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FIBA Women's AfroBasket 1997

14th FIBA Africa Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Kenya
Dates	December 12–20
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (8th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Mame Maty Mbengue
Official website
1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
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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.

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

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	8	4	0	441	211	+230
Kenya	7	3	1	334	283	+51
Mali	6	2	2	335	231	+104
Cameroon	5	1	3	169	529	-360
Uganda	4	0	4	155	593	-438

Kenya	117–36	Uganda
Scoring by half: 65-13, 52-23

Senegal	68–50	Mali
Scoring by half: 37-21, 31-29

Uganda	31–140	Mali
Scoring by half: 12-75, 19-65

Cameroon	68–81	Kenya
Scoring by half: 32-45, 36-36

Senegal	118–56	Cameroon
Scoring by half: 60-25, 58-31

Mali	74–76	Kenya
Scoring by half: 41-35, 33-41

Uganda	45–150	Senegal
Scoring by half: 12-67, 33-83

Mali	71–56	Cameroon
Scoring by half: 34-33, 37-23

Uganda	57–122	Cameroon
Scoring by half: 29-67, 28-55

Senegal	105–60	Kenya
Scoring by half: 50-33, 55-27

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
DR Congo	6	3	0	288	164	+124
Nigeria	5	2	1	252	174	+78
Angola	3	1	2	251	195	+56
Tanzania	3	0	3	126	384	-258

Nigeria	115–29	Tanzania
Scoring by half: 52-18, 63-11

DR Congo	69–56	Angola
Scoring by half: 16-18, 53-38

Tanzania	46–118	Angola
Scoring by half: 25-55, 21-63

DR Congo	68–57	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 30-28, 38-29

Nigeria	80–77	Angola
Scoring by half: 42-37, 38-40

DR Congo	151–51	Tanzania
Scoring by half: 55-23, 96-28

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 18
	Senegal	74
					December 20
	Nigeria	56
					Senegal	73
	December 18
					DR Congo	59
	DR Congo	94
	Kenya	68
					Third place
					December 20
					Kenya	62
					Nigeria	90

Semifinals

Senegal	74–56	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 39-24, 35-32

DR Congo	94–68	Kenya
Scoring by half: 51-42, 43-26

7th place match

Cameroon	90–56	Tanzania
Scoring by half: 49-26, 41-30

5th place match

Angola	65–57	Mali
Scoring by half: 24-32, 41-25

Bronze medal match

Kenya	62–90	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 32-49, 30-41

Final

Senegal	73–59	DR Congo
Scoring by half: 38-33, 35-26

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Senegal	6–0
	DR Congo	5–1
	Nigeria	4–2
4	Kenya	3–3
5	Angola	3–2
6	Mali	2–3
7	Cameroon	2–3
8	Tanzania	1–4
9	Uganda	1–4

Awards

1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
Senegal Eighth title

Most Valuable Player
Mame Maty Mbengue

External links

• Official Website

References

1. "Senegal - DR Congo Boxscore". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
2. "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
3. "Women Basketball Africa Championship 1997 Nairobi (KEN) - 12-20.12 Winner Senegal". todor66.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
4. "Final standings". the-sports-org.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.

• 1997 in Kenyan sport
• 1997 in African basketball
• AfroBasket Women
• International basketball competitions hosted by Kenya