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1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

For the men's tournament, see FIBA Africa Championship 1981.

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
← 1979
1983 →

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

Draw

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Group A Group B

  Ivory Coast
  Mali
  Nigeria
  Senegal

  Algeria
  Angola
  Tunisia
  Zaire

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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
September 5, 1981
Senegal   104–55   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 52-30, 52-25
Mali   80–77   Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 30-40, 50-37
September 6, 1981
Senegal   97–62   Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 33-25, 64-37
Mali   78–53   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 34-29, 44-24
September 8, 1981
Ivory Coast   66–54   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 27-32, 39-22
Senegal   78–45   Mali
Scoring by half: 36-27, 42-18

Group B

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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
September 5, 1981
Angola   86–52   Algeria
Scoring by half: 46-30, 40-22
Zaire   81–60   Tunisia
Scoring by half: 47-19, 34-41
September 6, 1981
Angola   96–46   Tunisia
Scoring by half: 47-25, 49-21
Zaire   110–69   Algeria
Scoring by half: 58-27, 52-42
September 8, 1981
Tunisia   51–50   Algeria
Scoring by half: 24-29, 27-21
Zaire   68–62   Angola
Scoring by half: 34-37, 34-25

Knockout stage

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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

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September 10, 1981
Senegal   88–39   Angola
Scoring by half: 47-18, 41-21
Zaire   76–74   Mali
Scoring by half: 40-31, 36-43

7th place match

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September 11, 1981
Nigeria   53–32   Algeria
Scoring by half: 19-16, 34-16

5th place match

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September 11, 1981
Ivory Coast   93–70   Tunisia
Scoring by half: 35-34, 58-36

Bronze medal match

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September 11, 1981
Angola   83–71   Mali
Scoring by half: 43-26, 40-45

Final

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September 12, 1981
Senegal   83–76   Zaire
Scoring by half: 41-43, 42-33

Final standings

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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

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Awards

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

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  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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