FIBA Africa Championship 1987

FIBA Africa Championship 1987

14th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	December 17–27
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Frédéric Goporo
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the

in the final.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Angola  Mali  Nigeria  Tunisia	Algeria  Central African Republic  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Senegal

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Angola	6	3	3	0	237	187	+50
Mali	4	3	1	2	213	227	-14
Tunisia	4	3	1	2	214	218	-4
Nigeria	4	3	1	2	202	234	-32

Day 1

Mali	85–75	Tunisia
Tunisia	79–64	Nigeria

Day 2

Angola	81–60	Mali
Angola	69–60	Tunisia

Day 3

Nigeria	71–68	Mali
Angola	87–67	Nigeria

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Central African Republic	8	4	4	0	310	258	+52
Egypt	7	4	3	1	318	299	+19
Senegal	6	4	2	2	273	284	-11
Ivory Coast	5	4	1	3	293	298	-5
Algeria	4	4	0	4	260	315	-55

Day 1

Ivory Coast	87–63	Algeria
Egypt	76–69	Senegal

Day 2

Algeria	79–91	Egypt
Ivory Coast	68–84	Central African Republic

Day 3

Senegal	57–71	Central African Republic
Egypt	71–66	Ivory Coast

Day 4

Central African Republic	70–53	Algeria
Ivory Coast	72–80	Senegal

Day 5

Central African Republic	85–80	Egypt
Senegal	67–65	Algeria

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 26, 1987
	Angola	77
					December 27, 1987
	Egypt	83
					Egypt	87
	December 26, 1987
					Central African Rep.	94
	Central African Rep.	74
	Mali	73
					Third place
					December 27, 1987
					Angola	73
					Mali	71

Classification stage

Tunisia	78–76	Senegal
Ivory Coast	89–77	Nigeria

Final standings

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

Awards

1987 FIBA Africa Championship
Central African Republic Second title

Most Valuable Player
Frédéric Goporo

External links

• FIBA Archive

References