FIBA Africa Championship 1997

FIBA Africa Championship 1997
Tournament details
Host country Senegal
City Dakar
Dates 25 July – 3 August
Teams 9
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Angola
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
MVP Senegal Omar Mar

The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th African championship and first since 1980, by beating Nigeria 69-48 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Teams

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

Central African Republic Central African Republic
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria Nigeria
Senegal Senegal
South Africa South Africa

Angola Angola
Egypt Egypt
Mali Mali
Cape Verde Cape Verde

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Nigeria Nigeria 8440320193+127
Senegal Senegal 7431285226+59
Central African Republic Central African Republic 6422269258+11
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 5413272314-42
South Africa South Africa 4404172327-155

Day 1

Senegal Senegal 82–41 South Africa South Africa
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 58–87 Central African Republic Central African Republic

Day 2

Central African Republic Central African Republic 57–70 Senegal Senegal
Côte d'IvoireIvory Coast 59–93 Nigeria Nigeria

Day 3

Central African Republic Central African Republic 57–77 Nigeria Nigeria
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 77–39 South Africa South Africa

Day 4

Central African Republic Central African Republic 68–53 South Africa South Africa
Nigeria Nigeria 50–38 Senegal Senegal

Day 5

Senegal Senegal 95–78 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria Nigeria 100–39 South Africa South Africa

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Angola Angola 6330198135+63
Egypt Egypt 5321184195-11
Mali Mali 43121921920
Cape Verde Cape Verde 3303134186-52

Day 1

Egypt Egypt 83–82 Mali Mali
Angola Angola 67–43 Cape Verde Cape Verde

Day 2

Mali Mali 61–40 Cape Verde Cape Verde
AngolaAngola 62–43 Egypt Egypt

Day 3

Cape Verde Cape Verde 51–58 Egypt Egypt
Angola Angola 69–49 Mali Mali

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 2, 1997
 
 
Egypt Egypt51
 
August 3, 1997
 
Nigeria Nigeria61
 
Nigeria Nigeria48
 
August 2, 1997
 
Senegal Senegal69
 
Senegal Senegal53
 
 
Angola Angola47
 
Third place
 
 
August 3, 1997
 
 
Egypt Egypt55
 
 
Angola Angola79

Classification Stage

Central African Republic Central African Republic 66–64 Mali Mali
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 48–68 Cape Verde Cape Verde

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 Senegal Senegal 5-1
2 Nigeria Nigeria 5-1
3 Angola Angola 4-1
4 Egypt Egypt 2-3
5 Central African Republic Central African Republic 3-2
6 Mali Mali 1-3
7 Cape Verde Cape Verde 1-3
8 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 1-4
9 South Africa South Africa 0-4

Senegal and Nigeria qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.

Awards

 1997 FIBA Africa Championship Winners 

Senegal
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player

See also

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