Côte d’Ivoire has been confirmed as 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.
The West African country will organise a FIBA Continental Cup for the first time since 2013 when it hosted the men’s FIBA AfroBasket.
Delegates were, during the meeting, 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 Nigeria, runners-up Senegal as well as Mali, and then hosts Rwanda bagged automatic tickets to the next edition of the biennial continental championship after successfully reaching the semifinals of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023 held in Kigali in July
