# 1977 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

The 1977 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 5th 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 Senegal from December 25, 1976, to January 4, 1977.
Senegal defeated Egypt 88–56 in the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Senegal | Central African Empire  Egypt  Mali  Tunisia  Togo |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 294 | 127 | +167 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 2 | 1 | 171 | 223 | -52 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1 | 2 | 153 | 194 | -41 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 222 | -74 |
* December 25, 1976
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 89–37 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 42-15, 47-22 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 53–48 | Ghana |
| Scoring by half: 20-28, 33-20 |||
* Dakar
* December 26, 1976
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 81–43 | Ghana |
| Scoring by half: 33-22, 48-21 |||
* Dakar
* December 28, 1976
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 71–51 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 33-22, 38-29 |||
* Dakar
* December 27, 1976
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 124–47 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 60-20, 64-27 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Ghana | 62–60 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 28-34, 34-26 |||
* Dakar

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Egypt | 8 | 4 | 0 | 231 | 177 | +54 |
| Togo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 189 | 176 | +13 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 206 | 197 | +9 |
| Mali | 6 | 2 | 2 | 189 | 225 | -36 |
| Central African Empire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 212 | 252 | -40 |
* December 25, 1976
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 71–58 | Central African Empire |
| Scoring by half: 36-30, 35-28 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 52–44 | Togo |
| Scoring by half: 20-25, 32-19 |||
* Dakar
* December 26, 1976
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 78–53 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 39-29, 39-24 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Togo | 67–62 | Central African Empire |
| Scoring by half: 26-24, 41-38 |||
* Dakar
* December 27, 1976
* Boxscore
| Togo | 48–30 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 14-18, 34-12 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Mali | 58–49 | Central African Empire |
| Scoring by half: 26-30, 32-19 |||
* Dakar
* December 28, 1976
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 56–43 | Central African Empire |
| Scoring by half: 27-24, 29-19 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 68–46 | Mali |
| Scoring by half: 31-21, 37-25 |||
* Dakar
* December 29, 1976
* Boxscore
| Mali | 32–30 | Togo |
| Scoring by half: 13-16, 19-14 |||
* Dakar
| Egypt | 45–37 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: n/a, n/a |||
* Dakar

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| January 2, 1977 | January 2, 1977 |
| Senegal | 93 |
| Senegal | 93 | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1977 |
| Togo | 56 | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1977 |
| Togo | 56 | Senegal | 88 |
| January 2, 1977 | January 2, 1977 | | Senegal | 88 |
| January 2, 1977 | January 2, 1977 | Egypt | 56 |
| Egypt | 66 | Egypt | 56 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | Third place | Third place |
| | | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1977 |
| | | Togo | 70 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 35 |

### Semifinals

* January 2, 1977
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 66–46 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 28-26, 38-20 |||
* Dakar
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 93–56 | Togo |
| Scoring by half: 39-24, 54-32 |||
* Dakar

### 7th place match

* January 2, 1977
* Boxscore
| Mali | 60–49 | Algeria |
| Scoring by half: 27-21, 33-28 |||
* Dakar

### 5th place match

* January 2, 1977
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 72–56 | Ghana |
| Scoring by half: 36-35, 36-21 |||
* Dakar

### Bronze medal match

* January 4, 1977
* Boxscore
| Togo | 70–35 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 32-30, 38-15 |||
* Dakar

### Final

* January 4, 1977
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 88–56 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 38-22, 50-34 |||
* Dakar

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Senegal | 6–0 |
| | Egypt | 5–1 |
| | Togo | 3–3 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 3–3 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 3–2 |
| 6 | Ghana | 2–3 |
| 7 | Mali | 3–2 |
| 8 | Algeria | 1–4 |
| 8 | Central African Empire | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 1977 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
* Senegal Second title
* Most Valuable Player