Women's Basketball League Africa

For the men's tournament, see Basketball Africa League.

The FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League is the highest continental tournament in African women's basketball. It is the counterpart of the men's basketball competition FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. It is organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the leagues of the African countries.

Women's Basketball League Africa

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Women's Basketball League Africa
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1985
No. of teams	10
Continent	FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	Alexandria Sporting Club (2nd title) (2023)
Most titles	Interclube (5 titles)

The tournament was known as the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball Cup until the league rebranded in 2023 in the "Africa Women's Basketball League" (AWBL).^[1] A year later, the name was slightly adjusted to "Women's Basketball League Africa" (WBLA).^[2]

History

Finals

Year	Host city	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1985	Dakar	AS Bopp	66–49	Stade d'Abidjan	Maxaquene	51–47	Petro Atlético
1987	Abidjan	Tourbillon	–	ONCPB	Stade d'Abidjan	–	Bini Queens
1989	Kinshasa	Tourbillon	–	DUC	Stade d'Abidjan	–	Interclube
1991	Maputo	Maxaquene	–	Tourbillon	ASFO Dakar	–	Hatari
1993	Dakar	DUC	–	Maxaquene	Desportivo de Maputo	–	Djoliba AC
1995	Tunis	Stade Tunisien	–	AS Bopp	Desportivo de Maputo	–	Radi
1997	Dakar	DUC	–	Djoliba AC	Desportivo da Nocal	–	Vita Club
1999	Dakar	DUC	–	Djoliba AC	First Bank	–	Desportivo de Maputo
2001	Abidjan	Académica de Maputo	64–60	Primeiro de Agosto	Abidjan Basket Club	–	Arc-en-Ciel
2003	Maputo	First Bank	55–54	Primeiro de Agosto	Maxaquene	–	Arc-en-Ciel
2005	Bamako[3]	Djoliba AC	73–64	Primeiro de Agosto	First Bank	83–73	ISPU
2006	Libreville[4]	Primeiro de Agosto	84–76	Ferroviário de Maputo	First Bank	86–81	Interclube
2007	Maputo[5]	Desportivo de Maputo	64–47	Primeiro de Agosto	Ferroviário de Maputo	63–56	ISPU
2008	Nairobi	Desportivo de Maputo	70–63	Primeiro de Agosto	First Bank	76–62	Abidjan Basket Club
2009	Cotonou	First Bank	64–55	Abidjan Basket Club	Desportivo de Maputo	57–50	Interclube
2010	Bizerte	Interclube	67–63	Desportivo de Maputo	Abidjan Basket Club	58–55	First Bank
2011	Lagos	Interclube	81–55	First Bank	First Deepwater	66–57	Maculusso
2012	Abidjan[6]	Liga Muçulmana	53–43	Interclube	Abidjan Basket Club	51–49	Primeiro de Agosto
2013	Meknes[7]	Interclube	61–60	Primeiro de Agosto	Eagle Wings	67–64	First Deepwater
2014	Sfax	Interclube	75–74	Primeiro de Agosto	CS Sfaxien	75–61	First Bank
2015	Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	69–53	Interclube	Ferroviário de Maputo	71–54	First Bank
2016	Maputo	Interclube	67–49	Ferroviário de Maputo	First Bank	62–54	Primeiro de Agosto
2017	Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	65–51	Ferroviário de Maputo	First Bank	70–61	Interclube
2018	Maputo	Ferroviário de Maputo	59–56	Interclube	First Bank	93–69	Vita Club
2019	Cairo	Ferroviário de Maputo	91–90 (OT)	Interclube	Al Ahly SC	88–65	Sporting Alexandria
2022	Maputo	Sporting Alexandria	65–58	Costa do Sol	Ferroviário de Maputo	71–67	Interclube
2023	Alexandria	Sporting Alexandria	103–59	KPA	Interclube	83–68	REG
2024	Dakar	Ferroviário de Maputo	81–72	Al Ahly	APR	96–94 (OT)	ASC Ville de Dakar

Winners by club

Rank	Clubs	Winners	Runners-up	Thirds	Total finals	Winning years
1	Interclube	5	3	0	7	2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
2	Primeiro de Agosto	3	7	0	10	2006, 2015, 2017
3	Ferroviário de Maputo	3	3	2	7	2018, 2019, 2024
4	DUC	3	1	0	4	1993, 1997, 1999
5	First Bank	2	1	8	3	2003, 2009
6	Desportivo de Maputo	2	1	3	3	2007, 2008
7	Tourbillon	2	1	0	3	1987, 1989
8	Alexandria Sporting Club	2	0	0	1	2022, 2023
9	Djoliba AC	1	2	0	3	2005
10	Maxaquene	1	1	2	2	1991
11	AS Bopp	1	1	0	2	1985
12	Liga Muçulmana	1	0	0	1	2012
	Académica de Maputo	1	0	0	1	2001
	Stade Tunisien	1	0	0	1	1995

Winners by country

Rank	Country	Wins	Runners-up	Thirds	Total finals
1	Angola	8	10	1	19
2	Mozambique	8	5	7	11
3	Senegal	4	2	1	6
4	Nigeria	2	1	7	3
5	DR Congo	2	1	0	3
6	Egypt	2	1	1	4
7	Mali	1	2	0	3
8	Tunisia	1	0	1	1
9	Rwanda	0	0	1	0
Total		26	25	26	73

MVP Award

Year Winner 2001 N/A 2002 2003 2004 2005 Pauline Akonga-Nsimbo 2006 Domitila Ventura 2007 Salimata Diatta 2008 Deolinda Ngulela 2009 Danielle Green 2010 Danielle Green

Year Winner 2011 Danielle Green 2012 Clarisse Machanguana 2013 Italee Lucas 2014 Leia Dongue 2015 Leia Dongue 2016 Sequoia Holmes 2017 Alicia DeVaughn 2018 Italee Lucas 2019 Ingvild Mucauro 2022 Hagar Amer 2023 Cierra Dillard

See also

• FIBA Africa Championship for Women