2017 Women's Afrobasket

FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017
23rd FIBA Africa Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mali
CityBamako
Dates18–27 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Mali
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Astou Traoré
Top scorerSenegal As. Traoré (21.6)
Top reboundsMali N. Coulibaly (9.6)
Top assistsMozambique Cossa (5.0)
PPG (Team) Nigeria (80.6)
RPG (Team) Mali (54.3)
APG (Team) Senegal (19.8)
Official website
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The 2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket was the 23rd AfroBasket Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and FIBA Africa. The tournament was hosted by Mali from 18 to 27 August 2017, with games played in Bamako. The winners and runners-up qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. [1][2][3]

Nigeria won their third title after defeating Senegal 65–48 in the final.[4]

  1. ^ "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Le Mali va organiser l'Afrobasket Fiba women 2017" (in French). BasketMali. 6 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Mali - self-proclaimed favourites to win FIBA AfroBasket Women 2017". FIBA.com. 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Nigeria claim their third FIBA Women's AfroBasket title". FIBA.com. 27 August 2017.