The 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup will be the 26th season of the

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, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on December 9 and will end on December 17, 2022, and will be entirely hosted in the

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Gym in

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, the capital of

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. It is the third time Maputo hosts the league after 2016 and 2018. The league returns after a 2-year hiatus due to the

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won their first continental title, after beating Costa do Sol in the finals, becoming the first Egyptian team to win the competition.

Teams

Before the competitions 10 teams have successfully qualified. OverDose Up Station from Cameroon was forced to withdraw.

Format

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.

Group phase

Group A

Group B

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

All-Tournament Team

The all-tournament team and Most Valuable Player were announced after the final. *

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(Sporting Alexandria) – MVP * Reem Moussa (Sporting Alexandria) *

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(Costa do Sol) * Eleuteria Lhavanguane (Costa do Sol) * Ifunaya Okoro (KPA)

References

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