1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 8th 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 Angola from April 3 to 8, 1983, with the games played at the Pavilhão da Cidadela in Luanda.

For the men's tournament, see FIBA Africa Championship 1983.
FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 1983
8th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationAngola
DatesApril 3-8 1983
Teams6 
(from 53 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Zaire
(1st title)
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Zaire ended the round-robin tournament with a 5–0 unbeaten record to win their first title [1] and qualify for the 1983 FIBA Women's World Championship.

Participating teams

 Angola
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Mozambique
 Senegal
 Zaire

[2]

Schedule

[3][4]

PTeamMWLPFPADiffPts.
1  Zaire550374280+1508
2  Senegal541412267+457
3  Cameroon532338358+616
4  Mozambique514301360-535
5  Ivory Coast514285372-2034
6  Angola514277350-2034
3 April 1983
Zaire  73–53  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 31-26, 42-27
Cameroon  71–58  Mozambique
Scoring by half: 36-25, 35-33
Senegal  86–38  Angola
Scoring by half: 49-16, 37-22
4 April 1983
Angola  59–56  Mozambique
Scoring by half: 31-25, 28-31
Senegal  85–42  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 41-20, 44-22
Zaire  82–47  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 50-15, 32-32
6 April 1983
Zaire  76–55  Mozambique
Scoring by half: 43-28, 33-27
Ivory Coast  59–55  Angola
Scoring by half: 32-27, 27-28
Senegal  83–51  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 41-34, 42-17
7 April 1983
Cameroon  91–67  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 35-20, 56-47
Senegal  90–64  Mozambique
Scoring by half: 45-28, 45-36
Zaire  71–57  Angola
Scoring by half: 31-24, 40-33
8 April 1983
Cameroon  78–68  Angola
Scoring by half: 42-31, 36-37
Mozambique  68–64  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 43-28, 25-36
Zaire  72–68  Senegal
Scoring by half: 37-30, 37-38

Final standings
Qualified for the 1983 FIBA Women's World Cup

[5]

Awards
 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Women Winners 

Zaire
First title
Most Valuable Player


References
  1. "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  2. "Teams". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. "Women Basketball VIII Africa Championship 1983 Luanda (ANG) - 03-10.04 Winner Zaire". todor66.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  5. "Final standings". the-sports-org.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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