title: 1990 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
text: # 1990 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
  
  The 1990 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 11th 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 Tunisia from March 17 to 24, 1990.
  
  Senegal defeated Zaire 70–68 in the final to win their sixth title with both winner and runner-up qualifying for the 1990 FIBA Women's World Cup.
  
  ## Draw
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | Algeria  Ivory Coast  Mozambique  Tunisia | Angola  Egypt  Senegal  Zaire |
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  ### Group A
  
  * Qualified for the semi-finals
  
  | Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tunisia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 276 | 207 | +69 |
  | Mozambique | 5 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 178 | +58 |
  | Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 225 | -14 |
  | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 282 | -113 |
  
  * March 17, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Tunisia | 109–68 | Algeria |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 42-33, 67-35 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 18, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Mozambique | 75–60 | Ivory Coast |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 35-35, 40-25 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 19, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Ivory Coast | 85–59 | Algeria |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 48-24, 37-35 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 20, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Tunisia | 76–73 | Mozambique |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 43-39, 33-34 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 21, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Mozambique | 88–42 | Algeria |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 44-22, 44-20 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * Boxscore
  
  | Tunisia | 91–66 | Ivory Coast |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 45-37, 46-29 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ### Group B
  
  * Qualified for the semi-finals
  
  | Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Zaire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 152 | +63 |
  | Senegal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 167 | +19 |
  | Angola | 4 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 171 | +4 |
  | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 223 | -86 |
  
  * March 17, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Zaire | 65–55 | Senegal |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 32-28, 33-27 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 18, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Angola | 72–41 | Egypt |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 35-24, 37-17 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 19, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Senegal | 65–48 | Egypt |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 28-26, 37-22 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 20, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Zaire | 64–49 | Angola |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 37-27, 27-22 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 21, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Zaire | 86–48 | Egypt |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 40-23, 46-25 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * Boxscore
  
  | Senegal | 66–54 | Angola |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 35-30, 31-24 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | March 22, 1990 | March 22, 1990 |
  | Senegal | 89 |
  | Senegal | 89 | March 24, 1990 | March 24, 1990 |
  | Tunisia | 65 | March 24, 1990 | March 24, 1990 |
  | Tunisia | 65 | Senegal | 70 |
  | March 22, 1990 | March 22, 1990 | | Senegal | 70 |
  | March 22, 1990 | March 22, 1990 | Zaire | 68 |
  | Zaire | 91 | Zaire | 68 |
  | Mozambique | 59 | | |
  | Mozambique | 59 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | March 24, 1990 | March 24, 1990 |
  | | | Mozambique | 86 |
  | | | Tunisia | 75 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  * March 22, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Zaire | 91–59 | Mozambique |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 37-35, 54-24 |||
  
  * Tunis
  * March 22, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Senegal | 89–65 | Tunisia |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 40-39, 49-26 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ### 7th place match
  
  * March 23, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Egypt | 64–58 | Algeria |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 36-32, 28-26 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ### 5th place match
  
  * March 23, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Angola | 93–62 | Ivory Coast |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 55-23, 38-39 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ### Bronze medal match
  
  * March 24, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Mozambique | 86–75 | Tunisia |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 43-38, 43-37 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ### Final
  
  * March 24, 1990
  * Boxscore
  
  | Senegal | 70–68 | Zaire |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by half: 34-30, 36-38 |||
  
  * Tunis
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Qualified for the 1990 FIBA Women's World Cup and Pre-Olympic Basketball
  
  | Rank | Team | Record |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Senegal | 4–1 |
  | | Zaire | 4–1 |
  | | Mozambique | 3–2 |
  | 4 | Tunisia | 3–2 |
  | 5 | Angola | 2–2 |
  | 6 | Ivory Coast | 1–3 |
  | 7 | Egypt | 1–3 |
  | 8 | Algeria | 0–4 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1990 FIBA Africa Championship for Women winners
  * Senegal Sixth title
  * Most Valuable Player
  