Di qualification road for di 2027 Women AfroBasket go start for September 2026 and e go run until May 2027, wit seven places open across seven African zones. Di top five teams from di last tournament — Nigeria, Mali, South Sudan, Senegal and Cameroon — don already qualify, so di oda nations go fight for di remaining spots.
Zone 1 and Zone 4 no dey usually get plenti teams. Zone 1 last qualifier na for 2015, when Algeria and Morocco play one two-team home-and-away series, and Algeria come out ontop. Tunisia hold di record for di highest number of times dem don reach di final phase — 13. Zone 4, wey technically get eight countries, don turn into one direct two-team showdown for di past ten years, wit DR Congo and di Central African Republic expected to join Cameroon wey don already qualify.
Zone 2 get powerhouses Mali and Senegal, and dem don already qualify. Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and The Gambia dey expected to show face. Nigeria don already comot from Zone 3, wit hosts Côte d'Ivoire dey expected to lead di qualifiers. Before, FIBA Africa don combine eligible teams from Zone 2 and Zone 3 into one joint qualifying series, and e still include Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Niger and Togo.
South Sudan don secure dia place for Zone 5, so Uganda, Egypt, Rwanda, Kenya and Burundi go compete. Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea dey also expected to return, wit Eritrea eye dia first-ever appearance. Zone 6 go see Angola and Mozambique battle for di main tournament spot, wit Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa also expected to enter.
E still no clear whether Zone 7 — wey be home to Indian Ocean island nations like Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros and Djibouti — go hold any on-court tournament. Senegal hold di record wit 26 appearances, while Angola don qualify record 14 times through regional brackets.
