FIBA Africa Championship 1999

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FIBA Africa Championship 1999
Tournament details
Host countryAngola
Dates29 July – 6 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Angola.svg  Angola (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Third placeFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Fourth placeFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Mali.svg Lamine Diawara [ citation needed ]
1997
2001

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.

Contents

Angola defeated Nigeria 79–72 in the final to win their fifth title. [1] and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Squads

Draw

Group AGroup B

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal

Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Preliminary rounds

Source: [2]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group 1

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamWLPFPADiffPts
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 50348256+9210
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 32340345-58
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 32325331-68
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23322320+27
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 23318320-27
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 05265346-815

Group 2

Qualified for the semi-finals
TeamWLPFPADiffPts
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 50430251+17910
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 41375277+989
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 32258255+38
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 23270316-467
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 14269387-1186
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 05245361-1165

Knockout stage

5th place match

5 August 1999
09:00
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg5456Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by half:29-22, 25-34
Pts: Sayah 15Pts: Essayed 14

7th place match

5 August 1999
11:00
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg8770Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half:40-27, 47-33

Championship bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 August - 17:00
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 54
 
6 August - 19:00
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 69
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 79
 
5 August - 19:00
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 72
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 69
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 77
 
Third place
 
 
6 August - 17:00
 
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 63
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 75
5 August 1999
17:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg5469Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 27-36, 27-33
Pts: Ibrahim, Elwahab 10Pts: Awojobi 26
5 August 1999
19:00
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg6977Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 29-46, 40-31
Pts: Diwara 14Pts: Lutonda, J.Jacques 12

9th place match

6 August 1999
09:00
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg6965Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Pts: V.Hugo 17Pts: A.de Deus 13

11th place match

6 August 1999
11:00
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg5942Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Bronze medal match

6 August 1999
17:00
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg6375Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Final

6 August 1999
19:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg7972Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter:46-23, 33-49
Pts: D.Dias 34Pts: Owinje 19

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal africa.svg Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 7–0
Silver medal africa.svg Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5–2
Bronze medal africa.svg Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6–1
4Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 3–4
5Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4–2
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–3
7Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3–3
8Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2–4
9Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 3–3
10Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1–5
11Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–5
12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–6
1st Gold medal icon.svg
1st
2nd Silver medal icon.svg
2nd
3rd Bronze medal icon.svg
3rd
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Ângelo Victoriano
Aníbal Moreira
Carlos Almeida
Cristovão Swingue
David Dias
Edmar Victoriano "Baduna"
Herlander Coimbra
Jean Jacques Conceição
Joaquim Gomes "Kikas"
Justino Victoriano
Miguel Lutonda
Victor de Carvalho
Coach: Mário Palma
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Ayo Samuel
Benjamin Eze
Daniel Okonkwo
Godwin Owinje
Julius Nwosu
Kadri Jibril
Kingsley Ogwudire
Mohammed Acha
Mufo Ibrahim
Olumide Oyedeji
Tunji Awojobi
Yinka Dare
Coach: Andrew Isokpehi
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Ahmed Oraby
Ahmed Sakr
Ahmed Abdel-Wahab
El-Hosany Ahmed
Haytham Hassan
Ihab El-Aziz
Islam Ibrahim
Mohamed Moteleb
Tarek El-Ghannam
Tarek Khairi
Wael El Sayed
Yasser Elwahab
Coach: Mario Blassone

Awards

 1999 FIBA Africa Championship winners 
Flag of Angola.svg
Angola
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of Mali.svg Lamine Diawara [ citation needed ]

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