FIBA Africa Championship 1978

For the women's tournament, see 1977 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1978
9th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Senegal
Dates	December 24-January 1
Teams	10 (from 35 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Senegal (3rd title)
< 1975 1980 >

The FIBA Africa Championship 1978 was hosted by Senegal from December 24, 1977 to January 1, 1978. The games were played in Dakar. Senegal won the tournament, its third African Championship, to qualify for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Ivory Coast Gambia Mauritania Nigeria Senegal	Egypt Libya Morocco Sudan Togo

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	8	4	4	0	398	251	+147
Ivory Coast	7	4	3	1	378	323	+55
Nigeria	6	4	2	2	346	334	+12
Mauritania	5	4	1	3	282	342	-60
Gambia	4	4	0	4	281	435	-155

Day 1


Senegal	112–55	Mauritania
Nigeria	124–69	Gambia

Day 2


Gambia	77–129	Ivory Coast
Nigeria	56–104	Senegal

Day 3


Mauritania	69–78	Nigeria
Senegal	87–73	Ivory Coast

Day 4


Senegal	95–67	Gambia
Mauritania	71–84	Ivory Coast

Day 5


Ivory Coast	92–88	Nigeria
Mauritania	87–68	Gambia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	8	4	4	0	216	152	+64
Sudan	7	4	3	1	314	225	+89
Morocco	6	4	2	2	407	372	+35
Togo	5	4	1	3	290	349	-59
Libya	4	4	0	4	209	338	-129

Day 1


Sudan	99–71	Togo
Egypt	107–89	Morocco

Day 2


Togo	83–49	Libya
Sudan	97–87	Morocco

Day 3


Morocco	135–95	Libya
Egypt	2–0	Sudan

Day 4


Morocco	96–73	Togo
Egypt	2–0	Libya

Day 5


Egypt	105–63	Togo
Sudan	118–65	Libya

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

December 31, 1977
Ivory Coast	102
Egypt	93

			January 1, 1978
			Ivory Coast	72
			Senegal	103


			Third place
December 31, 1977		January 1, 1978
Senegal	2	Egypt	2
Sudan	0		Sudan	0

Classification Stage


Morocco	98–94	Nigeria
Mauritania	76–71	Togo
Libya	90–121	Gambia

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Senegal	6-0
2	Ivory Coast	4-2
3	Egypt	5-1
4	Sudan	3-3
5	Morocco	3-2
6	Nigeria	2-3
7	Mauritania	2-3
8	Togo	1-4
9	Gambia	1-4
10	Libya	0-5

Senegal qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

References

International Basketball Federation. "1978 African Championship for Men". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

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

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 Championship 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 All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games 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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