African championship basketball women 1979

African championship basketball women 1979
6th African Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	3
African champions	Senegal (3rd title)
venue	Mogadishu
Opening game	December 28, 1978
Endgame	January 6, 1979
Games	3
Basket points	345   (∅: 115 per game)

The 1979 African Basketball Championship , the sixth women's African Basketball Championship , took place between December 28, 1978 and January 6, 1979 in the Somali capital, Mogadishu , where the championship was held for the first time. The winner was the national team of Senegal , which won the title for the third time in a row.

Participating teams

 Ghana Senegal Somalia
 
 

mode

The game was played in the form of a round-robin tournament . There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The team with the most points was the women's basketball African champion in 1979. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided .

Results

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Senegal	4th	2	0	146: 57	+89
2	Somalia	3	1	1	98: 138	−40
3	Ghana	2	0	2	101: 150	−49

day 1

December 31, 1978		Senegal	77  - 32	Ghana
		Points per half: 32:16  , 45:16  .

day 2

1st January 1979		Somalia	73  - 69	Ghana
		Points per half-time: 40  : 36, 33: 33rd

Day 3

2nd January 1979		Senegal	69  - 25	Somalia
		Points per half: 31:11  , 38:14  .

Master Senegal

Third championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Senegal
2	Somalia
3	Ghana

Senegal qualified for the 1979 Women's Basketball World Cup .

Web links

• 1979 African Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )