FIBA Africa Championship 1981

Summary

The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capital Mogadishu. Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire competed in the final. The Cote d'Ivoire squad wound up winning the tournament, its first FIBA Africa Championship, and as a result qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Somalia and Algeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.

FIBA Africa Championship 1981
11th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySomalia
DatesDecember 15-23
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
1980
1983

Competing Nations edit

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

  Algeria
  Angola
  Congo
  Somalia
  Tunisia

  Ivory Coast
  Egypt
  Mauritania
  Mozambique
  Senegal
  Zimbabwe

Preliminary rounds edit

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Somalia 8 4 4 0 400 264 +35
  Algeria 7 4 3 1 364 331 +33
  Congo 6 4 2 2 386 371 +15
  Tunisia 5 4 1 3 240 301 -61
  Angola
4 4 0 4 273 295 -22

Day 1

  Somalia 81–31   Angola
  Tunisia 56–54   Angola

Day 2

  Algeria 56–58   Somalia
  Angola 84–85   Algeria

Day 3

  Tunisia 71–100   Congo
  Congo 73–64   Angola

Day 4

  Somalia 65–55   Tunisia
  Congo 82–95   Somalia

Day 5

  Algeria 82–58   Tunisia
  Algeria 141–131   Congo

Group B edit

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Ivory Coast 9 5 4 1 398 274 +124
  Egypt 9 5 4 1 393 315 +78
  Senegal 8 5 3 2 380 304 +76
  Mauritania 7 5 2 3 276 327 -51
  Mozambique 7 5 2 3 290 347 -57
  Zimbabwe 5 5 0 5 272 442 -160

Day 1

  Ivory Coast 102–46   Zimbabwe
  Egypt 80–67   Mozambique
  Senegal 70–52   Mauritania

Day 2

  Egypt 102–73   Zimbabwe
  Ivory Coast 72–56   Mauritania
  Mozambique 60–58   Senegal

Day 3

  Mauritania 64–46   Zimbabwe
  Egypt 71–70   Senegal
  Ivory Coast 79–24   Mozambique

Day 4

  Senegal 96–42   Zimbabwe
  Mauritania 65–61   Mozambique
  Ivory Coast 66–62   Egypt

Day 5

  Mozambique 78–65   Zimbabwe
  Senegal 86–79   Ivory Coast
  Egypt 78–39   Mauritania

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 21, 1981
 
 
  Ivory Coast2
 
December 23, 1981
 
  Algeria (w/o)0
 
  Ivory Coast81
 
December 21, 1981
 
  Egypt65
 
  Egypt84
 
 
  Somalia80
 
Third place
 
 
December 23, 1981
 
 
  Somalia2
 
 
  Algeria (w/o)0

Classification Stage edit

  Tunisia 55–54   Mauritania
  Congo 0–2   Senegal
  Mozambique 0–2   Angola

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
1   Ivory Coast 6-1
2   Egypt 5-2
3   Somalia 5-1
4   Algeria 4-2
5   Senegal 3-2
6   Tunisia 2-3
7   Congo 2-3
8   Angola 1-4
9   Mauritania 2-4
10   Mozambique 2-4
11   Zimbabwe 0-5

Cote d'Ivoire qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship in Colombia.

External links edit

  • FIBA Archive