Kenya Lionesses, the national basketball women team will be facing off with Cameroon in the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championships to be held in September.
According to the draw done on Monday evening, the 12-nation tournament in Yaoundé will start from September 17th to 26th.
But the bigwigs belong to pool A that has Egypt, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal.
Kenya has been pooled alongside hosts and Cape Verde.
A wild card team, yet to be confirmed, has been drawn in Group D that consist of Mali and Cote d’Ivoire.
Group C sees Egypt pooled against Senegal and Gabon.
The Kenya Lioness booked their ticket to a second straight AfroBasket when they defeated favorites Egypt 99-83 in the Zone V zonal qualifiers final in Kigali, Rwanda.
2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Pools
Group A: Cameroon, Cape Verde and Kenya
Group B: Nigeria, winner of Zone 6 and Mozambique
Group C: Senegal, Egypt and Gabon
Group D: Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and wild card