2001 FIBA Africa Championship

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2001 FIBA Africa Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates4–12 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Angola.svg  Angola (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Third placeFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Fourth placeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Angola.svg Miguel Lutonda
Top scorer Flag of Morocco.svg Miloud Dahine
(21.4 points per game)
1999
2003

The 2001 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Contents

Draw

Group 1Group 2

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 9541412395+17
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 9541389368+21
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 8532397382+15
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 7523365357+8
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 6514356393-37
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 6514374398-24

Day 1

Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg 7857 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Mali Flag of Mali.svg 7677 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg 8381 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

Mozambique Flag of Mozambique.svg 7487 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg 7769 Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 8067 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Day 3

Mozambique Flag of Mozambique.svg 8086 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 7179 Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg 8076 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Day 4

Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg 8477 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 7560 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Mali Flag of Mali.svg 8388 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Day 5

Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg 6858 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique Flag of Mozambique.svg 8567 Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg 8288 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Group B

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 9541362297+65
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 9541339278+61
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 9541305280+25
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 7523354305+49
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 6514305354-49
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5505211362-151

Day 1

South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 4676 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Angola Flag of Angola.svg 7157 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Senegal Flag of Senegal.svg 6580 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Day 2

Senegal Flag of Senegal.svg 10449 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Angola Flag of Angola.svg 7078 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 4764 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Day 3

South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 3769 Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Central African Republic Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 6679 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Angola Flag of Angola.svg 5443 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Day 4

Nigeria Flag of Nigeria.svg 5958 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Central African Republic Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 7741 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Senegal Flag of Senegal.svg 6068 Flag of Angola.svg Angola

Day 5

Angola Flag of Angola.svg 7640 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Central African Republic Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 5659 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Algeria Flag of Algeria.svg 7156 Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 11, 2001
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 60
 
August 12, 2001
 
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 72
 
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 68
 
August 11, 2001
 
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 78
 
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 77
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 76
 
Third place
 
 
August 12, 2001
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 71
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 77

Classification Stage

Nigeria Flag of Nigeria.svg 7966 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 6073 Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Central African Republic Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 7963 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Mali Flag of Mali.svg 6354 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1 Flag of Angola.svg Angola6-1
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria5-2
3 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt5-2
4 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia4-3
5 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria5-1
6 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco4-2
7 Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal3-3
8 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire2-4
9 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic2-4
10 Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique1-5
11 Flag of Mali.svg Mali2-4
12 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0-6

Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.

 2001 FIBA Africa Championship winners 
Flag of Angola.svg
Angola
Sixth title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of Angola.svg Miguel Lutonda

All tournament team

Statistical leaders

See also