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2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket qualification

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The 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket qualification occurred on various dates in 2019. It determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket. Teams competed against other teams in their respective zones for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1]

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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.

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

Zone 1

Zone 2

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 19 May 2019 in Praia, Cape Verde.[2] Despite losing the first game, Cape Verde qualified on aggregate 108–98.[3]

17 May 2019
Cape Verde  48–50  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–8, 12–12, 9–14
19 May 2019
Guinea  48–60  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 13–19, 16–12, 9–14

Zone 3

Zone 4

A regional tournament was held from 4 to 5 May 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[4] After winning the two games against DR Congo, Cameroon earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.

4 May 2019
Cameroon  91–46  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 21–5, 20–15, 25–17
5 May 2019
DR Congo  66–70  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 27–9, 16–18, 9–26

Zone 5

A regional tournament was held from 26 June to 1 July 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda, Egypt, Kenya and Rwanda participated in this tournament.[5] Egypt earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.

Group phase

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Egypt 3 3 0 214 193 +21 6
2  Uganda 3 2 1 183 163 +20 5
3  Kenya 3 1 2 220 232 −12 4
4  Rwanda 3 0 3 189 218 −29 3
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Source: Standings[dead link]
26 June 2019
Egypt  86–82  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–19, 22–24, 24–22
26 June 2019
Uganda  62–53  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 5–19, 22–13, 12–10
27 June 2019
Rwanda  80–92  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 21–22, 16–28, 27–25
27 June 2019
Egypt  64–55  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 16–20, 26–9, 14–6
29 June 2019
Rwanda  56–64  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 10–14, 10–15, 27–12
29 June 2019
Kenya  46–66  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 10–18, 13–19, 8–15

Knockout phase

Semi-finals
30 June 2019
Egypt  78–73  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–25, 21–22, 22–14
30 June 2019
Uganda  62–67  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 10–18, 20–20, 17–12
Third-place game
1 July 2019
Rwanda  61–97  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 13–27, 21–26, 15–17
Final
1 July 2019
Egypt  90–72  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–11, 28–20, 18–19

Zone 6

A regional tournament was held on 8 June 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe.[6] After winning the two games against Zimbabwe, Angola earned its qualification for the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.[7]

6 June 2019
Zimbabwe  53–99  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 14–21, 10–22, 15–28
8 June 2019
Angola  90–64  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 28–14, 19–19, 23–17

Wildcard

 DR Congo and  Kenya earned a spot for the Women's AfroBasket with a wildcard.[8]

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