2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

FIBA Africa Championship
for Women 2003
16th FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryMozambique
DatesDecember 18–28
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPMozambique Deolinda Ngulela
Official website
2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
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The 2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 16th 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 Mozambique from December 18 to 28, with the games played at the Pavilhão do Maxaquene in Maputo and in Nampula.

Nigeria defeated Mozambique 69–63 in the final to win their first title.[1] and securing a spot at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Squads

Draw

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Cameroon
 Mozambique
 South Africa
 Tunisia

 Algeria
 DR Congo
 Mali
 Nigeria
 Senegal

Preliminary round

Times given below are in UTC+2.

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
 Angola 8 4 0 279 195 +84
 Mozambique 7 3 1 298 222 +76
 Tunisia 6 2 2 251 244 +7
 Cameroon 5 1 3 216 251 -35
 South Africa 4 0 4 163 295 -132
18 December 2003
Tunisia  54–56  Angola
20 December 2003
South Africa  44–67  Cameroon
21 December 2003
Mozambique  70–47  Cameroon
22 December 2003
Angola  73–31  South Africa
23 December 2003
Cameroon  44–77  Angola

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team Pts. W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 7 3 1 283 208 +75
 Nigeria 7 3 1 253 204 +49
 Mali 7 3 1 255 254 +1
 DR Congo 5 1 3 235 266 -31
 Algeria 4 0 4 188 282 -94
19 December 2003
Senegal  55–63  Nigeria
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
DR Congo  66–79  Mali
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
20 December 2003
Mali  57–85  Senegal
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
DR Congo  66–49  Algeria
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
21 December 2003
Mali  67–57  Algeria
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
Nigeria  69–55  DR Congo
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
22 December 2003
Algeria  40–74  Senegal
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
Mali  52–46  Nigeria
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
24 December 2003
Senegal  69–48  DR Congo
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula
Algeria  42–75  Nigeria
Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula

Knockout stage

9th place match

27 December 2003
South Africa  57–48  Algeria

7th place match

27 December 2003
Cameroon  64–72  DR Congo

5th place match

27 December 2003
Tunisia  65–71  Mali

Semifinals bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 26
 
 
  Nigeria 64
 
December 28
 
  Angola 61
 
  Nigeria 69
 
December 26
 
  Mozambique 63
 
  Mozambique 63
 
 
  Senegal 62
 
Third place
 
 
December 28
 
 
  Angola 47
 
 
  Senegal 61

Semifinals

26 December 2003
Angola  61–64  Nigeria
26 December 2003
Senegal  62–63  Mozambique

Bronze medal match

28 December 2003
Angola  47–61  Senegal

Final

28 December 2003
Nigeria  69–63  Mozambique
Pts: Udoka 28 Pts: Clarisse 21

Final standings

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nigeria 5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mozambique 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Senegal 4–2
4  Angola 4–2
5  Mali 4–1
6  Tunisia 2–3
7  DR Congo 2–3
8  Cameroon 1–4
9  South Africa 1–4
10  Algeria 0–5

Nigeria roster
Aisha Mohammed, Funmilayo Ojelabi, Linda Ogugua, Mfon Udoka, Mactabene Amachree, Nguveren Iyorhe, Nwamaka Adibeli, Patricia Chukwuma, Rashidat Sadiq, Coach: Sam Vincent

Awards

 2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners 

Nigeria
First title
Most Valuable Player
Mozambique Deolinda Ngulela

All-Tournament Team

See also

External links

  • Official Website

References

  1. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-09-20.