Guinea - Ivory Coast 46:98

Ivory Coast advanced to 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket as they won the second game against Guinea 98-46. Ivory Coast won the opening period 14-11 and nailed massive 30 points in the second frame. The last stanza was decisive in the game as Ivory Coast ended up with a 28-3 surge to seal the ticket to the 023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket.
Solange Bognini (178-F-1997) top-scored for the winners with 18 points and Djefarima Diawara (180-F-1994) produced 14. N'Bionewe Sieza collected with 13 points and 12 rebounds, whilst Alima Doumbia had 10. Masseny Kaba (191-F-1998, college: UCF) replied with 19 points in the losing effort.

The groups for the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket were confirmed during a draw ceremony on Friday in Maputo, site of the ongoing 18th FIBA Africa General Assembly. The 12-nation tournament will be staged at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda from July 28 to August 6. Teams were divided into four groups of three each with tournament hosts Rwanda drawn in Group A. As of Friday, June 9, ten countries had their places confirmed in the 12-nation showpiece. The remaining two slots will be determined at a later date. FIBA Africa will attribute one wildcard while the last ticket will be determined through a qualifier involving one team from Zone 2 and teams from Zone 3. The wildcard team will be added to Group B while the representative from Zones 2 (Guinea) and 3 will play in Group A alongside hosts Rwanda and Angola.
The Results of the Draw:
Group A: Rwanda, Angola, Zone 2/3 Representative
Group B: Cameroon, Wild Card, Mozambique
Group C: Mali, Senegal, Uganda
Group D: Nigeria, Egypt and DR Congo

In the first phase, each team will take on the two (2) opponents in its respective group in one-leg game. The winners of each group will advance directly to the Quarter-Finals. But the end of the Group Phase won't be the end of the road for the remaining eight teams. The teams that finish second and third in their respective groups will cross with teams from opposing groups for the remaining four places for the Quarter-Finals. The winners of the Quarter-Final advance to Semi-Finals, while the losers will play the Classification Round games for the 5th to 8th Places. Nigeria head to Kigali as the three-time defending champions, Mali finished runners-up two years, and Cameroon finished in third place.
Courtesy of: fiba.basketball

MVP: Amy Okonkwo (188-F-1996) of Halcones
Best Guard: Cierra Dillard (176-G-1996) of Al Ittihad
Best Forward: Amy Okonkwo (188-F-1996) of Halcones
Best Center: Sika Kone (6'3''-F/C-2002) of Chicago S.

Afrobasket.com All-FIBA Afrobasket First Team 2023

Dillard

Kone

Okonkwo

Otto

Seda

First Team
Cierra Dillard (176-G-1996) of Al Ittihad
Sika Kone (6'3''-F/C-2002) of Chicago S.
Amy Okonkwo (188-F-1996) of Halcones
Jannon Otto (183-G-1997) of Eastern M.
Tamara Seda (193-F-1994) of Araski

Afrobasket.com All-FIBA Afrobasket Second Team 2023

N'Diaye

Crooms

Silatsa

Elgedawy

Matiquite

Second Team
Djeneba N'Diaye (175-PG-1997) of Caledonia G.
Janai Crooms (5'10''-G-1999) of Roster
Carine Silatsa (186-F-1998)
Raneem Elgedawy (193-F-1997) of Al Ahly
Cristina Matiquite (191-C-1992) of Inter-Clube

Honorable Mention
Monique Akoa (180-G-2001)
Sara Caetano (172-SG-2003) of FC Lyon
Djefarima Diawara (180-F-1994) of Ville de Dakar
Nadine Soliman (178-G-1998) of Al Ahly
Cecile Nyoka (177-F-1986) of CNSS
Masseny Kaba (191-F-1998) of Crema