Angola women's national basketball team

Angola women's national basketball team is the basketball team which represents Angolan women internationally. In 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women They won their first Continental African title and they qualified for the first time to 2012 Summer Olympics. They have made their only appearance so far in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2014, where they finished last among 16 teams.

Angola
FIBA ranking42 1 (15 February 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1979
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFederação Angolana de Basquetebol
CoachJosé Villa
Olympic Games
Appearances1
World Cup
Appearances1
AfroBasket
Appearances20
Medals (2011, 2013)
(1981, 1986, 1994, 2007, 2009)
Home
Away

History

FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007

The squad traveled to Senegal for the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 in September 2007. It went 4–1 in the first round of the competition, losing only to the Democratic Republic of the Congo once they had clinched advancement to the next round. In the round of single elimination, Angola beat Côte d'Ivoire 44–42, before losing to eventual champion Mali by 9. In the third place game, Angola beat Mozambique by 15 to clinch a spot in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2011

Angola won its first African title at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali. It finished with a 7–1 record with Small forward Nacissela Maurício being named the tournament's MVP. Moreover, Power forward Sónia Guadalupe was named to the All-Tournament team. With this win, Angola secured a spot at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Results

Olympic Games

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
London 2012Group stage12th505243395−152
Total1/10 titles505243395−152

World Cup

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Istanbul/Ankara 2014Group stage16th303125286−161
Total1/10 titles303125186−161

African Games

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Nairobi 1987Final2nd523243278−35
Cairo 1991Did not participate
Harare 1995Qualifiers1014546−1
Jo'burg 1999
Abuja 2003round robin4th532323312+11
Algiers 2007Semi-finals3rd752384362+22
Maputo 2011Final2nd871494347+147
Brazzaville 2015Semi-finals3rd752392361+31
Total5/80 titles272071,8361,660+176

AfroBasket

Year Reached Position GP W L GS GA GD
Dakar 1981Semi-finals3rd532366325+41
Luanda 1983Quarter-finals6th514277350−73
Dakar 1984Quarter-finals7th4132552550
Maputo 1986Semi-finals3rd422307246+61
Tunis 1990Quarter-finals5th422268233+35
Dakar 1993Quarter-finals6th523321312+9
Jo'burg 1994Semi-finals3rd532310236+74
Nairobi 1997Quarter-finals5th532316252+64
Tunis 2000Quarter-finals5th532438293+145
Maputo 2003Semi-finals4th642387320+67
Abuja 2005Quarter-finals6th523295222+73
Dakar 2007Semi-finals3rd862463396+67
Antananarivo 2009Semi-finals3rd862508436+72
Bamako 2011Final1st871495432+63
Maputo 2013Final1st880490399+91
Yaoundé 2015Semi-finals4th853485415+70
Bamako 2017Quarter-finals6th862543466+77
Dakar 2019Quarter-finals5th642286239+47
Yaoundé 2021Quarter-finals8th624403429−26
Kigali 2023Qualification to quarterfinals9th303212211−25
Abidjan 2025To be determined
Total20/282 titles116704674256467+932

Angola all-time record against all nations

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 Women's Afrobasket.The roster was announced on 28 July 2023.[2][3]

Angola women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 3 Edvania Pascoal 24 – (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube
PG 4 Artémis Barbosa 30 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Castelló
PF 5 Joana António 26 – (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube
G 6 Isabel Fernando 23 – (2000-06-05)5 June 2000 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Primeiro de Agosto
SG 7 Arminda Joaquim 17 – (2006-02-26)26 February 2006 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto
SF 8 Sara Caetano 19 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Formigas do Cazenga
SF 11 Isabel João 19 – (2004-05-31)31 May 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Primeiro de Agosto
G 12 Nelma Cunha 21 – (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PF 14 Nadir Manuel 36 – (1986-11-30)30 November 1986 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Interclube
PF 15 Jessica Malagi 25 – (1997-12-17)17 December 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Interclube
C 20 Cristina Matiquite 31 – (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube
PG 23 Cacia Antonio 22 – (2001-05-06)6 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Interclube
Head coach
  • José Villa
Assistant coach(es)
  • João Formosa
  • Elisa Pires
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2023

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. "Começa hoje a jornada da nossa Selecção Sénior Feminina no Afrobasket Rwanda". facebook.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. "Team roster: Angola". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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