| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Africa U-16 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Size: | 270px |
| City: | Beira |
| Dates: | 5–12 August 2017 |
| Teams: | 5 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Mali |
| Title Number: | 5 |
| Mvp: |  Aissetou Coulibaly |
| Ppg P: | Coulibaly (21.8) |
| Ppg T: | (74.2) |
| Rpg P: | Mabika (10.3) |
| Rpg T: | (33.8) |
| Apg P: | F. Kone (4.0) |
| Apg T: | (14.8) |
| Website: | www.fiba.basketball |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2017 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship was the 5th FIBA U16 Women's African Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from 5 to 12 August 2017, with the games played in Beira.[1]
Mali claimed their record fifth straight continental title by trouncing Angola in the Finals, 68–29. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.[2]
On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mozambique will host the tournament.[3]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 1 | 12–16 June 2017 |  NA | 1 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 2 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 3 | 9–14 June 2017 | Lomé | 1 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 4 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 5 | 1–6 June 2017 |  Mombasa | 1 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 6 | TBD | Harare | 3 | ||
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 7 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | ||||
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The first round will be played in a round-robin format. The top four teams will advance to the Final Phase which will be played in a knockout format (Semi-Finals, Final).The Third-Place Game and the Final will be played on the last day of the tournament (August 12).[4]
All times are in Central Africa Time
Finalists qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
Final statistics at the end of the tournament:[5]
| Rank | Player | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aissetou Coulibaly | 21.8 | |
| 2 |  Habiba Hatem Ibrahim Mahmous Elgizawy | 13.7 | |
| Sika Kone | |||
| 4 |  Noémia Alexandre Massingue | 10.8 | |
| 5 | Cristina João Laurenço | 10.5 |
| Rank | Player | Rebounds | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadiwa Mabika | 10.3 | |
| 2 | Suraya Rijal | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Sika Kone | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Aminata Brahima Sangare | 5.3 | |
| 5 | Maria Mutengo | 4.8 |
| Rank | Player | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fanta Kone | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Aissetou Coulibaly | 2.7 | |
| 3 | Noémia Alexandre Massingue | 2.2 | |
| 4 | Cacia Antonio | 1.8 | |
| 5 | Ingy Salaheldin Farag Aly Badawy | 1.7 |
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The All-Star Five:
| Position | Player | Country Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Noemia Alexandre Massingue | Mozambique | |
| SG | Habiba Elgizawy | Egypt | |
| SF | Aissetou Coulibaly | ||
| PF | Cacia Antonio | ||
| C | Sika Kone |
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup. |
| width=50 | Rank | width=175 | Team | width=50 | Record |
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| 6–0 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 4–2 | |||||
| 4 | 1–5 | ||||
| 5 | 0–4 |