Tournament details | |
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Host country | Angola |
Dates | 29 July – 6 August |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Angola (5th title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Mali |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Lamine Diawara [ citation needed ] |
The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was the 20th 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 Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999.
Angola defeated Nigeria 79–72 in the final to win their fifth title. [1] and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Group A | Group B |
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Source: [2]
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
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Egypt | 5 | 0 | 348 | 256 | +92 | 10 |
Mali | 3 | 2 | 340 | 345 | -5 | 8 |
Algeria | 3 | 2 | 325 | 331 | -6 | 8 |
Senegal | 2 | 3 | 322 | 320 | +2 | 7 |
Cape Verde | 2 | 3 | 318 | 320 | -2 | 7 |
Morocco | 0 | 5 | 265 | 346 | -81 | 5 |
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
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Angola | 5 | 0 | 430 | 251 | +179 | 10 |
Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 375 | 277 | +98 | 9 |
Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 258 | 255 | +3 | 8 |
Ivory Coast | 2 | 3 | 270 | 316 | -46 | 7 |
Mozambique | 1 | 4 | 269 | 387 | -118 | 6 |
South Africa | 0 | 5 | 245 | 361 | -116 | 5 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
5 August - 17:00 | ||||||
Egypt | 54 | |||||
6 August - 19:00 | ||||||
Nigeria | 69 | |||||
Angola | 79 | |||||
5 August - 19:00 | ||||||
Nigeria | 72 | |||||
Mali | 69 | |||||
Angola | 77 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
6 August - 17:00 | ||||||
Mali | 63 | |||||
Egypt | 75 |
Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Angola | 7–0 | |
Nigeria | 5–2 | |
Egypt | 6–1 | |
4 | Mali | 3–4 |
5 | Tunisia | 4–2 |
6 | Algeria | 3–3 |
7 | Senegal | 3–3 |
8 | Ivory Coast | 2–4 |
9 | Cape Verde | 3–3 |
10 | Mozambique | 1–5 |
11 | Morocco | 1–5 |
12 | South Africa | 0–6 |
1999 FIBA Africa Championship winners |
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Angola Fifth title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Lamine Diawara [ citation needed ] |
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