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Angola women's national basketball team is the basketball team in Angola they have won the 1983 when they hosted the event and they are yet to make an appearance in the FIBA World Championship for Women.
[edit] 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. Angolan Christina Andrade was honored for being the highest scorer in the tournament.
