1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 3rd FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Togo from March 28 to April 4, 1970.

FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1970
3rd FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationTogo
DatesMarch 28–April 4, 1970
Teams7 (from 53 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Madagascar (1st title)
Official website
1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
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Madagascar defeated the United Arab Republic 44–36 in the final to win their first title [1] and qualify for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Championship.

Draw

Group A Group B

 Congo
 Egypt
 Guinea
 Madagascar

 Mali
 Senegal
 Togo

Preliminary round

[2][3]

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Madagascar 63016488+76
 Egypt 52114090+50
 Guinea 412110106+4
 Congo 30372202-130

March 28, 1970
Madagascar  3616  Guinea
Scoring by half: 19-8, 17-8
Congo  1555  Egypt
Scoring by half: 7-18, 8-37

March 29, 1970
Madagascar  8127  Congo
Scoring by half: 39-11, 42-16
Guinea  2840  Egypt
Scoring by half: 10-19, 18-21

March 31, 1970
Guinea  6630  Congo
Scoring by half: 29-9, 37-21
Egypt  4547  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 13-25, 32-22

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Senegal 4209852+46
 Mali 311112102+100
 Togo 20269125-56
March 28, 1970
Togo  5178  Mali
Scoring by half: 25-21, 26-57

March 29, 1970
Senegal  5134  Mali
Scoring by half: 22-13, 29-21

March 30, 1970
Senegal  4718  Togo
Scoring by half: 22-7, 25-11

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
April 2, 1970
 
 
 Madagascar 63
 
April 4, 1970
 
 Mali 54
 
 Madagascar 44
 
April 2, 1970
 
 Egypt 36
 
 Senegal 31
 
 
 Egypt 47
 
Third place
 
 
April 4, 1970
 
 
 Mali 27
 
 
 Senegal 50

Semifinals

April 2, 1970
Madagascar  6354  Mali
Scoring by half: 27-26, 36-28
Senegal  3147  Egypt
Scoring by half: 15-20, 16-27

5th place match

April 3, 1970
Togo  3539  Guinea
Scoring by half: 20-25, 15-14

Bronze medal match

April 4, 1970
Mali  2750  Senegal
Scoring by half: 11-31, 16-19

Final

April 4, 1970
Madagascar  4436  Egypt
Scoring by half: 16-8, 28-28

Final standings

Qualified for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Cup
Rank Team Record
 Madagascar5–0
 Egypt3–2
 Senegal3–1
4  Mali1–3
5  Guinea2–2
6  Togo0–3
7  Congo0–3

[4]

Awards

 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 

Madagascar
First title
Most Valuable Player

References

  1. "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  2. "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. "Women Basketball Africa Championship 1970 Lome (TOG) - 28.03-04.04 Winner Madagascar". todor66.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. "Final standings". the-sports-org.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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