1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women


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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.

FIBA Women's AfroBasket 1981
7th FIBA Africa Women's
Basketball Championship
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
Official website
1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

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1983

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

Group A Group B

  Ivory Coast
  Mali
  Nigeria
  Senegal

  Algeria
  Angola
  Tunisia
  Zaire

[2][3]

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
  Senegal 6 3 0 279 162 +117
  Mali 5 2 1 203 208 -5
  Ivory Coast 4 1 2 205 231 -26
  Nigeria 3 0 3 162 248 -86


Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
  Zaire 6 3 0 259 191 +68
  Angola 5 2 1 244 166 +78
  Tunisia 4 1 2 157 227 -70
  Algeria 3 0 3 171 247 -76


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
Zaire   76–74   Mali
Scoring by half: 40-31, 36-43
Angola   83–71   Mali
Scoring by half: 43-26, 40-45
Rank Team Record
    Senegal 5–0
    Zaire 4–1
    Angola 3–2
4   Mali 2–3
5   Ivory Coast 2–2
6   Tunisia 1–3
7   Nigeria 1–3
8   Algeria 0–4

[4]

 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 
 
Senegal
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
  Fatou Kiné Ndiaye
  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.