# 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 7th FIBA Africa Championship for Women. It was played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted in 1981 by Senegal from September 5 to 12.
Senegal defeated Zaire 83–76 in the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Ivory Coast  Mali  Nigeria  Senegal | Algeria  Angola  Tunisia  Zaire |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 162 | +117 |
| Mali | 5 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 208 | -5 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 231 | -26 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 248 | -86 |
* September 5, 1981
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 104–55 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 52-30, 52-25 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Mali | 80–77 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 30-40, 50-37 |||
* Dakar
* September 6, 1981
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 97–62 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 33-25, 64-37 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Mali | 78–53 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 34-29, 44-24 |||
* Dakar
* September 8, 1981
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 66–54 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 27-32, 39-22 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 78–45 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 36-27, 42-18 |||
* Dakar

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Zaire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 191 | +68 |
| Angola | 5 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 166 | +78 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 227 | -70 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 247 | -76 |
* September 5, 1981
* Boxscore
| Angola | 86–52 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 46-30, 40-22 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Zaire | 81–60 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 47-19, 34-41 |||
* Dakar
* September 6, 1981
* Boxscore
| Angola | 96–46 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 47-25, 49-21 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Zaire | 110–69 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 58-27, 52-42 |||
* Dakar
* September 8, 1981
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 51–50 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 24-29, 27-21 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Zaire | 68–62 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 34-37, 34-25 |||
* Dakar

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| September 12, 1981 | September 12, 1981 |
| Senegal | 88 |
| Senegal | 88 | September 12, 1981 | September 12, 1981 |
| Angola | 39 | September 12, 1981 | September 12, 1981 |
| Angola | 39 | Senegal | 83 |
| September 12, 1981 | September 12, 1981 | | Senegal | 83 |
| September 12, 1981 | September 12, 1981 | Zaire | 76 |
| Zaire | 76 | Zaire | 76 |
| Mali | 74 | | |
| Mali | 74 | Third place | Third place |
| | | September 11, 1981 | September 11, 1981 |
| | | Angola | 83 |
| | | Mali | 71 |

### Semifinals

* September 10, 1981
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 88–39 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 47-18, 41-21 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Zaire | 76–74 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 40-31, 36-43 |||
* Dakar

### 7th place match

* September 11, 1981
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 53–32 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 19-16, 34-16 |||
* Dakar

### 5th place match

* September 11, 1981
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 93–70 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 35-34, 58-36 |||
* Dakar

### Bronze medal match

* September 11, 1981
* Boxscore
| Angola | 83–71 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 43-26, 40-45 |||
* Dakar

### Final

* September 12, 1981
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 83–76 | Zaire |
| Scoring by half: 41-43, 42-33 |||
* Dakar

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Senegal | 5–0 |
| | Zaire | 4–1 |
| | Angola | 3–2 |
| 4 | Mali | 2–3 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 2–2 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1–3 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1–3 |
| 8 | Algeria | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 1981 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
* Senegal Fourth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Fatou Kiné Ndiaye