Tournament details | |
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Host country | Egypt |
City | Alexandria |
Dates | 7–16 August |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Angola (7th title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Senegal |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Miguel Lutonda |
The 2003 FIBA Africa Championship was the 22nd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Egypt from August 7 to 16 2003.
Angola defeated Nigeria 85–65 in the final to win their seventh title. [1] and securing a spot at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Group A | Group B |
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Algeria |
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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Nigeria | 9 | 4 | 1 | 366 | 299 | +67 |
Egypt | 9 | 4 | 1 | 431 | 357 | +74 |
Central African Rep. | 8 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 340 | +59 |
Algeria | 7 | 2 | 3 | 376 | 382 | -6 |
Mozambique | 6 | 1 | 4 | 261 | 402 | -141 |
Ivory Coast | 6 | 1 | 4 | 360 | 413 | -53 |
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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Angola | 10 | 5 | 0 | 454 | 307 | +147 |
Senegal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 363 | +47 |
Tunisia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 369 | 314 | +55 |
Morocco | 7 | 2 | 3 | 350 | 394 | -44 |
South Africa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 258 | 310 | -52 |
Madagascar | 5 | 0 | 5 | 249 | 402 | -153 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
August 14–21:00 | ||||||
Angola | 64 | |||||
August 16–21:00 | ||||||
Egypt | 61 | |||||
Angola | 85 | |||||
August 14–19:00 | ||||||
Nigeria | 65 | |||||
Nigeria | 78 | |||||
Senegal | 55 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
August 16–19:00 | ||||||
Egypt | 81 | |||||
Senegal | 79 |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Angola | 7–0 | |
Nigeria | 5–2 | |
Egypt | 5–2 | |
4 | Senegal | 3–4 |
5 | Central African Rep. | 4–2 |
6 | Tunisia | 3–3 |
7 | Algeria | 3–3 |
8 | Morocco | 2–4 |
9 | South Africa | 3–3 |
10 | Mozambique | 1–5 |
11 | Ivory Coast | 2–4 |
12 | Madagascar | 0–6 |
2003 FIBA Africa Championship winners |
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Angola Seventh title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Miguel Lutonda |
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