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

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Group stage

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Finals

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
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  Romania55
 
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  Tunisia49
 
  Romania70
 
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  Senegal53
 
  Senegal74
 
 
  France59
 
Third place
 
 
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  Tunisia61
 
 
  France52

References

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  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. ^ 4 October Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ 5 October Archived October 14, 2009, 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
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