# 2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

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. and securing a spot at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

## 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 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| Mozambique | 69–51 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 20 December 2003
| South Africa | 44–67 | Cameroon |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| Angola | 73–66 | Mozambique |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 21 December 2003
| Mozambique | 70–47 | Cameroon |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| South Africa | 37–86 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 22 December 2003
| Angola | 73–31 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| Cameroon | 58–60 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 23 December 2003
| Cameroon | 44–77 | Angola |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| Mozambique | 93–51 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### 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 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### 7th place match

* 27 December 2003
| Cameroon | 64–72 | DR Congo |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### 5th place match

* 27 December 2003
| Tunisia | 65–71 | Mali |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Semifinals bracket

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

### Semifinals

* 26 December 2003
| Angola | 61–64 | Nigeria |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 26 December 2003
| Senegal | 62–63 | Mozambique |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Bronze medal match

* 28 December 2003
| Angola | 47–61 | Senegal |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Final

* 28 December 2003
| Nigeria | 69–63 | Mozambique |
| Pts: Udoka 28 | | Pts: Clarisse 21 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

## Awards

* 2003 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
* Nigeria First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Deolinda Ngulela