The draw for the 21st FIBA Africa Championship for Women (Afrobasket women) was held Saturday in Hotel Colbert, Antananarivo, Madagascar with the twelve countries drawn into six nations of two pools.
Host Madagascar lead Group-A alongside 2007 host and runner-up, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Mauritius and Mozambique completing the group.
Heading Group-B is the defending champion, Mali alongside 2007 second runner-up, Angola, Rwanda, Guinea, Tunisia and FIBA Africa Zone-III qualifiers.
Group A : Madagascar, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Mauritius and Mozambique.
Group B : Mali, Angola, Rwanda, Guinea, Tunisia and zone 3 representative.
The representative of zone 3 will be known on 15th September after the end of FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers to be played in Lagos, Nigeria between Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria.
Madagascar will open its campaign against Mauritius on October 9 while Mozambique and Cameroon will tango in another group-A pairing just as Senegal takes to the floor against South Africa in the last group-A game of the opening day of the FIBA Africa Championship for Women.
Mali will open her title defence against Zone-3 qualifiers on October 9; all group games are as follows;