1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

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FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1997
14th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationKenya
DatesDecember 12–20
Teams9 
(from 53 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
(8th title)
MVP Flag of Senegal.svg Mame Maty Mbengue
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The 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 14th 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 Kenya from December 12 to 20, 1997.

Contents

Senegal defeated DR Congo 73–59 in the final to win their eighth title [1] with both winner and runner-up qualifying for the 1998 FIBA Women's World Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Draw

Group AGroup B

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda

Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

Preliminary round

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Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. WLPFPADiff
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 840441211+230
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 731334283+51
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 622335231+104
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 513169529-360
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 404155593-438
December 12
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg11736Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Scoring by half:65-13, 52-23
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg6850Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by half:37-21, 31-29

December 13
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg31140Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by half: 12-75, 19-65
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg6881Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by half: 32-45, 36-36

December 14
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg11856Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Scoring by half:60-25, 58-31
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg7476Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by half:41-35, 33-41

December 15
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg45150Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Scoring by half: 12-67, 33-83
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg7156Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Scoring by half:34-33, 37-23

December 16
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg57122Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 29-67, 28-55
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg10560Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by half:50-33, 55-27

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. WLPFPADiff
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 630288164+124
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 521252174+78
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 312251195+56
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 303126384-258
December 12
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg11529Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Scoring by half:52-18, 63-11
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg6956Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 16-18, 53-38

December 13
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg46118Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 25-55, 21-63
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg6857Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by half:30-28, 38-29

December 15
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg8077Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half:42-37, 38-40
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg15151Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Scoring by half:55-23, 96-28

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 18
 
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 74
 
December 20
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 56
 
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 73
 
December 18
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 59
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 94
 
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 68
 
Third place
 
 
December 20
 
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 62
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 90

Semifinals

December 18
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg7456Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by half:39-24, 35-32
December 18
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg9468Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Scoring by half:51-42, 43-26

7th place match

December 19
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg9056Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Scoring by half:49-26, 41-30

5th place match

December 19
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg6557Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by half: 24-32, 41-25

Bronze medal match

December 20
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg6290Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 32-49, 30-41

Final

December 20
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg7359Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo
Scoring by half:38-33, 35-26

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 1998 FIBA Women's World Cup
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo 5–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4–2
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3–3
5Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3–2
6Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2–3
7Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2–3
8Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–4
9Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–4

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Awards

 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 
Flag of Senegal.svg
Senegal
Eighth title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of Senegal.svg Mame Maty Mbengue

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