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L. MathekaLionesses land Cameroon, Cape Verde for September Afrobasket
Reading Time: 2min | Sat. 31.07.21. | 20:21
Nigeria head to the championship as two-time defending champions
National women's basketball team, Kenya Lionesses, will do battle against hosts Cameroon and Cape Verde in pool A of the Women's Afrobasket due on September 17 to 26.
The George Mayienga-coached side beat Egypt in the FIBA Zone Five Afrobasket qualifiers to lift the zonal trophy and book an automatic slot to the continental showpiece. In 2019, Lionesses participated through a wild card.
🚨 Groups for #AfroBasketWomen 2021 confirmed ‼ 🚨
— FIBA Women's Afrobasket (@afrobasketwomen) July 31, 2021
👉 The Zone 6 Qualifiers are set on August 16 to 22 while a team will be selected by FIBA Africa!
Who you got to win it all? pic.twitter.com/cEIvp87ipC
The groups were confirmed on Saturday 31 July 2021 at a draw ceremony held in Yaounde. The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three teams each.
Zone six winner will be in group B that currently has Nigeria and Mozambique while a wild card participant yet to be determined completes group D that has Mali and Ivory Coast.
The top team in each group advances to the quarter finals while second and third place finishers play a qualification round for a chance to the quarters. The same format was used during the men's inaugural Afro-CAN in Mali.
Not the best of starts but @teamlioness254 grew with each match and came out strong when it mattered. Next stop, Cameroon, September 17 to 29 fir the #FIBAWomensAfrobasket pic.twitter.com/Tdeq89Id8w
— Matheka (@Lynmatheka) July 18, 2021
Winners of the quarters pairings advance to the semis while the losers play a classification Games for fifth to eighth place.
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