FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1981
7th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
DatesSeptember 5–12, 1981
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Fatou Kiné Ndiaye
Top scorerZaire Longanza Kamimbaya 26
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1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 7th FIBA Africa Championship for Women. It was played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted in 1981 by Senegal from September 5 to 12.

Senegal defeated Zaire 83–76 in the final.[1]

Draw

Group A Group B

 Ivory Coast
 Mali
 Nigeria
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Angola
 Tunisia
 Zaire

Preliminary round

[2][3]

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Senegal 630279162+117
 Mali 521203208-5
 Ivory Coast 412205231-26
 Nigeria 303162248-86
September 5, 1981
Senegal  10455  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 52-30, 52-25
Mali  8077  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 30-40, 50-37

September 6, 1981
Senegal  9762  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 33-25, 64-37
Mali  7853  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 34-29, 44-24

September 8, 1981
Ivory Coast  6654  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 27-32, 39-22
Senegal  7845  Mali
Scoring by half: 36-27, 42-18

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Zaire 630259191+68
 Angola 521244166+78
 Tunisia 412157227-70
 Algeria 303171247-76
September 5, 1981
Angola  8652  Algeria
Scoring by half: 46-30, 40-22
Zaire  8160  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 47-19, 34-41

September 6, 1981
Angola  9646  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 47-25, 49-21
Zaire  11069  Algeria
Scoring by half: 58-27, 52-42

September 8, 1981
Tunisia  5150  Algeria
Scoring by half: 24-29, 27-21
Zaire  6862  Angola
Scoring by half: 34-37, 34-25

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 12, 1981
 
 
 Senegal 88
 
September 12, 1981
 
 Angola 39
 
 Senegal 83
 
September 12, 1981
 
 Zaire 76
 
 Zaire 76
 
 
 Mali 74
 
Third place
 
 
September 11, 1981
 
 
 Angola 83
 
 
 Mali 71

Semifinals

September 10, 1981
Senegal  8839  Angola
Scoring by half: 47-18, 41-21
Zaire  7674  Mali
Scoring by half: 40-31, 36-43

7th place match

September 11, 1981
Nigeria  5332  Algeria
Scoring by half: 19-16, 34-16

5th place match

September 11, 1981
Ivory Coast  9370  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 35-34, 58-36

Bronze medal match

September 11, 1981
Angola  8371  Mali
Scoring by half: 43-26, 40-45

Final

September 12, 1981
Senegal  8376  Zaire
Scoring by half: 41-43, 42-33

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Senegal5–0
 Zaire4–1
 Angola3–2
4  Mali2–3
5  Ivory Coast2–2
6  Tunisia1–3
7  Nigeria1–3
8  Algeria0–4

[4]

Awards

 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 

Senegal
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
Senegal Fatou Kiné Ndiaye

References

  1. "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  2. "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. "Women Basketball Africa Championship 1981 Dakar (SEN) - 05-13.09 Winner Senegal". todor66.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. "Final standings". the-sports-org.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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