Rwanda’s representatives, APR women basketball, have been drawn in Group B, alongside Ferroviario de Maputo(Mozambique), ASC Ville de Dakar (Senegal), Sporting Alexandria (Egypt) and Overdose UP Station (Cameroon) ahead of the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions for women slated for December 9-17 in Maputo, Mozambique.

APR have dominated the Rwanda national league for years, bagging the top prize between 2005 and 2019 before Rwanda Energy Group (REG) came to the scene and stopped their impressive run.

APR were placed third in the nine-team FIBA Africa Zone Five Club Championship held at the Benjamin Mkapa Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in September and October. They missed a direct ticket to the Africa showpiece after going down 61-39 to Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in the semi-finals. But they did well to shut out compatriots REG 42-39 in a closely contested game.

This effort was rewarded by FIBA Africa as it earned the Rwandan club a wild card for their first trip to the continental showpiece.

The draw as it stands:

Group A: Costa do Sol (Mozambique), ASB CNSS (DR Congo), Kenya Ports Authority (Kenya), Energie BBC (Benin) and Inter Club de Luanda (Angola).

Group B: APR (Rwanda), alongside Ferroviario de Maputo(Mozambique), ASC Ville de Dakar (Senegal), Sporting Alexandria (Egypt) and Overdose UP Station (Cameroon).