FIBA Africa Championship 2005

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The FIBA Africa Championship 2005 was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to August 24, 2005. The games were played in Algiers. This FIBA Africa Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to Africa for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Angola won the tournament, the country's 8th African championship.

Contents 1 Competing Nations 2 Squads 3 Qualification 4 Preliminary Rounds 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Knockout Stage 6 Final Standings

[edit] Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Algeria Côte d'Ivoire Gabon Mali Nigeria Tunisia	Angola Central African Republic Morocco Mozambique Senegal South Africa

[edit] Squads

Main article: Africa Championship 2005 squads

[edit] Qualification

Main article: Africa Championship 2005 qualification

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Nigeria	9	5	4	1	386	328	+58
Algeria	9	5	4	1	374	337	+37
Tunisia	7	5	2	3	355	357	-2
Mali	7	5	2	3	382	376	+6
Gabon	7	5	2	3	250	293	-43
Côte d'Ivoire	6	5	1	4	254	310	-56

Day 1

Mali	61–80	Tunisia
Nigeria	87–56	Côte d'Ivoire
Algeria	80–52	Gabon

Day 2

Mali	77–83	Nigeria
Algeria	84–72	Tunisia
Côte d'Ivoire	X–X	Gabon

Day 3

Mali	74–76	Gabon
Tunisia	65–78	Nigeria
Algeria	71–58	Côte d'Ivoire

Day 4

Algeria	73–72	Nigeria
Tunisia	73–65	Gabon
Mali	87–71	Côte d'Ivoire

Day 5

Nigeria	66–57	Gabon
Côte d'Ivoire	69–65	Tunisia
Algeria	66–83	Mali

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Angola	10	5	5	0	421	232	+189
Senegal	9	5	4	1	273	201	+72
Central African Republic	8	5	3	2	213	226	-13
Morocco	7	5	2	3	228	260	-32
South Africa	6	5	1	4	232	313	-81
Mozambique	5	5	0	5	258	393	-135

Day 1

Central African Republic	65–50	Mozambique
Angola	102–47	South Africa
Senegal	X–X	Morocco

Day 2

Morocco	69–65	Mozambique
Angola	67–59	Senegal
South Africa	X–X	Central African Republic

Day 3

South Africa	60–67	Morocco
Central African Republic	46–77	Angola
Senegal	79–47	Mozambique

Day 4

Angola	100–37	Mozambique
Central African Republic	60–49	Morocco
Senegal	85–45	South Africa

Day 5

Mozambique	59–80	South Africa
Central African Republic	42–50	Senegal
Angola	75–43	Morocco

[edit] Knockout Stage

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 22, 2005
	Algeria	81
					August 23, 2005
	Morocco	66
					Algeria	48
	August 22, 2005
					Senegal	80
	Senegal	72
									August 24, 2005
	Tunisia	67
									Senegal	61
	August 22, 2005
									Angola	70
	Angola	67
					August 23, 2005
	Mali	50
					Angola	67			Third place
	August 22, 2005
					Nigeria	62
	Nigeria	63							Algeria	66
	Cen. African Rep.	51							Nigeria	88
									August 24, 2005

[edit] Final Standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Angola	8-0
2	Senegal	6-2
3	Nigeria	6-2
4	Algeria	5-3
5	Central African Republic	5-3
6	Morocco	3-5
7	Mali	2-5
7	Tunisia	2-5
9	Gabon	4-3
10	Côte d'Ivoire	2-5
11	Mozambique	1-6
12	South Africa	1-6

Angola, Senegal, and Nigeria qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

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