1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 4th 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 Tunisia from December 24 to 31, 1974.

FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1974
4th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationTunisia
DatesDecember 24–31, 1974
Teams9 (from 53 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Official website
1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
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Senegal defeated Tunisia 47–44 in the final to win their first title[1] and qualify for the 1975 FIBA Women's World Championship.

Draw

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Central African Republic
 Mali
 Senegal
 Tunisia

 Egypt
 Guinea
 Nigeria
 Togo

Preliminary round

[2][3]

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Senegal 840286192+94
 Tunisia 731235203+32
 Mali 622242250-8
 Central African Rep. 513241270-29
 Algeria 404186275-89
December 1974
Senegal  7232  Algeria
Scoring by half: 29-11, 43-21
December 1974
Tunisia  5838  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-17, 22-21

December 1974
Senegal  7764  Mali
Scoring by half: 38-36, 39-28
December 1974
Tunisia  7357  Algeria
Scoring by half: 44-27, 29-30

December 1974
Mali  5042  Algeria
Scoring by half: 20-13, 30-29
December 1974
Senegal  7958  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 44-29, 35-29

December 1974
Mali  7865  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-35, 42-30
December 1974
Senegal  5838  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 28-22, 30-16

December 1974
Central African Rep.  8055  Algeria
Scoring by half: 34-25, 46-30
December 1974
Tunisia  6650  Mali
Scoring by half: 24-23, 42-27

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamPts.WLPFPADiff
 Egypt 630201123+78
 Togo 521131138-7
 Nigeria 412159168-9
 Guinea 303125187-62
December 1974
Nigeria  7053  Guinea
Scoring by half: 32-15, 38-38
December 1974
Egypt  5941  Togo
Scoring by half: 24-22, 35-19

December 1974
Togo  4839  Guinea
Scoring by half: 24-18, 24-21
December 1974
Egypt  7349  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 43-29, 30-20

December 1974
Togo  4240  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 22-29, 20-11
December 1974
Egypt  6933  Guinea
Scoring by half: 39-21, 30-12

Knockout stage

 
5–8th classification5th place
 
      
 
December 30, 1974
 
 
 Nigeria59
 
December 31, 1974
 
 Guinea47
 
 Nigeria60
 
December 30, 1974
 
 Central African Rep.30
 
 Central African R.2
 
 
 Mali0
 
7th place
 
 
December 31, 1974
 
 
 Guinea2
 
 
 Mali0
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 30, 1974
 
 
 Senegal 60
 
December 31, 1974
 
 Togo 30
 
 Senegal 47
 
December 30, 1974
 
 Tunisia 44
 
 Egypt 46
 
 
 Tunisia 47
 
Third place
 
 
December 31, 1974
 
 
 Egypt 56
 
 
 Togo 34

5–8th classification

December 30, 1974
Central African Rep.  20  Mali
December 30, 1974
Nigeria  5947  Guinea
Scoring by half: 27-23, 32-24

Semifinals

December 30, 1974
Senegal  6030  Togo
Scoring by half: 27-12, 33-18
December 30, 1974
Egypt  4647  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 15-17, 31-30

7th place match

December 31, 1974
Guinea  20  Mali

5th place match

December 31, 1974
Nigeria  6030  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 27-12, 33-18

Bronze medal match

December 31, 1974
Egypt  5634  Togo
Scoring by half: 27-23, 29-11

Final

December 31, 1974
Senegal  4744  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 22-18, 25-26

Final standings

Qualified for the 1975 FIBA Women's World Cup
Rank Team Record
 Senegal6–0
 Tunisia4–2
 Egypt4–1
4  Togo2–3
5  Nigeria3–2
6  Central African Rep.2–4
7  Guinea1–4
8  Mali2–4
9  Algeria0–4

[4]

Awards

 1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 

Senegal
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 1974 Tunis (TUN) - 24.12-01.01.1975 Winner Senegal". todor66.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. "Final standings". the-sports-org.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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