FIBA Africa Championship 1997

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.

FIBA Africa Championship 1997
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
CityDakar
Dates25 July – 3 August
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Angola
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Oumar Mar
1995
1999

Teams

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The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

  Central African Republic
  Côte d'Ivoire
  Nigeria
  Senegal
  South Africa

  Angola
  Egypt
  Mali
  Cape Verde

Preliminary rounds

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Nigeria 8 4 4 0 320 193 +127
  Senegal 7 4 3 1 285 226 +59
  Central African Republic 6 4 2 2 269 258 +11
  Côte d'Ivoire 5 4 1 3 272 314 -42
  South Africa 4 4 0 4 172 327 -155

Day 1

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

Day 2

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

Day 3

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

Day 4

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

Day 5

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

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Angola 6 3 3 0 198 135 +63
  Egypt 5 3 2 1 184 195 -11
  Mali 4 3 1 2 192 192 0
  Cape Verde 3 3 0 3 134 186 -52

Day 1

Egypt   83–82   Mali
Angola   67–43   Cape Verde

Day 2

Mali   61–40   Cape Verde
Angola  62–43   Egypt

Day 3

Cape Verde   51–58   Egypt
Angola   69–49   Mali

Knockout stage

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

Classification Stage

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

Final standings

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

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

Awards

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 1997 FIBA Africa Championship winners 
 
Senegal
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player
  Oumar Mar

See also

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