Luanda – Eighteen players have joined the national senior female basketball pre-team, ahead of qualifying tournament for Afrobasket-2023, scheduled for 20 -28 February in Zimbabwe.
The main teams of 1.º de Agosto and Interclube provided the greater number of athletes, with seven each, in the list released Thursday by coach Jaime Covilhã.
Check the list of the summoned athletes:
Point Guards: Italee Lucas, Cácia António, Edvánia Pascoal (Interclube), Rosa Gala and Isabel Fernandes (1º de Agosto) and Armanda Sindalawa (August 1st B).
Shooting Forward: Ana Gonçalves, Denise Pascoal and Isabel João (1.º de Agosto), Alexia Dizeko (South Technical College of Georgia), Sara Caetano (Asvel Aquade Academy in France), Teresa Sacato (Núcleo do Interclube de Benguela).
Small Forward: Eduarda Gabriel, Jéssica Malange and Joana António (Interclube).
Power Forward: Avelina Peso, Cristina Matique (August 1st) and Nadir Manuel (Interclube).
Head coach: Jaime Covilhã
Afrobasket will take place between the months of July and August, in Rwanda.
Angola holds two continental titles, won in Bamako (Mali), in 2011, and Maputo (Mozambique), in 2013.
