# 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

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

| Group A | Group B |
| Cameroon  Kenya  Mali  Senegal  Uganda | Angola  DR Congo  Nigeria  Tanzania |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| 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 |
* December 12
* Boxscore
| Kenya | 117–36 | Uganda |
| Scoring by half: 65-13, 52-23 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 68–50 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 37-21, 31-29 |||
* Nairobi
* December 13
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 31–140 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 12-75, 19-65 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 68–81 | Kenya |
| Scoring by half: 32-45, 36-36 |||
* Nairobi
* December 14
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 118–56 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by half: 60-25, 58-31 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| Mali | 74–76 | Kenya |
| Scoring by half: 41-35, 33-41 |||
* Nairobi
* December 15
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 45–150 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 12-67, 33-83 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| Mali | 71–56 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by half: 34-33, 37-23 |||
* Nairobi
* December 16
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 57–122 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by half: 29-67, 28-55 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 105–60 | Kenya |
| Scoring by half: 50-33, 55-27 |||
* Nairobi

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| 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 |
* December 12
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 115–29 | Tanzania |
| Scoring by half: 52-18, 63-11 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 69–56 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 16-18, 53-38 |||
* Nairobi
* December 13
* Boxscore
| Tanzania | 46–118 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 25-55, 21-63 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 68–57 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 30-28, 38-29 |||
* Nairobi
* December 15
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 80–77 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 42-37, 38-40 |||
* Nairobi
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 151–51 | Tanzania |
| Scoring by half: 55-23, 96-28 |||
* Nairobi

## Knockout stage

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

### Semifinals

* December 18
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 74–56 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 39-24, 35-32 |||
* Nairobi
* December 18
* Boxscore
| DR Congo | 94–68 | Kenya |
| Scoring by half: 51-42, 43-26 |||
* Nairobi

### 7th place match

* December 19
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 90–56 | Tanzania |
| Scoring by half: 49-26, 41-30 |||
* Nairobi

### 5th place match

* December 19
* Boxscore
| Angola | 65–57 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 24-32, 41-25 |||
* Nairobi

### Bronze medal match

* December 20
* Boxscore
| Kenya | 62–90 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 32-49, 30-41 |||
* Nairobi

### Final

* December 20
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 73–59 | DR Congo |
| Scoring by half: 38-33, 35-26 |||
* Nairobi

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 1998 FIBA Women's World Cup
| 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