1980 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

1980 FIBA U18 AfroBasket

2nd FIBA Under-18 African Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	7–13 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	José Carlos Guimarães

The 1980 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 2nd FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament took place in Luanda, Angola from 7 to 13 September 1980.

Angola ended the round-robin tournament with a 5–0 unbeaten record to win their first title.

The winner qualified for the 1983 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. I Dominique Ojehonmon was a participant in basketball championship representing Nigeria.I used the number 10 jersey and was stoned with 10 Kwanza playing against Angola in the grouo stage .A point of correction is that Akeem Olajuwon won the MVP not the Angolan payer. The full list of the Nigerian players are the following.Peter Nelson.Rabiu Tukur Paul Butswart. Ahmed Oderinde(Guards) Dominique Ojehonmon Musa Kida Akin Otiko.Segun Omolodun.Garuba Buhari (Forwards) Akeem Olajuwon .Femi Akinola.Tokunbo Oke (Centers ). Akeem later changed his name to Hakeem Thanks

Participating teams

Angola  Central African Republic  Egypt  Equatorial Guinea  Libya  Mozambique  Nigeria  Togo

Squads

Main article: 1980 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Group A

P	Team	M	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
1	Central African R.	3	3	0	342	158	+184	9
2	Mozambique	3	2	1	234	228	-6	7
3	Egypt	3	1	2	232	226	+6	5
4	Equatorial Guinea	3	0	3	163	359	-196	3

Mon, 8 September 1980 18:30

Equatorial Guinea	62–111	Mozambique
Scoring by half: 29-51

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Mon, 8 September 1980 20:00

Central African Republic	101–59	Egypt
Scoring by half: 45-23

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

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Tue, 9 September 1980 18:30

Mozambique	49–96	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 22-56

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Tue, 9 September 1980 20:00

Egypt	103–51	Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by half: 58-20

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

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Wed, 10 September 1980 17:00

Equatorial Guinea	50–145	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: -

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Wed, 10 September 1980 20:00

Mozambique	74–70	Egypt
Scoring by half: 35-28

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Group B

P	Team	M	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
1	Angola	3	3	0	260	178	+82	9
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	278	197	+81	7
3	Libya	3	1	2	137	213	-76	5
4	Togo	3	0	3	180	277	-97	3

Sun, 7 September 1980 18:30

Angola	99–59	Togo
Scoring by half: 43-35

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Mon, 8 September 1980 17:00

Nigeria	82–46	Libya
Scoring by half: -

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

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Tue, 9 September 1980 17:00

Togo	64–119	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 22-61

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Tue, 9 September 1980 21:30

Libya	42–74	Angola
Scoring by half: 22-42

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

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Wed, 10 September 1980 18:30

Libya	59–57	Togo
Scoring by half: 30-33

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Wed, 10 September 1980 21:30

Angola	87–77	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 42-40

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

7th place match

Fri, 12 September 1980 17:00

Togo	59–57	Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by half: 30-33

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Semi-finals

Fri, 12 September 1980 18:30

Angola	89–75	Mozambique
Scoring by half: 43-31

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Fri, 12 September 1980 20:00

Central African Republic	107–87	Nigeria
Scoring by half: 58-51

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

5th place match

Sat, 13 September 1980 17:00

Egypt	vs.	Libya
Scoring by half: -

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

3rd place match

Sat, 13 September 1980 18:30

Nigeria	95–90	Mozambique
Scoring by half: 45-42

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Final

Sat, 13 September 1980 20:00

Angola	90–81 (OT)	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 28-32, 73-73 Overtime: 17-8

Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

Final standings

Qualified for the 1983 FIBA U19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Angola	5–0
	Central African Rep.	4–1
	Nigeria	3–2
4	Mozambique	2–3
5	Egypt	2–2
6	Libya	1–3
7	Togo	1–3
8	Equatorial Guinea	0–4

Awards

1980 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner
Angola First title

Most Valuable Player
José Carlos Guimarães

See also

• 1981 FIBA Africa Championship

External links

• Official website

References

• "Jornal de Angola"