Women's African Championship 1974

Women's African Championship 1974
4th African Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	9
African champions	Senegal (1st title)
venue	Tunis
Opening game	December 24th 1974
Endgame	December 31, 1974
Games	24
Basket points	2370   (∅: 98.75 per game)

The 1974 African Basketball Championship for women , the fourth African Basketball Championship for women , took place between December 24 and 31, 1974 in the Tunisian capital, Tunis , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the Senegalese national team , which was able to win the title for the first time, undefeated. In the final, the host could be beaten. For the first time a team from Tunisia and Nigeria took part in the tournament.

Participating teams

 Algeria Egypt Guinea Mali Nigeria Senegal Togo Tunisia Central African Republic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

mode

In the preliminary round there were two groups (group A and group B) of five (group A) and four (group B) teams. Each team played against each other in the respective group exactly once, so that each team played four (Group A) or three (Group B) games (a total of 16 games were played). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The two teams with the highest points moved into the semi-finals. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided . The fourth and fifth places played from places five to eight. Algeria was the last in Group A to automatically finish last of the tournament and finished ninth overall.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Senegal	8th	4th	0	286: 192	+94
2	Tunisia	7th	3	1	235: 203	+32
3	Mali	6th	2	2	242: 250	−8
4th	Central African Republic	5	1	3	241: 270	−29
5	Algeria	4th	0	4th	186: 275	−89

day 1

December 24th 1974		Senegal	72  - 32	Algeria
		Points per half: 29:11  , 43:21  .

December 24th 1974		Tunisia	58  - 38	Central Afr. republic
		Points per half: 36:17  , 22:21  .

day 2

December 25, 1974		Senegal	77  - 64	Mali
		Points per half: 38:36  , 39:28  .

December 25, 1974		Tunisia	73  - 57	Algeria
		Points per half time: 44  : 27, 29: 30 .

Day 3

December 27, 1974		Mali	50  - 42	Algeria
		Points per half-time: 20  : 13, 30  : 29th

December 27, 1974		Senegal	79  - 58	Central Afr. republic
		Points per half time: 44  : 29, 35  : 29th

Day 4

December 28, 1974		Mali	78  - 65	Central Afr. republic
		Points per half: 36:35  , 42:30  .

December 28, 1974		Senegal	58  - 38	Tunisia
		Points per half time: 28  : 22, 30  : 16th

Day 5

December 29, 1974		Central Afr. republic	80  - 55	Algeria
		Points per half: 34:25  , 46:30  .

December 29, 1974		Tunisia	66  - 50	Mali
		Points per half time: 24  : 23, 42  : 27th

Group B

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Egypt	6th	3	0	201: 123	+78
2	Togo	5	2	1	131: 138	−7
3	Nigeria	4th	1	2	159: 168	−9
4th	Guinea	3	0	3	125: 187	−62

day 1

December 24th 1974		Nigeria	70  - 53	Guinea
		Points per half: 32:15  , 38:38.

day 2

December 25, 1974		Egypt	59  - 41	Togo
		Points per half time: 24  : 22, 35  : 19th

Day 3

December 26, 1974		Togo	48  - 39	Guinea
		Points per half-time: 24  : 18, 24  : 21st

Day 4

December 27, 1974		Egypt	73  - 49	Nigeria
		Points per half: 43:29  , 30:20  .

Day 5

December 28, 1974		Togo	42  - 40	Nigeria
		Points per half-time: 22: 29 , 20  : 11th

Day 6

December 29, 1974		Egypt	69  - 33	Guinea
		Points per half-time: 39  : 21, 30  : 12th

Placement games

Semi-finals for 5th place on December 30, 1974					Placement games December 31, 1974
B3	Nigeria	59
B4	Guinea	47			Play for 5th place
					B3	Nigeria	60
					A4	Central Afr. republic	30th
A4	Central Afr. republic	2
A3	Mali	0
					Game for 7th place
					B4	Guinea	2
					A3	Mali	0

December 30, 1974		Nigeria	59  - 47	Guinea
		Points per half: 27:23  , 32:24  .

December 30, 1974

Central Afr. republic

2  - 0

Mali

Game for 7th place

December 31, 1974

Guinea

2  - 0

Mali

Play for 5th place

December 31, 1974		Nigeria	60  - 30	Central Afr. republic
		Points per half: 27:12  , 33:18  .

Semifinals

Semi-finals December 30, 1974					Final December 31, 1974
A1	Senegal	63
B2	Togo	54			Endgame
					A1	Senegal	47
					A2	Tunisia	44
B1	Egypt	46
A2	Tunisia	47
					3rd place match
					B1	Egypt	56
					B2	Togo	34

December 30, 1974		Senegal	60  - 30	Togo
		Points per half: 27:12  , 33:18  .

December 30, 1974		Egypt	46 -  47	Tunisia
		Points per half time: 15: 17 , 31  : 30th

3rd place match

December 31, 1974		Egypt	56  - 34	Togo
		Points per half: 27:23  , 29:11  .

final

December 31, 1974		Senegal	47  - 44	Tunisia
		Points per half: 22:18  , 25:26 .

Master Senegal

First championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Senegal
2	Tunisia
3	Egypt
4th	Togo
5	Nigeria
6th	Central African Republic
7th	Guinea
8th	Mali
9	Algeria

Senegal qualified by winning the final for the women's basketball world championship in 1975 in Colombia .

Web links

• 1974 African Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )
• Final score
• Results on the-sports.org ( English )