Rwanda to face holders Nigeria in Women’s Afrobasket 2025 opening game
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Rwanda will take on Nigeria in the opening match of the FIBA women’s Afrobasket on July 26-Courtesy

Fixtures Group D

July 26

Rwanda Vs Nigeria

July 27

Rwanda Vs Mozambique

Rwanda will face African champions Nigeria in their first game at the upcoming Women's Afrobasket 2025 that will take place in Côte d'Ivoire from July 26 to August 3.

The weeklong women’s basketball tournament will be held at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan.

Rwanda found themselves in Group D alongside Nigeria and Mozambique.

After Nigeria, Cheikh Sarr’s side will take on Mozambique on July 27.

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The winners of each group will automatically qualify for the quarter-finals while the second and third placed teams in each group will play a qualifying series to determine who joins the top teams in the last eight.

The four losing teams in the quarter-finals will be seeded according to the results of their games (9th-12th).

How the groups look like:

GROUP A:

Côte d'Ivoire, Angola, and Egypt.

GROUP B:

Mali, Cameroon, and South Sudan.

GROUP C:

Senegal, Uganda, and Guinea.

GROUP D:

Nigeria, Mozambique, and Rwanda.