2019 Women's Afrobasket

FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2019
24th FIBA Africa Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Senegal
CityDakar
Dates10–18 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Mali
Tournament statistics
MVPNigeria Ezinne Kalu
Top scorerMozambique Dongue (15.8)
Top reboundsMozambique Seda (11.4)
Top assistsSenegal Diémé (7.8)
PPG (Team) Nigeria (79.8)
RPG (Team) Kenya (51.0)
APG (Team) Senegal (17.8)
Official website
Website
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The 2019 AfroBasket Women was held from 10 to 18 August 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.[1] 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.[2] The top six teams were qualified for the African pre-qualifying tournament.[3]

Nigeria won their second consecutive and fourth overall title after beating Senegal in the final.[4]

  1. ^ "Senegal confirmed as hosts for AfroBasketWomen 2019". fiba.basketball. 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ "FIBA Calendar". FIBA. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ "FIBA Women's National Team Competition System as of 2019". FIBA. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Flawless Nigeria retain #AfroBasketWomen title". FIBA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.