FIBA Africa Championship 1997

For the women's tournament, see 1997 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1997
19th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Senegal
Dates	July 25-August 3
Teams	9 (from 52 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Senegal (5th title)
MVP	Omar Mar
< 1995 1999 >

The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th African championship and first since 1980, by beating Nigeria 69-48 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria Senegal South Africa	Angola Egypt Mali Cape Verde

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Nigeria	8	4	4	0	320	193	+127
Senegal	7	4	3	1	285	226	+59
Central African Republic	6	4	2	2	269	258	+11
Côte d'Ivoire	5	4	1	3	272	314	-42
South Africa	4	4	0	4	172	327	-155

Day 1


Senegal	82–41	South Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	58–87	Central African Republic

Day 2


Central African Republic	57–70	Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire	59–93	Nigeria

Day 3


Central African Republic	57–77	Nigeria
Côte d'Ivoire	77–39	South Africa

Day 4


Central African Republic	68–53	South Africa
Nigeria	50–38	Senegal

Day 5


Senegal	95–78	Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria	100–39	South Africa

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Angola	6	3	3	0	198	135	+63
Egypt	5	3	2	1	184	195	-11
Mali	4	3	1	2	192	192	0
Cape Verde	3	3	0	3	134	186	-52

Day 1


Egypt	83–82	Mali
Angola	67–43	Cape Verde

Day 2


Mali	61–40	Cape Verde
Angola	62–43	Egypt

Day 3


Cape Verde	51–58	Egypt
Angola	69–49	Mali

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

August 2, 1997
Egypt	51
Nigeria	61

			August 3, 1997
			Nigeria	48
			Senegal	69


			Third place
August 2, 1997		August 3, 1997
Senegal	53	Egypt	55
Angola	47		Angola	79

Classification Stage


Central African Republic	66–64	Mali
Côte d'Ivoire	48–68	Cape Verde

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Senegal	5-1
2	Nigeria	5-1
3	Angola	4-1
4	Egypt	2-3
5	Central African Republic	3-2
6	Mali	1-3
7	Cape Verde	1-3
8	Côte d'Ivoire	1-4
9	South Africa	0-4

Senegal and Nigeria qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.

Awards

1997 FIBA Africa Championship Winners
Senegal Fifth title

Most Valuable Player

External links

FIBA Archive

AfroBasket

Tournaments	United Arab Republic 1962 Morocco 1964 Tunisia 1965 Morocco 1968 United Arab Republic 1970 Senegal 1972 Central African Republic 1974 Egypt 1975 Senegal 1978 Morocco 1980 Somalia 1981 Egypt 1983 Ivory Coast 1985 Tunisia 1987 Angola 1989 Egypt 1992 Kenya 1993 Algeria 1995 Senegal 1997 Angola 1999 Morocco 2001 Egypt 2003 Algeria 2005 Angola 2007 Libya 2009 Madagascar 2011 Ivory Coast 2013 Tunisia 2015 Congo-Brazzaville 2017

Qualification	...2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	...1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

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