African Qualifiers

Zone 5

Eleven teams made their way to Tanzania to compete for two automatic bids from this zone. The teams were divided into three groups for the first stage from Sunday through Wednesday and then the playoff bracket started on Thursday and the eliminated teams played a round-robin to determine their final placements. The top two teams from each group were joined by the top two third place teams and then seeded on group performance for the quarterfinals.

Not all teams brought players who would fit our roster tracker, but here are the ones who did:
Al Ahly: Meral Abdelgawad, Western Kentucky; Raneem Elgedawy, Western Kentucky; Paulina Hersler, Florida; Reem Moussa, Rice; Nadine Soliman, UNC Greensboro
Young Sisters: Jolie Mukesha, Langara [CCAA]; Taudencia Oluoch, Abilene Christian
APR: Italee Lucas, North Carolina; Chanel Mokango, Mississippi State; Shaina Pellington, Oklahoma
REG: Kristina King, West Virginia; Destiny Philoxy, Massachusetts; Victoria Reynolds, William and Mary

Group A

This group closed Sunday’s action with a Noela Uwandameno and Vijana Queens of Tanzania get the 91-77 win over Elsa Niyonkuru and Young Sisters of Burundi. Dolphins of Uganda was not able to get their whole team to Monday’s opener in time and had no available substitutes, but Evelyne Nikiyingi and Hope Akello helped them easily defeat Young Sisters 91-54. Egypt’s Al Ahly had arguably been the top team on the continent for years, but had not been willing to participate. They made their debut in stunning fashion, racing past Vijana Queens with big scoring days from Nadine Soliman, Meral Abdelgawad, and Raneem Elgedawy. They did not slow down on Tuesday, defeating Young Sisters 134-35. Dolphins added the four remaining players that they would have for their game against Vijana Queens, an 87-55 win. The top two teams finished off group play on Wednesday and Soliman and Elgedawy and Al Ahly defeated Dolphins 100-61.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125230-YSI-VIJ#boxscore
Young Sisters [77]: Niyonkuru 29/10r Kanyamuneza 13 Mushiranzigo 10
Vijana Queens [91]: Uwandameno 21/7r/11a Cyprian 16/6r Yussuf 16 Oluoch 14/9r Mapunda 13/8r Mukesha 0

Full Statistics Not Available
Dolphins [91]: Nikiyingi 27 Akello 25 Ekone 18 Oketcho 14
Young Sisters [54]: Kanyamuneza 10

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125232-VIJ-AHL#boxscore
Vijana Queens [52]: Oluoch 13 Opondo 11 Mukesha 2
Al Ahly [145]: Soliman 35 Abdelgawad 26 Elgedawy 23 Hersler 13 Ibrahim 13 Kane 11/8r Elmasry 11 Moussa 5/14a

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125233-AHL-YSI#boxscore
Al Ahly [134]: Elgedawy 19 Hussein 15 Elmasry 15 Abdelnabi 13 Ibrahim 12 Elsharbasy 12 Abdelgawad 11 Soliman 10 Hersler 7/7r Moussa 5/8a
Young Sisters [35]: Munezero 10

Full Statistics Not Available
Dolphins [87]: Longom 19/17r Imanishimwe 15 Ekone 14
Vijana Queens [55]: Juma 15 Oluoch 14

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125229-JKL-AHL#boxscore
Dolphins [61]: Longom 18/10r Ekone 12/6r Imanishimwe 11
Al Ahly [100]: Soliman 25 Elgedawy 21 Abdelgawad 10 Hersler 8 Moussa 4/11a

Standings: Al Ahly 3-0, Dolphins 2-1, Vijana Queens 1-2, Young Sisters 0-3

Group B

This was the three team group and it started play on Sunday with Alima Doumbia and the team from Kenya’s port authority defeating Hawassa City of Ethiopia 128-36. Doumbia led KPA again on Monday along with Grace Irebu, but APR showed how quickly Rwandan teams have been able to spend their way past the middle tier of established clubs on the continent as Kamba Diakite, Italee Lucas, and Shaina Pellington led the way win a 96-76. Pellington and Diakite provided more scoring on Tuesday and Lucas had a triple-double in APR’s win over Hawassa City to conclude play in this group.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125222-HAW-KPA#boxscore
Hawassa City [36]: Eshetu 8
KPA [128]: Doumbia 24/8a Okoth 19/6r Akaraiwe 18 Irebu 18 Okumu 11 Indasi 10

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125219-KPA-APR#boxscore
KPA [76]: Doumbia 22 Irebu 21/9r Akaraiwe 13/7r
APR [96]: Diakite 27 Lucas 22/6a Pellington 21/11a Mokango 10/10r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125220-APR-HAW#boxscore
APR [123]: Pellington 25 Diakite 21 Mokango 19/6r Lucas 17/11r/16a Dusabe 14/9r Umugwaneza 12
Hawassa City [38]: Eshetu 12 Uduru 11/6r

Standings: APR 2-0, KPA 1-1, Hawassa City 0-2

Group C

All teams in this group started play on Sunday and Hawks of Kenya started with a 73-51 win over Gladiators of Burundi. REG had the power of Rwanda’s energy sector behind them and defeated Fox Divas of Tanzania to win the other game. The big game was on Monday with REG defeating Hawks 86-73. Nelly Sandra Nsanzabaganwa led Gladiators to a 77-67 over Fox Divas in the other game. Hawks had an easy 87-48 win to eliminate Fox Divas on Tuesday and then REG clinched first place with an 86-34 win over Gladiators.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125223-GLA-EQU#boxscore
Gladiators [51]: Muco 13 Nsanzabaganwa 13 Mukendi 12/11r
Hawks [73]: Wanjiku 17 Kananu 14/6r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125224-FOX-REG#boxscore
Fox Divas [48]: Ngisaise 15/6r Ngusu 14 Traore 11
REG [105]: Wanyama 15/7r King 13 Philoxy 13/7a Reynolds 13 Uwimpuhwe 13

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125225-REG-EQU#boxscore
REG [86]: Philoxy 18 Reynolds 16 King 11/9r Wanyama 10
Hawks [73]: Kananu 19 Zakayo 12/7r Wanjiku 10/6r Pantaleo 10 Otieno 10

Full Statistics Not Available
Gladiators [77]: Nsanzabaganwa 26 Muco 17 Mukendi 16
Fox Divas [67]: Statistics Not Available

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125227-EQU-FOX#boxscore
Hawks [87]: Pantaleo 19 Kananu 16 Wanjiku 13
Fox Divas [48]: Ngisaise 19/6r Traore 11

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125228-GLA-REG
Gladiators [34]: Mukendi 17/12r
REG [86]: Reynolds 16 Philoxy 15/8a King 11/10r Upwimpuhwe 11

Standings: REG 3-0, Hawks 2-1, Gladiators 1-2, Fox Divas 0-3

Placement Games

The three teams to drop down to this group were the last place teams in their groups and Young Sisters started well on Thursday with a 69-60 win over Fox Divas. They then clinched 9th place on Friday after Ines Kanyamuneza led them to a 68-60 win over Hawassa City. That left Saturday’s game determining 10th place and Jescal Ngisaise was fantastic for Fox Divas to leave Lidiya Uduru and Hawassa City winless 79-50.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125248-FOX-YSI#boxscore
Fox Divas [60]: Ngisaise 18 Ngusu 14 Traore 12/9r
Young Sisters [69]: Niyonkuru 18 Minayo 15/9a Mushiranzigo 14/6r Kanyamuneza 13/6r/6a

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125249-YSI-HAW#boxscore
Young Sisters [68]: Kanyamuneza 23/7a Minayo 15/6r Niyonkuru 12
Hawassa City [60]: Uduru 18/17r Eshetu 12/6r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125250-HAW-FOX#boxscore
Hawassa City [50]: Uduru 21/17r
Fox Divas [79]: Ngisaise 40/13r Budodi 12 Ngusu 10/6r

Standings: Young Sisters 2-0, Fox Divas 1-1, Hawassa City 0-2

Quarterfinals October 31

Vijaya Queens had to wondering what they did to end up drawing Al Ahly again in the quarterfinals and they lost 130-47 to Raneem Elgedawy and company this time. Thursday continued with Italee Lucas and APR defeating Gladiators 78-55. REG then set up an all-Rwandan semifinal with a 67-52 win over Dolphins. The last game was between the two Kenyan teams and KPA won 80-63 over Hawks to advance.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125235-AHL-VIJ#boxscore
Al Ahly [130]: Elgedawy 26 Abdelgawad 19 Ibrahim 14/8r Hussein 13 Soliman 13 Hersler 8/6r Moussa 2/9a
Vijaya Queens [47]: Oluoch 14 Mukesha 0

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125236-APR-GLA
APR [78]: Lucas 23 Pellington 17 Kantore 14 Mokango 2
Gladiators [55]: Nsanzabaganwa 15/7a Mukendi 13/11r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125237-REG-JKL#boxscore
REG [67]: King 16/7r Philoxy 13 Reynolds 9
Dolphins [52]: Nakiyingi 13/9r Longom 12/10r Nangobi 10

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125238-KPA-EQU#boxscore
KPA [80]: Okumu 17/7r Akaraiwe 16/14r Irebu 15 Mwangale 12/6r Doumbia 10
Hawks [63]: Wanjiku 11 Sokoudjou 11

Semifinals November 1

All of the other games had to be played before the semifinals on Friday and Hawks started the consolation bracket by doubling up Vijaya Queens 92-46. Brenda Ekone and Dolphins won 77-45 against Gladiators to set the stage for the semifinals and automatic berths. Al Ahly sent a message early and coasted to their spot with a 104-63 win over Alima Doumbia and KPA. Victoria Reynolds and Kristina King had REG looking to join them quickly, but Italee Lucas and APR made one late move against their league rivals before losing 82-77.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125239-VIJ-EQU#boxscore
Vijaya Queens [46]: Oluoch 16/11r Mukesha 0
Hawks [92]: Sokoudjou 18 Owiti 12 Omondi 11 Onyango 10/12r Pantaleo 10/9r Otieno 10 Odhiambo 10/6a

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125240-GLA-JKL#boxscore
Gladiators [45]: Havyarimana 9
Dolphins [77]: Ekone 23/6r Nangobi 13/7r Nakiyingi 12/6r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125241-AHL-KPA#boxscore
Al Ahly [104]: Soliman 19 Elgedawy 16/8r Abdelgawad 12 Abdelnabi 11/6a Moussa 9 Hersler 7/6r
KPA [63]: Doumbia 23 Akaraiwe 12

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125242-APR-REG#boxscore
APR [77]: Lucas 21 Diakite 18/6a Pellington 12 Mokango 6/7r
REG [82]: Reynolds 26/8r/10a King 21/14r Wanyama 13 Philoxy 11/6r

Finals November 2

Saturday was filled with placement matches and Vijana Queens looked ready to grab 7th place early, but Nelly Sandra Nsanzabaganwa and Gladiators controlled the rest of the game for a 79-65 win. Hawks edged Dolphins 59-56 to take 5th place. The bronze medal game could end up deciding a wildcard once the tournament field needs to be filled and it was APR defeating KPA behind Shaina Pellington and Italee Lucas. Al Ahly got their first taste of what the main tournament would feel like when they were tested by Destiney Philoxy, Kristina King, and REG in the championship, but Nadine Soliman and Raneem Elgedawy helped them pull away late for a 93-68 win.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125243-VIJ-GLA#boxscore
Vijaya Queens [65]: Oluoch 15/8r Mapunda 14/6r Yussuf 12/7r Mukesha 0
Gladiators [79]: Nsanzabaganwa 22/6a Havyarimana 15 Ingabire 13 Mukendi 11/13r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125244-EQU-JKL#boxscore
Hawks [59]: Pantaleo 16/7r Wanjiku 14/6r
Dolphins [56]: Longom 12/12r Imanishimwe 11

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125245-KPA-APR#boxscore
KPA [51]: Doumbia 11
APR [85]: Pellington 24 Lucas 22/6r Diakite 14/7a Mokango 6/7r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125246-AHL-REG#boxscore
Al Ahly [93]: Soliman 23/8r Elgedawy 20/11r Abdelgawad 19/6a Kane 13 Hersler 9/6r Moussa 5
REG [68]: Philoxy 25 King 21/8r Reynolds 18/6r

Zone 4

Five teams headed to Douala, Cameroon to try to secure spots in the main tournament. With at least two spots on the line, the teams were able to play a complete round-robin from Monday through Friday to determine the final standings.

October 28

The first game was between zone powerhouse CNSS from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon’s Daniel Battiston Foundation. The upstarts had the lead going into the final quarter before CNSS recovered for a 61-55 win. FAP, the local military and police team, had Josiane Tientcheu lead them to an easy 95-32 win over NABA of Gabon.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125210-CNSS-DBF#boxscore
CNSS [61]: Drame 15/8r
Daniel Battiston Foundation [55]: Mbong 15/6r

Full Statistics Not Available
NABA [32]: Ntsame 9/7r
FAP [95]: Tientcheu 23 Amayaba 19 Mbenkum 12

October 29

Tuesday started with NABA having more difficulties, losing to Daniel Battiston Foundation 99-31. Makomeno was the last team to make their debut and they got to play a familiar foe in fellow Democratic Republic of Congo team CNSS. Their opponents had more experience at this level, but Makomeno brought in a solid group of foreign players and won decisively 73-46.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125211-DBF-NABA#boxscore
Daniel Battiston Foundation [99]: Ongmabock 21/6r Eben 16 Kom 12/9r Mogoun 11 Mbong 10/8r
NABA [31]: Abagha 6/7r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125212-MAK-CNSS#boxscore
Makomeno [73]: Marondera 15/12r Ilunga 13/8r Coulibaly 10/9r
CNSS [46]: Nguz 14/7r

October 30

CNSS bounced back from disappointment by crushing NABA 131-33 to start Wednesday’s action. Makomeno showed that they came ready to grab one of the spots after getting past another favorite in FAP 74-72.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125214-NABA-CNSS#boxscore
NABA [33]: Ntsame 9
CNSS [131]: Nguz 19/7r/6s Drame 19 Lubata Londa 18 Ngobeleza 17 Tshiyoyo 13 Kapinga 10/7r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125213-FAP-MAK#boxscore
FAP [72]: Amayaba 16 Ebogo 14/8r Kipo 14 Tientcheu 10
Makomeno [74]: Ilunga 13/13r Chawayipira 13 Samba 12/6r

October 31

Makomeno locked up an automatic berth on Thursday by ending NABA’s misery 73-38. The two Cameroonian teams played as well and FAP defeated Daniel Battiston Foundation 77-61 to give themselves a chance to advance with a win in the final game.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125216-MAK-NABA#boxscore
Makomeno [73]: Coulibaly 16/11r Bembeleza 16 Samba 10
NABA [38]: Moussirou 13/11r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125215-DBF-FAP#boxscore
Daniel Battiston Foundation [61]: Eben 17/6r Mbong 13 Guiolobo 12
FAP [77]: Ekah 13 Tientcheu 11/6a Amayaba 11 Ebiega 10

November 1

The first game on Friday had no bearing on either team’s final placement and Daniel Battiston Foundation ended on a winning note at least by defeating Makomeno 62-52. That left the game that would determine the last team to get an automatic berth and CNSS took any drama out of it early on their way to a 61-38 win over FAP and to sealing dominance for the Democratic Republic of Congo in this zone.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125208-DBF-MAK#boxscore
Daniel Battiston Foundation [62]: Mbong 17/13r Mogoun 14
Makomeno [52]: Ilunga 17/9r Samba 10/8r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-basketball-league-africa-qualifiers-2024/games/125207-FAP-CNSS#boxscore
FAP [38]: Amayaba 11
CNSS [61]: Drame 17/8r Nguz 13/7r Kapinga 10/11r

Standings: Makomeno 3-1, CNSS 3-1, FAP 2-2, Daniel Battiston Foundation 2-2, NABA 0-4