AfroBasket 2025 Draw Revealed: 12 teams Set for Abidjan Showdown!

AfroBasket 2025 Draw Revealed: 12 Teams Set for Abidjan Showdown!

Twelve of Africa's elite women's basketball nations are set to clash at the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from July 25 to August 3.

However, to claim the FIBA Women's AfroBasket crown, they'll need to dethrone Nigeria's D'Tigress, the reigning champions.

Led by standout forward Amy Okonkwo—who is coming off a stellar EuroLeague Women debut season averaging 15.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, shooting 43.9% from beyond the arc (ranking among the top four), and leading the league with a 91.8% free-throw percentage—Nigeria remains the team to beat.

Final Groupings for the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket

GROUP A: Cote D'Ivoire, Angola and Egypt
GROUP B: Mali, Cameroon, and South Sudan
GROUP C: Senegal, Uganda and Guinea
GROUP D: Nigeria, Mozambique and Rwanda

How the 2025 Women's AfroBasket Draw Was Went Down

The draw, allocated the 12 participating teams into four groups (A, B, C, D) of three teams each. Teams were seeded into three pots based on their performance in previous tournaments and regional qualifiers:​

• Pot 1: Côte d'Ivoire (hosts), Nigeria (defending champions), Senegal (2023 runners-up), Mali (2023 bronze medalists).
• Pot 2: Egypt, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda.
• Pot 3: Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Mozambique.​

An additional set of pots determined each team's specific position within their assigned group, ensuring a balanced distribution across the four groups.

Competition Format for the 2025 Women's AfroBasket

• Group Phase (July 27–29): Each team once plays the other two in its group.

• Advancement:
  • Group winners automatically advance to the quarter-finals.
  • Second and third-placed teams enter a qualification round to vie for the remaining quarter-final spots.

• Knockout Stage:
  • Quarter-final winners progress to the semi-finals.
  • Semi-final winners compete in the final for the championship, while the losers contest the third-place game.

• Classification Matches:
  • Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals and qualification rounds play additional matches to determine their final rankings from 5th to 12th place.

Rewatch the Live Draw Below

https://www.youtube.com/live/1DfipjOXM80

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