The race to qualify for the 2027 AfroBasket Women tournament don dey mapped out, with seven places wey dey available across Africa seven zones between September 2026 and May 2027. Hosts for the qualifying windows go dey announced later, with each zone sending one team go the main tournament.
Nigeria, Mali, South Sudan, Senegal and Cameroon don already qualify as the top five finishers from the 2025 edition. Tunisia dey lead Zone 1 with 13 previous final-phase appearances, while the last Zone 1 qualifiers happen for 2015, when Algeria comot Morocco through home-and-away tie.
Zone 3 look like say Côte d'Ivoire go lead am, the 2025 host nation, alongside Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Niger and Togo. FIBA Africa don previously combine eligible teams from Zones 2 and 3 into one qualifying series. For Zone 2, Guinea, wey just finish 12th for 2025, dey expected to front the chase with Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
Zone 5 stand out as the busiest sub-region, dem dey always stage five-team championship-style tournaments. As South Sudan don already qualify, Uganda, Egypt, Rwanda, Kenya and Burundi don set to battle for the available slot, with Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia and potentially debutants Eritrea also dey involved. Zone 6 pit Angola and Mozambique, the dominant forces for 10-nation group, against each other, with Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa expected to feature. Zone 7 Indian Ocean nations, wey Madagascar dey lead, still dey wait to organise their first on-court tournament.
