The 2024 Women's Basketball League Africa was the 28th season of this competition for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on 6 December and ended on 15 December 2024, and was held in Dakar, Senegal.
Sporting Alexandria were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage this time round.
Mozambican side Ferroviário de Maputo won their third title after defeating Al Ahly of Egypt 81–72 in the final.
Name change On 25 March 2024, the name was tweaked and is now called the Women's Basketball League Africa.
Hosting rights (withdrew)
Originally, Morocco was given the hosting rights, however, on 22 October 2024, Senegal received the hosting rights instead. This is Senegal's fifth time hosting and first since 1999.
Qualification Twelve teams qualified for the main tournament, up from 10 from the previous editions. The top 2 from each zone qualified while the remaining spots would be given out by FIBA Africa. Those spots were given to FAP, Nigeria Customs and APR. Although, before the tournament started, Nigeria Customs withdrew. Their spot was given to Jeanne D'Arc.
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation22 October 20241 ASC Ville de DakarDefending champions1 Alexandria Sporting ClubQualification Zone 329 October – 3 November 2024 Monrovia1 Friend’s Basketball Association Mountain of Fire and MiraclesQualification Zone 427 October – 1 November 2024 Douala2 ASB Makomeno CNSSQualification Zone 527 October – 2 November 2024 Zanzibar2 Al Ahly REGQualification Zone 6not held Maputo (originally)1 Ferroviário de MaputoWildcards3 FAP Nigeria Customs APRReplacements1 Jeanne D'Arc Total 12
Venue The venue is the Marius Ndiaye Stadium in Dakar. DakarMarius Ndiaye StadiumCapacity: 4,800
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third place teams
Knockout stage Seeding The quarterfinal matchups were based on the results of the group stage.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5–8 placement bracket
5–8 Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
9–12 placement rounds
Nifth place game
Eleventh place game
Final standing Rank Team Ferroviário de Maputo Al Ahly APR 4 ASC Ville de Dakar 5 Friend’s Basketball Association 6 REG 7 CNSS 8 Jeanne D'Arc 9 Alexandria Sporting Club 10 Mountain of Fire and Miracles 11 FAP 12 ASB Makomeno
External links Official website References