# 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 3rd 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 Togo from March 28 to April 4, 1970.
Madagascar defeated the United Arab Republic 44–36 in the final to win their first title and qualify for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Championship.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Congo  Egypt  Guinea  Madagascar | Mali  Senegal  Togo |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Madagascar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 88 | +76 |
| Egypt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 90 | +50 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 106 | +4 |
| Congo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 202 | -130 |
* March 28, 1970
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 36–16 | Guinea |
| Scoring by half: 19-8, 17-8 |||
* Lome
* Boxscore
| Congo | 15–55 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 7-18, 8-37 |||
* Lome
* March 29, 1970
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 81–27 | Congo |
| Scoring by half: 39-11, 42-16 |||
* Lome
* Boxscore
| Guinea | 28–40 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 10-19, 18-21 |||
* Lome
* March 31, 1970
* Boxscore
| Guinea | 66–30 | Congo |
| Scoring by half: 29-9, 37-21 |||
* Lome
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 45–47 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by half: 13-25, 32-22 |||
* Lome

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Senegal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 52 | +46 |
| Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 102 | +100 |
| Togo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 125 | -56 |
* March 28, 1970
* Boxscore
| Togo | 51–78 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 25-21, 26-57 |||
* Lome
* March 29, 1970
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 51–34 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 22-13, 29-21 |||
* Lome
* March 30, 1970
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 47–18 | Togo |
| Scoring by half: 22-7, 25-11 |||
* Lome

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| April 2, 1970 | April 2, 1970 |
| Madagascar | 63 |
| Madagascar | 63 | April 4, 1970 | April 4, 1970 |
| Mali | 54 | April 4, 1970 | April 4, 1970 |
| Mali | 54 | Madagascar | 44 |
| April 2, 1970 | April 2, 1970 | | Madagascar | 44 |
| April 2, 1970 | April 2, 1970 | Egypt | 36 |
| Senegal | 31 | Egypt | 36 |
| Egypt | 47 | | |
| Egypt | 47 | Third place | Third place |
| | | April 4, 1970 | April 4, 1970 |
| | | Mali | 27 |
| | | Senegal | 50 |

### Semifinals

* April 2, 1970
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 63–54 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 27-26, 36-28 |||
* Lome
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 31–47 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 15-20, 16-27 |||
* Lome

### 5th place match

* April 3, 1970
* Boxscore
| Togo | 35–39 | Guinea |
| Scoring by half: 20-25, 15-14 |||
* Lome

### Bronze medal match

* April 4, 1970
* Boxscore
| Mali | 27–50 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 11-31, 16-19 |||
* Lome

### Final

* April 4, 1970
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 44–36 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 16-8, 28-28 |||
* Lome

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Cup
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Madagascar | 5–0 |
| | Egypt | 3–2 |
| | Senegal | 3–1 |
| 4 | Mali | 1–3 |
| 5 | Guinea | 2–2 |
| 6 | Togo | 0–3 |
| 7 | Congo | 0–3 |

## Awards

* 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
* Madagascar First title
* Most Valuable Player