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 ranking44 (15 February 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1979
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFederação Angolana de Basquetebol
CoachWalter Costa
Olympic Games
Appearances1
World Cup
Appearances1
AfroBasket Women
Appearances!)
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
Total19/252 titles113704372136256+957

Angola all-time record against all nations

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 Women's Afrobasket.[2][3]

Angola women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 1 Italee Lucas 32 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube
PG 2 Rosa Gala 26 – (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Primeiro de Agosto
SF 3 Edvania Pascoal 22 – (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube
F 5 Clarisse Mpaka 37 – (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) BCSP Rezé
G 8 Rosemira Daniel 27 – (1993-10-24)24 October 1993 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Interclube
F 10 Ana Gonçalves 28 – (1993-01-03)3 January 1993 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Primeiro de Agosto
PF 14 Nadir Manuel 34 – (1986-11-30)30 November 1986 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Interclube
PG 17 Regina Pequeno 22 – (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Interclube
C 18 Avelina Peso 23 – (1998-06-15)15 June 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Primeiro de Agosto
C 20 Cristina Matiquite 29 – (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Primeiro de Agosto
PF 44 Angelina Golome 33 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Interclube
PF 94 Whitney Miguel 29 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) US La Glacerie
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 18 September 2021

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. "Afrobasket 2021 : l'Angola dévoile ses 12 Palancras Negras". sportnewsafrica.com. 14 September 2021.
  3. "Team Roster Angola". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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