Kenya women's national basketball team explained

Type:	Women
Nickname:	Lionesses^[1]
Joined Fiba:	1965
Fiba Zone:	FIBA Africa
National Fed:	Kenya Basketball Association
Wc Appearances:	1
Zone Championship:	AfroBasket Women
Zone Appearances:	7
Zone Medals:	Silver: (1993)
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The Kenya women's national basketball team represents Kenya in international competitions. Internationally they are known as the Kenyan Lionesses. It is administrated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF).^[2]

African Championship record

• 1986 – 5th
• 1993 – 2nd
• 1997 – 4th
• 2007 – 12th
• 2013 – 10th
• 2019 – 11th
• 2021 – 9th

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 Women's Afrobasket.^{[3] [4]}

Head coach position

• George Mayienga – 2021–present^[1]

2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Qualifiers

From 14 till 19 February the Kenyan women's team competed in the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBaskt Qualifiers in Kampala, Uganda.^[5] The team finished with 4 wins and 1 loss, coming third in the tournament. Unfortunately they did not progress to the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket, set to be held later this year in Kigali, Rwanda from 28 July till 6 August 2023.

See also

• Kenya women's national under-19 basketball team
• Kenya women's national under-17 basketball team
• Kenya women's national 3x3 team

External links

• FIBA profile
• Africabasket: Kenya women national team
• Kenya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Notes and References

1. https://www.kbc.co.ke/kenya-womens-basketball-embarks-on-mending-the-rim/ Kenya women’s basketball embarks on mending the rim
2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/312/nfProf.html FIBA National Federations – Kenya
3. Web site: AfroBasket: Adhiambo casualty as Lionesses squad is named. 14 September 2021. citizentv.co.ke.
4. Web site: Team Roster Kenya. fiba.basketball. 18 September 2021.
5. Web site: FIBA Women's AfroBasket - Qualifiers 2023 .