FIBA Africa Championship 1974

For the women's tournament, see 1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.
FIBA Africa Championship 1974
7th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Central African Republic
Dates April 5-15
Teams 10 (from 34 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Central African Republic (1st title)
MVP Central African Republic Gaston Gambor
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Senegal Diop
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1974 was hosted by the Central African Republic from April 5 to April 15, 1974. The games were played in Bangui. Central African Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Senegal in the final. Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship by winning the tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Benin
 Mali
 Senegal
 Somalia
 Togo
 Tunisia

 Central African Republic
 Cameroon
 Tanzania
 Zaire

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 10550403301+102
 Togo 8532380345+35
 Mali 8532369331+38
 Tunisia 7431309290+19
 Benin
6514315430-115
 Somalia
6606334413-79

Day 1

 Tunisia 8264  Benin
 Togo 5939  Somalia
 Senegal 7668  Mali

Day 2

 Somalia 5972  Benin
 Somalia 7071  Mali
 Senegal 7868  Togo

Day 3

 Somalia 4363  Senegal
 Mali 8949  Benin
 Tunisia 8884  Togo

Day 4

 Senegal 11470  Benin
 Mali 8083  Togo
 Tunisia 8770  Somalia

Day 5

 Togo 8660  Benin
 Senegal 7252  Tunisia
 Mali 6153  Somalia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Central African Republic 6330339178+161
 Cameroon 5321281180+101
 Zaire 4312267265+2
 Tanzania 3303143407-263

Day 1

 Central African Republic 6664  Cameroon

Day 2

 Cameroon 9162  Zaire

Day 3

 Zaire 12359  Tanzania

Day 4

 Cameroon 12652  Tanzania
 Central African Republic 11582  Zaire

Day 5

 Central African Republic 15832  Tanzania

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
April 14, 1974
  Central African Republic  89  
  Tunisia  80  
 
April 15, 1974
      Central African Republic  72
    Senegal  67
Third place
April 14, 1974 April 15, 1974
  Senegal  84   Tunisia  82
  Cameroon  78     Cameroon  72

Classification Stage

 Togo 8770  Zaire
 Tanzania 37151  Mali

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Central African Republic 5-0
2  Senegal 6-1
3  Tunisia 4-2
4  Cameroon 2-3
5  Togo 4-2
6  Zaire 1-3
7  Mali 4-2
8  Tanzania 0-4
9  Benin (named Dahomey) 1-4
10  Somalia 0-6

 Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship.

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