FIBA Africa Championship 1983

For the women's tournament, see 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA AfroBasket 1983

12th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	December 19–28
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
← 1981 1985 →

The FIBA Africa Championship 1983 was hosted by Egypt from December 19 to December 28, 1983. The games were played in Alexandria. Egypt won the tournament, its fifth African Championship, to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Algeria   Angola   Central African Republic   Egypt   Liberia	Ivory Coast   Guinea   Mozambique   Senegal   Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	8	4	4	0	341	275	+66
Angola	6	4	2	2	314	288	+26
Algeria	6	4	2	2	275	284	-9
Central African Republic	6	4	2	2	313	297	+16
Liberia	4	4	0	4	269	368	-99

Day 1

Egypt	85–64	Algeria
Central African Republic	97–74	Liberia

Day 2

Central African Republic	66–74	Algeria
Angola	72–79	Egypt

Day 3

Liberia	69–106	Egypt
Angola	71–65	Algeria

Day 4

Angola	93–64	Liberia
Central African Republic	70–71	Egypt

Day 5

Algeria	72–62	Liberia
Central African Republic	80–78	Angola

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	8	4	4	0	318	225	+93
Ivory Coast	7	4	3	1	335	247	+88
Mozambique	6	4	2	2	304	227	+77
Somalia	5	4	1	3	257	346	-89
Guinea	4	4	0	4	232	401	-169

Day 1

Mozambique	106–38	Guinea
Senegal	70–66	Ivory Coast

Day 2

Somalia	94–73	Guinea
Ivory Coast	80–66	Mozambique

Day 3

Senegal	54–41	Mozambique
Ivory Coast	90–56	Somalia

Day 4

Ivory Coast	99–55	Guinea
Senegal	92–52	Somalia

Day 5

Mozambique	91–55	Somalia
Senegal	102–66	Guinea

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 27, 1983
	Egypt	84
					December 28, 1983
	Ivory Coast	68
					Egypt	94
	December 27, 1983
					Angola	68
	Senegal	61
	Angola	68
					Third place
					December 28, 1983
					Ivory Coast	71
					Senegal	78

Classification Stage

Liberia	93–92	Guinea
Somalia	64–93	Central African Republic
Algeria	62–68	Mozambique

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Egypt	6–0
2	Angola	3-3
3	Senegal	5–1
4	Ivory Coast	3-3
5	Mozambique	3–2
6	Algeria	2–3
7	Central African Republic	3–2
8	Somalia	1–4
9	Liberia	1–4
10	Guinea	0–5

Egypt qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

External links

• FIBA Archive