FIBA Africa Championship 1970

FIBA Africa Championship 1968
4th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Egypt
Dates 9–15 March
Teams 7 (from 33 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Egypt (3rd title)
< 1968
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1970, was the fifth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1970 FIBA World Championship, grantin one berth to the champion. It was held in Egypt between 9 March and 15 March 1970. Seven national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Africa, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Alexandria hosted the tournament. Egypt won their third title after defeating Senegal in the final.

Format

First round

Advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Egypt 3 3 0 306 178+128 6
 Central African Republic 3 2 1 283 194+89 5
 Palestine 3 1 2 216 28165 4
 Somalia 3 0 3 163 315152 3
Egypt  11253  Palestine
Scoring by half: 54–24, 58–29
Somalia  45107  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 22–63, 23–44
Somalia  71104  Palestine
Scoring by half: 32–55, 39–49
Egypt  9078  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 42–42, 48–36
Somalia  47104  Egypt
Scoring by half: 18–46, 29–58
Palestine  5998  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 31–46, 28–52

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Senegal 2 2 0 107 83+24 4
 Tunisia 2 1 1 119 85+34 3
 Libya 2 0 2 85 14358 2
Senegal  4439  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 19–18, 25–21
Libya  4180  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 20–48, 21–32
Libya  4463  Senegal
Scoring by half: 22–32, 22–31

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Semi-finals Final
March 14
  Egypt  79  
  Tunisia  76  
 
March 15
      Egypt  70
    Senegal  63
Third place
March 14 March 15
  Senegal  66   Tunisia  73
  Central African Republic  57     Central African Republic  56

Semifinals

Central African Republic  5766  Senegal
Scoring by half: 24–37, 33–29
Egypt  7976  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 39–40, 40–36

Third place

Central African Republic  5673  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 26–30, 30–43

Final

Egypt  7063  Senegal
Scoring by half: 35–29, 35–34

Fifth place

Palestine  5578  Libya
Scoring by half: 31–30, 24–48

Final standings

Qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st  Egypt 5–0
2nd  Senegal 3–1
3rd  Tunisia 2–2
4  Central African Republic 2–3
5  Libya 1–2
6  Palestine 1–3
7  Somalia 0–3

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