League: | FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League |
Dates: | 9–17 December 2023 |
Season: | 2023 |
Teams: | 10 |
Champions: | Sporting Alexandria (2nd title) |
Runners Up: | KPA |
Third Place: | Interclube |
Fourth Place: | REG |
Award4: | MVP |
Award4 Winner: | Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) |
Prevseason Year: | 2022 |
Prevseason Link: | 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup |
Nextseason Link: | 2024 Africa Women's Basketball League |
Nextseason Year: | 2024 |
Top Scorer: | Tiffany Mitchell (REG) |
The 2023 FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League (FIBA AWBL) was the 27th season of the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on 8 December and ended on 17 December 2023, and was held entirely in Cairo, the capital of Egypt.[1] This was the first season under the new name.[2]
Sporting Alexandria were the defending champions, having defeated Maputo in the previous season's final.[3] Sporting successfully defended its title after finishing with a 7–0 record and winning all games by a wide margin.[4]
On 15 December 2022, FIBA Africa changed the name of the tournament to the Africa Women's Basketball League.[2]
Nine teams qualified through qualifying tournaments that were organised in the FIBA Africa zones, while Sporting Alexandria automatically qualified as hosts of the tournamnet.
Type | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | Ref. | |
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Host team | 1 | Sporting Alexandria | ||||
Zone 3 | 11-19 December 2023 | Abuja, Nigeria | 2 | Nigeria Customs | [5] [6] | |
ASPAC | ||||||
Zone 4 | 3–5 November 2023 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 2 | OverDose Up Station | [7] | |
Université de Douala | ||||||
Zone 5 | 28 October–4 November 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | 3 | KPA | [8] | |
Equity Bank | ||||||
REG | ||||||
Zone 6 | Not held | 1 | Interclube | [9] | ||
Wild card | 1 | CNSS | ||||
Total | 10 |
The ten teams are divided in two groups of five. The first four qualify for the play-offs which are all played in single-elimination games.
The groups were announced by FIBA on 10 December 2023.[10]
The awards were announced after the ending of the final on 17 December.[11]
MVP Award | ||
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Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) | ||
All-Star Team | ||
Cierra Dillard (Sporting Alexandria) | ||
Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria) | ||
Madina Okot (KPA) | ||
Destiney Philox (REG) | ||
Victoria Reynolds (KPA) |