FIBA Africa Championship 1999

The 1999 FIBA Africa Championship 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.

FIBA Africa Championship 1999
Tournament details
Host countryAngola
Dates29 July – 6 August
Teams12
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

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

Draw

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Cape Verde
 Egypt
 Mali
 Morocco
 Senegal

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Mozambique
 Nigeria
 South Africa
 Tunisia

Preliminary rounds [2]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group 1

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts
 Egypt 50348256+9210
 Mali 32340345-58
 Algeria 32325331-68
 Senegal 23322320+27
 Cape Verde 23318320-27
 Morocco 05265346-815
30 July 1999
10:00
Mali  7977  Algeria
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

16:00
Cape Verde  5457  Senegal
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

18:00
Morocco  4273  Egypt
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

31 July 1999
10:00
Mali  6064  Cape Verde
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

16:00
Algeria  5835  Morocco
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

18:00
Egypt  6253  Senegal
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

1 August 1999
10:00
Morocco  5774  Senegal
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

16:00
Egypt  7055  Mali
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

18:00
Algeria  7270  Cape Verde
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

2 August 1999
10:00
Cape Verde  7371  Morocco
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

16:00
Senegal  7784  Mali
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

18:00
Algeria  4983  Egypt
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

3 August 1999
10:00
Cape Verde  5760  Egypt
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

16:00
Senegal  6469  Algeria
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

18:00
Morocco  6068  Mali
Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda


Group 2

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts
 Angola 50430251+17910
 Nigeria 41375277+989
 Tunisia 32258255+38
 Ivory Coast 23270316-467
 Mozambique 14269387-1186
 South Africa 05245361-1165
29 July 1999
19:00
Angola  8525  South Africa
30 July 1999
19:00
Nigeria  7156  Tunisia
4 August 1999
16:00
Ivory Coast  6560  Mozambique

31 July 1999
10:00
South Africa  4585  Nigeria

1 August 1999
10:00
Ivory Coast  6258  South Africa

2 August 1999
10:00
Mozambique  6962  South Africa

3 August 1999
10:00
South Africa  5560  Tunisia


Knockout stage

5th place match

5 August 1999
09:00
Algeria  5456  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 29-22, 25-34
Pts: Sayah 15 Pts: Essayed 14

7th place match

5 August 1999
11:00
Senegal  8770  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 40-27, 47-33

Championship bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
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
5 August 1999
17:00
Egypt  5469  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 27-36, 27-33
Pts: Ibrahim, Elwahab 10 Pts: Awojobi 26
5 August 1999
19:00
Mali  6977  Angola
Scoring by half: 29-46, 40-31
Pts: Diwara 14 Pts: Lutonda, J.Jacques 12

9th place match

6 August 1999
09:00
Cape Verde  6965  Mozambique
Pts: V.Hugo 17 Pts: A.de Deus 13

11th place match

6 August 1999
11:00
Morocco  5942  South Africa

Bronze medal match

6 August 1999
17:00
Mali  6375  Egypt

Final

6 August 1999
19:00
Angola  7972  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 46-23, 33-49
Pts: D.Dias 34 Pts: Owinje 19


Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
 Angola7–0
 Nigeria5–2
 Egypt6–1
4  Mali3–4
5  Tunisia4–2
6  Algeria3–3
7  Senegal3–3
8  Ivory Coast2–4
9  Cape Verde3–3
10  Mozambique1–5
11  Morocco1–5
12  South Africa0–6
 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
 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
 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 

Angola
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player
Lamine Diawara

See also

References

  1. "Men Basketball Africa Championship 1999 Luanda,Cabinda (ANG) - 29.07-06.08 Winner Angola". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. "Calendário dos jogos do Afrobasket '99" (in Portuguese). FIBAAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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