FIBA Africa Championship 1981

FIBA Africa Championship 1981
11th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Somalia
Dates December 15-23
Teams 10 (from 39 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Ivory Coast (1st title)
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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.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Angola
 Congo
 Somalia
 Tunisia

 Ivory Coast
 Egypt
 Mauritania
 Mozambique
 Senegal
 Zimbabwe

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Somalia 8440299264+35
 Algeria 7431364331+33
 Congo 6422386371+15
 Tunisia 5413240301-61
 Angola
 4404273295-22

Day 1

 Somalia 81–71  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

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Ivory Coast 9541398274+124
 Egypt 9541393315+78
 Senegal 8532380304+76
 Mauritania 7523276327-51
 Mozambique 7523290347-57
 Zimbabwe 5505272442-160

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

Semi-finals Final
December 21, 1981
  Ivory Coast  2  
  Algeria (w/o)  0  
 
December 22, 1981
      Ivory Coast  81
    Egypt  65
Third place
December 21, 1981 December 22, 1981
  Egypt  84   Somalia  2
  Somalia  80     Algeria (w/o)  0

Classification Stage

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

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Ivory Coast 6-1
2  Egypt 5-2
3  Somalia 4-1
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.

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