1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women explained

Gender:	women
Continent:	Africa
Year:	1970
Host:	Togo
Dates:	March 28–April 4, 1970
Teams:	7
Federations:	53
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	MAD
Title Number:	1
Website:	1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Prevseason:	1968
Nextseason:	1974

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 ^[1] and qualify for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Championship.

Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary round

^[2] ^[3]

Group A

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the semi-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
	6	3	0	164	88	+76
	5	2	1	140	90	+50
	4	1	2	110	106	+4
	3	0	3	72	202	-130

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Group B

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the semi-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
	4	2	0	98	52	+46
	3	1	1	112	102	+100
	2	0	2	69	125	-56

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Knockout stage

Final

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Cup

Rank	width=150px	Team	Record
		5–0
		3–2
		3–1
4		1–3
5		2–2
6		0–3
7		0–3

^[4]

External links

Official Website

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule & results . FIBA.com . 2014-01-06.
Web site: Group standings . FIBA.com . 2014-01-06.
Web site: Women Basketball Africa Championship 1970 Lome (TOG) - 28.03-04.04 Winner Madagascar . todor66.com . 2014-01-06.
Web site: Final standings . the-sports-org.com . 2014-01-05.