SSD WOMEN WIN BRONZE

The South Sudan Bright Starlets have won their first medal for the world's newest country.

South Sudan's Bright Starlets are the 2025 Women's AfroBasket bronze medalist. 

The debutants who made the competition on a wild card, stunned 11-time champions Senegal 66-65 in the Third-Place Game.

South Sudan have left an indelible mark on debut, reaching the podium in a historic run that saw them come from two losses in the Group Phase to beat Egypt, Uganda and Senegal for the very first time and become the first debutant to be on the podium.