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 Continantal 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 (8 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1979
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFederação Angolana de Basquetebol
CoachApolinário Paquete
Olympic Games
Appearances1
Women's World Cup
Appearances1
AfroBasket Women
Appearances18
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
Total18/242 titles107683968105827+983

Angola all-time record against all nations

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.[2]

Angola women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 1 Lucas, Italee 30 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Interclube
G 4 Eusébio, Fineza 29 – (1990-07-18)18 July 1990 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Primeiro de Agosto
G 6 Jorge, Felizarda 34 – (1985-02-23)23 February 1985 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Interclube
F 8 Daniel, Rosemira 25 – (1993-10-24)24 October 1993 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube
SG 9 Dizeko, Alexia 18 – (2001-03-12)12 March 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) BBC Troitorrents
C 11 Tomás, Luísa 36 – (1983-03-24)24 March 1983 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Primeiro de Agosto
SG 12 Mateus, Elisabeth 26 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Primeiro de Agosto
PF 14 Manuel, Nadir 32 – (1986-11-30)30 November 1986 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Interclube
C 15 Filipe, Nguendula 37 – (1982-05-20)May 20, 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Primeiro de Agosto
PG 17 Pequeno, Regina 20 – (1999-02-14)February 14, 1999 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Interclube
C 18 Peso, Avelina 21 – (1998-06-15)June 15, 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Primeiro de Agosto
C 20 Matiquite, Cristina 27 – (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Primeiro de Agosto
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Fernando Figueiredo
  • Hilario Filipe
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 10 August 2019

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. 2019 Women's Afrobasket roster
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