2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup

2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup
Season2022
DatesDecember 9 – December 17, 2022
Games played32
Teams9
Regular season
Season MVP Hagar Amer (Sporting Alexandria)
Finals
Champions Sporting Alexandria (1st title)
Runners-up Costa do Sol
Third place Ferroviário de Maputo
Fourth place Interclube
Statistical leaders
Points Ifunanya Okoro 20.9
Rebounds Madina Okot 12.3
Assists Natalie Mwagale 4.3
2018
2023

The 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup was the 26th season of the FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on December 9 and ended on December 17, 2022, and was entirely hosted in the Eduardo Mondlane University Gym in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.[1] It is the third time Maputo hosts the league after 2016 and 2018. The league returned after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Sporting Alexandria won their first continental title, after beating Costa do Sol in the finals, becoming the first Egyptian team to win the competition.[3]

Teams

Ten teams qualified.[4] OverDose Up Station from Cameroon was forced to withdraw.

Club
OverDose Up Station
CNSS
Sporting Alexandria
KPA
Ferroviário de Maputo
Costa del Sol
ASC Ville de Dakar
Énergie BBC
Interclube
APR

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.[4]

Group phase

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Interclube 4 4 0 310 248 +62 8 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Costa do Sol (H) 4 3 1 266 266 0 7
3 KPA 4 2 2 264 253 +11 6
4 CNSS 4 1 3 255 271 −16 5
5 Énergie 4 0 4 211 310 −99 4
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Ferroviário de Maputo (H) 3 3 0 219 168 +51 6 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Sporting Alexandria 3 2 1 225 197 +28 5
3 Ville de Dakar 3 1 2 160 164 −4 4
4 APR 3 0 3 160 224 −64 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Play-offs


Semi-finals

15 December
16:00
Interclube 82–100 Sporting Alexandria
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 18–23, 22–31, 20–18
Pts: Lucas 23
Rebs: Manuel 9
Asts: Gala 4
Pts: Dillard 21
Rebs: Amer 10
Asts: Dillard 6
15 December
18:30
Ferroviário de Maputo 49–53 Costa do Sol
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 16–16, 11–17, 8–9
Pts: Shumpert 17
Rebs: Jenkins 8
Asts: Veloso 2
Pts: Lhavanguane 17
Rebs: Rafael 10
Asts: Da Ofelia 3

Third place game

17 December
16:00
Interclube 67–71 Ferroviário de Maputo
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 17–18, 20–23, 16–16
Pts: Matiquite 18
Rebs: Manuel 11
Asts: Gala 4
Pts: Mabjaia 20
Rebs: Jenkins 9
Asts: Mafanela 3

Final

17 December
18:30
Sporting Alexandria 65–58 Costa do Sol
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 20–21, 19–8, 10–11
Pts: Dillard 21
Rebs: Amer 7
Asts: Moussa 5
Pts: Mucauro 15
Rebs: Mucauro 8
Asts: Lhavanguane 4

All-Tournament Team

The all-tournament team and Most Valuable Player were announced after the final.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Maputo - Host City". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Your ultimate guide to the 2022 Africa Champions Cup for Women". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Demba, Varore (December 6, 2022). "Coupe d'Afrique des clubs (F) : la composition des groupes connue ce jeudi". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "MVP Hagar Amer highlights 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women All-Star Team". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 18, 2022.