8.8 |
| Chanel Mokango | 8.3 |
| Name | APG |
| Bintou Diémé | 7.8 |
| Delma Zita | 4.6 |
| Reem Moussa | 4.5 |
| Italee Lucas | 4.2 |
| Touty Gandega | 3.2 |
| Nassira Traoré | 3.2 |
| Ezinne Kalu | 3.2 |
| Name | BPG |
| Ngiendula Filipe | 1.0 |
| Chanel Mokango | 1.0 |
| Fatou Diagne | 1.0 |
| Maimouna Diarra | 1.0 |
| Belinda Okoth | 1.0 |
| Name | SPG |
| Ezinne Kalu | 3.0 |
| Reem Moussa | 2.7 |
| Delma Zita | 2.6 |
| Kani Kouyaté | 2.5 |
| Ingvild Mucauro | 2.4 |
| Tamara Seda | 2.4 |
| Evelyn Akhator | 2.4 |
| Adaora Elonu | 2.4 |

### Awards

The all star-teams and MVP were announced on 18 August 2019.
All-Star Team :
| Guards | Forwards | Center |
| Ezinne Kalu Touty Gandega | Astou Traoré Leia Dongue | Evelyn Akhator |
| MVP: Ezinne Kalu |||