FIBA Africa Championship 1981

The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capital Mogadishu. Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire competed in the final. The Cote d'Ivoire squad wound up winning the tournament, its first FIBA Africa Championship, and as a result qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Somalia and Algeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.

FIBA Africa Championship 1981
11th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationSomalia
DatesDecember 15-23
Teams10 
(from 39 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Ivory Coast
(1st title)
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Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Angola
 Congo
 Somalia
 Tunisia

 Ivory Coast
 Egypt
 Mauritania
 Mozambique
 Senegal
 Zimbabwe

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Somalia 8440299264+35
 Algeria 7431364331+33
 Congo 6422386371+15
 Tunisia 5413240301-61
 Angola
4404273295-22

Day 1

 Somalia 8171  Angola
 Tunisia 5654  Angola

Day 2

 Algeria 5658  Somalia
 Angola 8485  Algeria

Day 3

 Tunisia 71100  Congo
 Congo 7364  Angola

Day 4

 Somalia 6555  Tunisia
 Congo 8295  Somalia

Day 5

 Algeria 8258  Tunisia
 Algeria 141131  Congo

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Ivory Coast 9541398274+124
 Egypt 9541393315+78
 Senegal 8532380304+76
 Mauritania 7523276327-51
 Mozambique 7523290347-57
 Zimbabwe 5505272442-160

Day 1

 Ivory Coast 10246  Zimbabwe
 Egypt 8067  Mozambique
 Senegal 7052  Mauritania

Day 2

 Egypt 10273  Zimbabwe
 Ivory Coast 7256  Mauritania
 Mozambique 6058  Senegal

Day 3

 Mauritania 6446  Zimbabwe
 Egypt 7170  Senegal
 Ivory Coast 7924  Mozambique

Day 4

 Senegal 9642  Zimbabwe
 Mauritania 6561  Mozambique
 Ivory Coast 6662  Egypt

Day 5

 Mozambique 7865  Zimbabwe
 Senegal 8679  Ivory Coast
 Egypt 7839  Mauritania

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 21, 1981
 
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
December 22, 1981
 
 Algeria (w/o)0
 
 Ivory Coast81
 
December 21, 1981
 
 Egypt65
 
 Egypt84
 
 
 Somalia80
 
Third place
 
 
December 22, 1981
 
 
 Somalia2
 
 
 Algeria (w/o)0

Classification Stage

 Tunisia 5554  Mauritania
 Congo 02  Senegal
 Mozambique 02  Angola

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Ivory Coast 6-1
2  Egypt 5-2
3  Somalia 4-1
4  Algeria 4-2
5  Senegal 3-2
6  Tunisia 2-3
7  Congo 2-3
8  Angola 1-4
9  Mauritania 2-4
10  Mozambique 2-4
11  Zimbabwe 0-5

Cote d'Ivoire qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship in Colombia.

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