MLI - Groups known for FIBA Africa Championship Women

BAMAKO (FIBA Africa Championship for Women) - The draw for the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women took place in the Malian capital of Bamako on Saturday.

The tournament will be held from 23 September until 2 October in Mali.

Senegal are the defending champions having won in Madagascar two years ago.

Hosts Mali will look to go one step better than they did in 2009, when they took silver.

The top four teams in each group will advance to the Quarter-Finals.

Here are the two groups of the Preliminary Round
Group A: Mali, Tunisia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, DR Congo, Mozambique
Group B: Senegal, Guinea, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda
 
The Preliminary Round schedule is as follows:

23 September
Group A: Mali v Ghana; DR Congo v Cote d'Ivoire; Mozambique v Tunisia
Group B: Senegal v Nigeria; Cameroon v Angola; Rwanda v Guinea

24 September
Group A: Cote d'Ivoire v Mali; Ghana v Tunisia; DR Congo v Mozambique
Group B: Angola v Senegal; Nigeria v Guinea; Cameroon v Rwanda

25 September
Group A: Mali v Tunisia; Cote d'Ivoire v Mozambique; Ghana v DR Congo
Group B: Senegal v Tunisia; Angola v Rwanda; Nigeria v Cameroon

26 September
Rest Day

27 September
Group A: Mali v Mozambique; Tunisia v DR Congo; Cote d'Ivoire v Ghana
Group B: Senegal v Rwanda; Guinea v Cameroon; Angola v Nigeria

28 September
Group A: DR Congo v Mali; Mozambique v Ghana; Tunisia v Cote d'Ivoire
Group B: Cameroon v Senegal; Rwanda v Nigeria; Guinea v Angola

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