1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1974
4th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Tunisia
Dates December 24–31 1974
Teams 9 (from 53 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Senegal (1st title)
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1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
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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.

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
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 840286192 +94
 Tunisia 731235203 +32
 Mali 622242250 -8
 Central African Rep. 513241270 -29
 Algeria 404186275 -89
December 1974
Senegal  72–32  Algeria
Scoring by half: 29-11, 43-21
December 1974
Tunisia  58–38  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-17, 22-21
December 1974
Senegal  77–64  Mali
Scoring by half: 38-36, 39-28
December 1974
Tunisia  73–57  Algeria
Scoring by half: 44-27, 29-30
December 1974
Mali  50–42  Algeria
Scoring by half: 20-13, 30-29
December 1974
Senegal  79–58  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 44-29, 35-29
December 1974
Mali  78–65  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 36-35, 42-30
December 1974
Senegal  58–38  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 28-22, 30-16
December 1974
Central African Rep.  80–55  Algeria
Scoring by half: 34-25, 46-30
December 1974
Tunisia  66–50  Mali
Scoring by half: 24-23, 42-27

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
 Egypt 630201123 +78
 Togo 521131138 -7
 Nigeria 412159168 -9
 Guinea 303125187 -62
December 1974
Nigeria  70–53  Guinea
Scoring by half: 32-15, 38-38
December 1974
Egypt  59–41  Togo
Scoring by half: 24-22, 35-19
December 1974
Togo  48–39  Guinea
Scoring by half: 24-18, 24-21
December 1974
Egypt  73–49  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 43-29, 30-20
December 1974
Togo  42–40  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 22-29, 20-11
December 1974
Egypt  69–33  Guinea
Scoring by half: 39-21, 30-12

Knockout stage

5–8th classification 5th place
December 30 1974
  Nigeria  59  
  Guinea  47  
 
December 31 1974
      Nigeria  60
    Central African Rep.  30
7th place
December 30 1974 December 31 1974
  Central African R.  2   Guinea  2
  Mali  0     Mali  0


Semi-finals Final
December 30 1974
   Senegal  60  
   Togo  30  
 
December 31 1974
       Senegal  47
     Tunisia  44
Third place
December 30 1974 December 31 1974
   Egypt  46    Egypt  56
   Tunisia  47      Togo  34

5–8th classification

December 30 1974
Central African Rep.  2–0  Mali
December 30 1974
Nigeria  59–47  Guinea
Scoring by half: 27-23, 32-24

Semifinals

December 30 1974
Senegal  60–30  Togo
Scoring by half: 27-12, 33-18
December 30 1974
Egypt  46–47  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 15-17, 31-30

7th place match

December 31 1974
Guinea  2–0  Mali

5th place match

December 31 1974
Nigeria  60–30  Central African Rep.
Scoring by half: 27-12, 33-18

Bronze medal match

December 31 1974
Egypt  56–34  Togo
Scoring by half: 27-23, 29-11

Final

December 31 1974
Senegal  47–44  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 22-18, 25-26

Final standings [4]

Qualified for the 1975 FIBA Women's World Cup
Rank Team Record
 Senegal 6–0
 Tunisia 4–2
 Egypt 4–1
4  Togo 2–3
5  Nigeria 3–2
6  Central African Rep. 2–4
7  Guinea 1–4
8  Mali 2–4
9  Algeria 0–4

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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