Basketball at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

The basketball competition at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie was held between 28 September and 5 October. The events took place at the courts of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, in Lebanon. Romania won the competition overall, beating runners up Senegal in the final. Both a men's and a women's tournament was announced in the programme but a schedule conflict with the EuroBasket 2009 tournament meant that only the women's competition was held.

Cyprus, originally the leaders of Group A, were disqualified from the competition. It was discovered that some of the country's team members were not fully naturalised citizens, including one American, one Polish, one Serbian and two Croat players. The organizers proposed, in keeping with the spirit of the Games, to maintain the scheduled match against France but its result was not taken into account.[1][2]

Contents

Women's competition

Group stage

Group A
Team Won Lost Points for Points against Difference Total points
 France 4 1 244 216 28 9
 Tunisia 3 2 262 291 −29 8
 Mali 2 3 264 288 −24 7
 Quebec 1 4 286 342 −56 6
 Côte d'Ivoire 1 4 293 321 −28 6
 Cyprus (DSQ) 4 1 309 200 109 –
Group B
Team Won Lost Points for Points against Difference Total points
 Romania 4 0 325 239 86 8
 Senegal 3 1 306 242 64 7
 Lebanon 2 2 262 299 −37 6
FC Belgium 1 3 282 316 −34 5
 Cameroon 0 4 224 303 −79 4

Finals

  Semifinals Final
[3]
  Romania  55  
  Tunisia  49  
 
[4]
      Romania  70
    Senegal  53
Third place
[5] [6]
  Senegal  74   Tunisia  61
  France  59     France  52
  5th place playoff[7]
  Mali 57
  Lebanon 65
  7th place playoff[8]
  Quebec 75
  French Community of Belgium 73
  9th place playoff[9]
  Côte d'Ivoire 95
  Cameroon 63

References

  1. ^ Bouchafra-Hennequin, Ismaël. "Basket féminin : la Chypre disqualifiée des Jeux de la Francophonie - Le blog d'Ismaël Bouchafra-Hennequin" (Blog). Sport et nationalite. http://sport-et-nationalite.over-blog.com/article-36935342-6.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
  2. ^ Organisation internationale de la francophonie (2009). "6ème journée : nouveau record en longueur, Meite le plus rapide.". jeux francophonie. http://jeux.francophonie.org/6eme-journee-nouveau-record-en.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
  3. ^ 4 October.
  4. ^ 5 October.
  5. ^ 4 October.
  6. ^ 5 October.
  7. ^ 5th place playoff
  8. ^ 7th place playoff
  9. ^ 9th place playoff

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