FIBA Africa Championship 1981

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FIBA Africa Championship 1981
11th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySomalia
DatesDecember 15-23
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast (1st title)
1980
1983

The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capital Mogadishu. Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire competed in the final. The Cote d'Ivoire squad wound up winning the tournament, its first FIBA Africa Championship, and as a result qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Somalia and Algeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.

Contents

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group AGroup B

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Preliminary rounds

Group A

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 8440400264+35
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 7431364331+33
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 6422386371+15
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 5413240301-61
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
4404273295-22

Day 1

Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 8131Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 5654Flag of Angola.svg  Angola

Day 2

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 5658Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 8485Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Day 3

Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 71100Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 7364Flag of Angola.svg  Angola

Day 4

Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 6555Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 8295Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia

Day 5

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8258Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 141131Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo

Group B

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 9541398274+124
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 9541393315+78
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 8532380304+76
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 7523276327-51
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 7523290347-57
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 5505272442-160

Day 1

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 10246Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 8067Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 7052Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania

Day 2

Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 10273Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 7256Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 6058Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal

Day 3

Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 6446Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 7170Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 7924Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique

Day 4

Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 9642Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 6561Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6662Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt

Day 5

Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 7865Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 8679Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 7839Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 21, 1981
 
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2
 
December 23, 1981
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (w/o)0
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 81
 
December 21, 1981
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 65
 
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 84
 
 
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 80
 
Third place
 
 
December 23, 1981
 
 
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 2
 
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (w/o)0

Classification Stage

Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 5554Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 02Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 02Flag of Angola.svg  Angola

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6-1
2Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 5-2
3Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 5-1
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4-2
5Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3-2
6Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2-3
7Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 2-3
8Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1-4
9Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 2-4
10Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 2-4
11Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0-5

Cote d'Ivoire qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship in Colombia.

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