CÔTE D’IVOIRE TO HOST NEXT AFRICAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE has been confirmed as the host of the African Women’s Basketball Championship, AfroBasket, scheduled to take place in July 2025 in ABIDJAN.

This was announced during FIBA Africa’s first Central Board meeting for the 2023-2027 cycle held in ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE as the West African country prepares to organize a FIBA Continental Cup for the first time since 2013 when it hosted the men’s FIBA AfroBasket.

During the meeting, delegates were informed that the qualifiers for the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket will take place over three qualifying windows from July 2024 to February 2025.

Holders the D’TIGRESS of NIGERIA,runners-up SENEGAL as well as MALI, and then hosts RWANDA bagged automatic tickets to the next edition after successfully reaching the semifinals of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023 held in KIGALI in July.