ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - Eight teams will take to the floor in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the qualifying race of the annual FIBA Women's Basketball League Africa (WBLA) tournament.
The first of six regional qualifiers will take place from October 17-24 in Tanzania's largest city.
Participating teams include Dynamo and Les Hippos from Burundi, KPA and Equity Bank from Kenya, REG and APR from Rwanda, and Fox Divas BC and Vijana Queens BC from Tanzania.
The top two teams will qualify for the 2026 WBLA, which will take place in Cairo from December 11-20.
Other qualifiers
As of 16 October, the Zone 3 qualifiers are scheduled to take place in Monrovia, Liberia, from November 4-8.
Participating teams include: Énergie Basketball (Benin), Friends Basketball Association (Côte d'Ivoire), D-Rockas Basketball Club (Liberia), and Flames Basketball Club (Liberia). Representative teams from Nigeria are yet to be confirmed.
The top two teams in this regional qualifier will advance to the Final Round. Zone 4
Six teams from Zone 4 will compete in Brazzaville, Congo, from October 24–28 for the two spots in the Final Round.
The contenders are Overdose Up Station (Cameroon), C.N.S.S. (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Hatari Basketball Club (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Anges Noirs Bantous (Republic of the Congo), Interclub (Republic of the Congo), and Charbo Squad (Gabon).
Zone 6
The Angolan capital city of Luanda is scheduled to host the Zone 6 qualifiers. The contenders include 1° de Agosto (Angola), BDFV Basketball Team (Botswana), Bravehearts Basketball Club (Malawi), Ferroviario Maputo (Mozambique), and Dolphins (Zambia).
The top two finishers will qualify for the 2026 WBLA in Cairo.
Further information regarding Zones 1, 2 and 7 will be announced in due course.
FIBA