FIBA Africa Championship 1997

For the women's tournament, see 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.
FIBA Africa Championship 1997
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
CityDakar
Dates25 July – 3 August
Teams9
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 2, 1997
 
 
 Egypt51
 
August 3, 1997
 
 Nigeria61
 
 Nigeria48
 
August 2, 1997
 
 Senegal69
 
 Senegal53
 
 
 Angola47
 
Third place
 
 
August 3, 1997
 
 
 Egypt55
 
 
 Angola79

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

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