ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - FIBA Africa has confirmed the schedule and participating teams for the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions for Women.

The event will mark the return of FIBA Africa's flagship Women's Clubs competitions on the continent of Africa for the first time since 2019 after a two years hiatus caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.

The ten-team event will take place in the Mozambican capital of Maputo from December 9th until Saturday, December 17th.

Participating teams are as follows:

Costa do Sol (Host)
Ferroviario de Maputo (2019 champions/Mozambique)
ASC Ville Dakar (Senegal)
Energie BBC (Benin)
Overdose Up Station (Cameroon)
ASB CNSS (DR Congo)
Alexandria Sporting Club (Egypt)
Kenya Ports Authority (Kenya)
Inter Clube de Luanda (Angola)
Armee Patriotique du Rwanda (Rwanda/TBC)

Ferroviario de Maputo are headed to this year's FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women as two-time reigning champions.

In December 2019 Ferroviario edged Inter Clube de Luanda 91-90 in overtime in Cairo to retain their continental crown.

Former Egypt champions Al Ahly secured the last spot on the podium after making light work of fellow country-mates Sporting Alexandria 88-65 in the Third Place game. 

Besides Sporting Alexandria, Ferroviario de Maputo, and Inter Clube de Luanda, CNSS and Energie are making their return to the tournament since 2019.

The annual FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women will be held in Maputo for third time in the last decade. The Mozambican coastal city hosted the competition in 2016 and 2018. 

Other cities that organised the tournament over the last ten years included Cairo (2019), Luanda (2015 and 2017), Sfax/Tunisia (2014), Meknes/Morocco (2013), and Abidjan (2012).

Sequoia Holmes propelled Inter Clube de Luanda to their last title in 2016 before being voted Most Valuable Player of the tournament

Inter Clube de Luanda are the most successful team in the history of the competition, having won the FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women five times in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016. 

Inter Clube's arch rival Primeiro de Agosto of Angola appear as the second most successful club in the history of the tournament, having lifted the trophy three times in 2006, 2015 and 2017.

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