Basketball at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

The basketball competition at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie was held between 28 September and 5 October. The events took place at the courts of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, in Lebanon. Romania won the competition overall, beating runners up Senegal in the final. Both a men's and a women's tournament was announced in the programme but a schedule conflict with the EuroBasket 2009 tournament meant that only the women's competition was held.

Cyprus, originally the leaders of Group A, were disqualified from the competition. It was discovered that some of the country's team members were not fully naturalised citizens, including one American, one Polish, one Serbian and two Croat players. The organizers proposed, in keeping with the spirit of the Games, to maintain the scheduled match against France but its result was not taken into account.[1][2]

Women's competition

Group stage

Group A Team Won Lost Points for Points against Difference Total points  France 4 1 244 216 28 9  Tunisia 3 2 262 291 −29 8  Mali 2 3 264 288 −24 7  Quebec 1 4 286 342 −56 6  Ivory Coast 1 4 293 321 −28 6  Cyprus (DSQ) 4 1 309 200 109 –

Group B Team Won Lost Points for Points against Difference Total points  Romania 4 0 325 239 86 8  Senegal 3 1 306 242 64 7  Lebanon 2 2 262 299 −37 6 FC Belgium 1 3 282 316 −34 5  Cameroon 0 4 224 303 −79 4

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	[3]
	Romania	55
					[4]
	Tunisia	49
					Romania	70
	[5]
					Senegal	53
	Senegal	74
	France	59
					Third place
					[6]
					Tunisia	61
					France	52

5th place playoff[7]       1  Mali 57 2  Lebanon 65

7th place playoff[8]       1  Quebec 75 2 French Community of Belgium 73

9th place playoff[9]       1  Ivory Coast 95 2  Cameroon 63

References

1. Bouchafra-Hennequin, Ismaël. "Basket féminin : la Chypre disqualifiée des Jeux de la Francophonie - Le blog d'Ismaël Bouchafra-Hennequin". Sport et nationalite. Archived from the original (Blog) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
2. Organisation internationale de la francophonie (2009). "6ème journée : nouveau record en longueur, Meite le plus rapide". jeux francophonie. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
3. 4 October Archived October 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
4. 5 October Archived October 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
5. 4 October Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
6. 5 October Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
7. 5th place playoff Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
8. 7th place playoff Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
9. 9th place playoff Archived October 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official results