FIBA Africa Championship 1997

For the women's tournament, see 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1997

Tournament details
Host country	Senegal
City	Dakar
Dates	25 July – 3 August
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
MVP	Oumar Mar

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.

Teams

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

Group A

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

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 2, 1997
	Egypt	51
					August 3, 1997
	Nigeria	61
					Nigeria	48
	August 2, 1997
					Senegal	69
	Senegal	53
	Angola	47
					Third place
					August 3, 1997
					Egypt	55
					Angola	79

Classification Stage

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

Final standings

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

1997 FIBA Africa Championship winners
Senegal Fifth title

Most Valuable Player
Oumar Mar

See also

• 1996 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

External links

• FIBA Archive