FIBA Africa Championship 1980

For the men's tournament, see 1979 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1980
10th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Morocco
Dates	March 22-30
Teams	11 (from 39 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Senegal (4th title)
MVP	Mathieu Faye
< 1978 1981 >

The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat. Senegal won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final. Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics as a result of its showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Angola Ivory Coast Guinea Morocco Zaire	Algeria Congo Mauritania Nigeria Senegal Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Ivory Coast	8	4	4	0	426	318	+108
Morocco	7	4	3	1	344	341	+3
Zaire	6	4	2	2	331	313	+18
Angola	5	4	1	3	286	333	-47
Guinea	4	4	0	4	358	440	-82

Day 1


Morocco	81–67	Angola
Ivory Coast	106–87	Zaire

Day 2


Guinea	69–88	Zaire
Angola	59–85	Ivory Coast

Day 3


Guinea	88–102	Angola
Ivory Coast	96–72	Morocco

Day 4


Zaire	79–58	Angola
Guinea	101–111	Morocco

Day 5


Ivory Coast	139–100	Guinea
Morocco	80–77	Zaire

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	10	5	5	0	507	370	+137
Algeria	8	5	3	2	407	417	-10
Mauritania	7	5	2	3	419	459	-40
Congo	7	5	2	3	468	489	-21
Somalia	7	5	2	3	438	473	-35
Nigeria	6	5	1	4	439	470	-31

Day 1


Nigeria	87–68	Mauritania
Algeria	75–68	Somalia
Senegal	108–79	Congo

Day 2


Congo	103–90	Nigeria
Mauritania	97–93	Somalia
Senegal	94–71	Algeria

Day 3


Mauritania	82–67	Algeria
Senegal	94–73	Nigeria
Somalia	102–101	Congo

Day 4


Congo	104–102	Mauritania
Algeria	107–92	Nigeria
Senegal	103–77	Somalia

Day 5


Algeria	87–81	Congo
Senegal	108–70	Mauritania
Somalia	98–97	Nigeria

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

March 27, 1980
Ivory Coast	101
Algeria	48

			March 28, 1980
			Ivory Coast	90
			Senegal	96


			Third place
March 27, 1980		March 28, 1980
Senegal	126	Morocco	97
Morocco	87		Algeria	95

Classification Stage


Somalia	123–93	Guinea
Mauritania	71–85	Angola
Zaire	111–114	Congo

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Senegal	7-0
2	Ivory Coast	5-2
3	Morocco	4-2
4	Algeria	3-3
5	Congo	3-3
6	Zaire	2-3
7	Angola	2-3
8	Mauritania	2-4
9	Somalia	3-3
10	Guinea	0-5
11	Nigeria	1-4

Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

External links

FIBA Archive

FIBA Africa Championship

Tournaments	United Arab Republic 1962 Morocco 1964 Tunisia 1965 Morocco 1968 United Arab Republic 1970 Senegal 1972 Central African Republic 1974 Egypt 1975 Senegal 1978 Morocco 1980 Somalia 1981 Egypt 1983 Ivory Coast 1985 Tunisia 1987 Angola 1989 Egypt 1992 Kenya 1993 Algeria 1995 Senegal 1997 Angola 1999 Morocco 2001 Egypt 2003 Algeria 2005 Angola 2007 Libya 2009 Madagascar 2011 Ivory Coast 2013 Tunisia 2015

Qualification	2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.