YAOUNDE (Cameroon) - The groups for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021 were confirmed at Saturday's draw ceremony in Yaounde, with participating countries discovering most of their opponents.

The 12-nation tournament will be staged at Yaounde Multisport Complex in Cameroon's capital city from September 17 to 26.

Teams were divided into four groups of three teams each and the tournament hosts were drawn in Group A alongside Kenya and Cape Verde. 

It remains to be determined the winner of the FIBA Africa Zone 6 qualifier, which has been placed in Group B. A wild card team, yet to be confirmed, has been drawn in Group D. 

The results of the draw are as follows:

Group A: 1. Cameroon, 2. Cape Verde, and  3. Kenya
Group B: 1. Nigeria  , 2. winner of Zone 6, and 3. Mozambique
Group C: 1. Senegal,  2.Egypt, and 3. Gabon  
Group D: 1. Mali, 2. Cote d'Ivoire, and 3. wild card. 

In the first phase, each team will take on the two (2) opponents in its respective group in one-leg game.

QUALIFICATION FOR THE FINAL QUARTER-FINALS

The top teams in each group will advance directly to the Quarter-Finals. The teams ranked second (2nd) and third (3rd) will play the Qualification Round for the Quarter-Finals.

FINAL PHASE
The winners of the Quarter-Final advance to Semi-Finals, while the losers will play the classification games for the 5th to 8th Places.

The classification game for Third-Place and the Final will be played on the last day of competition (September 26).

Nigeria head to Yaounde as the two-time defending champions, Senegal finished runners-up two years, Mali finished in third place.

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