FIBA Africa Championship 1972

The FIBA Africa Championship 1972, was the sixth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1972 Summer Olympics, granting berths to the champion and runner-up. It was held in Senegal between 25 December 1971 and 2 January 1972. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Africa, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Dakar hosted the tournament. Senegal won their second title after defeating Egypt in the final.

FIBA Africa Championship 1972
6th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationSenegal
Dates25 December 1971 – 2 January 1972
Teams12 
(from 34 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Senegal
(2nd title)
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Format
  • Teams were split into two round-robin groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals competed for the championship and were granted berths to the 1968 Summer Olympics, while the losing teams from the semifinals competed for third place in an extra game.
  • To define the remaining places in the final standings, teams that did not reach the semifinals played an extra game each against the team from the other group that finished in the same place in the preliminary stage. For example, third-placed teams from groups A and B played an extra game to define fifth and sixth places in the final standings.

First round
Advanced to the semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Senegal 5 5 0 413 234+179 10
 Mali 5 4 1 400 319+81 9
 Tunisia 5 3 2 394 315+79 8
 Cameroon 5 2 3 365 339+26 7
 Madagascar 5 1 4 335 446−111 6
 Nigeria 5 0 5 250 504−254 5
Cameroon  82–45  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 35–23, 47–22
Senegal  101–30  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–14, 56–16
Mali  65–54  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 31–23, 34–31
Mali  101–45  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 48–20, 53–25
Senegal  95–54  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 45–32, 50–22
Tunisia  84–59  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 30–34, 54–25
Mali  95–68  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 45–31, 50–37
Tunisia  96–52  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 44–24, 52–28
Senegal  65–47  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 37–16, 28–31
Cameroon  101–50  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–19, 56–31
Tunisia  101–63  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 48–25, 53–38
Senegal  76–44  Mali
Scoring by half: 37–24, 39–20
Madagascar  105–73  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 49–36, 56–37
Mali  95–76  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 50–37, 45–39
Senegal  76–59  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 28–21, 48–38

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Egypt 5 5 0 413 348+65 10
 Central African Republic 5 4 1 439 403+36 9
 Sudan 5 3 2 381 353+28 8
 Morocco 5 2 3 404 378+26 7
 Ivory Coast 5 1 4 307 396−89 6
 Togo 5 0 5 315 381−66 5
Sudan  92–61  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 42–28, 50–33
Morocco  89–66  Togo
Scoring by half: 39–30, 50–36
Egypt  96–88  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 46–46, 50–42
Ivory Coast  62–58  Togo
Scoring by half: 30–23, 32–35
Central African Republic  97–82  Sudan
Scoring by half: 44–44, 53–38
Egypt  80–69  Morocco
Scoring by half: 33–24, 47–45
Egypt  72–63  Sudan
Scoring by half: 41–32, 31–31
Morocco  87–58  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 47–27, 40–31
Central African Republic  76–69 (OT)  Togo
Scoring by half: 32–29, 29–32 Overtime: 15–8
Egypt  89–70  Togo
Scoring by half: 54–38, 35–32
Sudan  79–71  Morocco
Scoring by half: 44–35, 35–36
Central African Republic  83–68  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 46–25, 37–43

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
January 1 1972
 
 
 Senegal77
 
January 2 1972
 
 Central African Republic66
 
 Senegal61
 
January 1 1972
 
 Egypt54
 
 Egypt87
 
 
 Mali68
 
Third place
 
 
January 2 1972
 
 
 Central African Republic74
 
 
 Mali107

Semifinals
Egypt  87–68  Mali
Scoring by half: 42–38, 45–30
Senegal  77–66  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 35–22, 42–44

Third place
Mali  107–74  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 38–34, 69–40

Final
Senegal  61–54  Egypt
Scoring by half: 33–28, 28–26

Classification stage

Fifth place

Tunisia  88–83  Sudan
Scoring by half: 40–35, 48–48

Seventh place

Morocco  62–61  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 33–35, 29–26

Ninth place

Madagascar  84–66  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 38–35, 46–31

Eleventh place

Togo  73–41  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 36–25, 37–16

Final standings
Qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
 Senegal 7–0
 Egypt 6–1
 Mali 5–2
4  Central African Republic 4–3
5  Tunisia 4–2
6  Sudan 3–3
7  Morocco 3–3
8  Cameroon 2–4
9  Madagascar 2–4
10  Ivory Coast 1–5
11  Togo 1–5
12  Nigeria 0–6
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