MAD - Madagascar, Mali heads groups

ANTANANARIVO (FIBA Africa Championship for Women) - The draw for the 21st FIBA Africa Championship for Women was held Saturday in Hotel Colbert, Antananarivo, Madagascar with the twelve countries drawn into six nations of two pools.

Host Madagascar lead Group-A alongside 2007 host and runner-up, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Mauritius and Mozambique completing the group.

Heading Group-B is the defending champion, Mali alongside 2007 second runner-up, Angola, Rwanda, Guinea, Tunisia and FIBA Africa Zone-III qualifiers.

Madagascar will open its campaign against Mauritius on October 9 while Mozambique and Cameroon will tango in another group-A pairing just as Senegal takes to the floor against South Africa in the last group-A game of the opening day of the FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

Mali will open her title defense against Zone-3 qualifiers on October 9; other group games are as follows;


DATE PRELIMINARY

09/10 A1 MAURITIUS Vs MADAGASCAR

A2 MOZAMBIQUE Vs CAMEROON

A3 SENEGAL Vs SOUTH AFRICA

B1 ZONE 3 Vs MALI

B2 TUNISIA Vs GUINEA

B3 ANGOLA Vs RWANDA



10/10 A4 MADAGASCAR Vs CAMEROON

A5 MAURITIUS Vs SOUTH AFRICA

A6 MOZAMBIQUE Vs SENEGAL

B3 MALI Vs GUINEA

B4 ZONE 3 Vs RWANDA

B5 TUNISIA Vs ANGOLA



11/10 A7 SOUTH AFRICA Vs MADAGASCAR

A8 CAMEROON Vs SENEGAL

A9 MAURITIUS Vs MOZAMBIQUE

B7 RWANDA Vs MALI

B8 GUINEA Vs ANGOLA

B9 ZONE 3 Vs TUNISIA



12/10 Rest Day



13/10 A10 MADAGASCAR Vs SENEGAL

A11 SOUTH AFRICA Vs MOZAMBIQUE

A12 CAMEROON Vs MAURITIUS

B10 MALI Vs ANGOLA

B11 RWANDA Vs TUNISIA

B12 GUINEA Vs ZONE 3



14/10 A13 MADAGASCAR Vs MOZAMBIQUE

A14 SENEGAL Vs MAURITIUS

A15 SOUTH AFRICA Vs CAMEROON

B13 MALI Vs TUNISIA

B14 ANGOLA Vs ZONE 3

B15 RWANDA Vs GUINEA