In 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women They won their first Continental African title and they qualified for the first time to 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.

Angola won its first African title at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali.

It finished with a 7–1 record with Small forward Nacissela Maurício being named the tournament's MVP.