FIBA Africa Championship 1974

FIBA Africa Championship 1974
7th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Central African Republic
Dates	April 5-15
Teams	10 (from 34 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Central African Republic (1st title)
MVP	Gaston Gambor
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Diop
< 1972 1975 >

The FIBA Africa Championship 1974 was hosted by the Central African Republic from April 5 to April 15, 1974. The games were played in Bangui. Central African Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Senegal in the final. Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship by winning the tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Benin  Mali  Senegal  Somalia  Togo  Tunisia	Central African Republic  Cameroon  Tanzania  Zaire

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	10	5	5	0	403	301	+102
Togo	8	5	3	2	380	345	+35
Mali	8	5	3	2	369	331	+38
Tunisia	7	4	3	1	309	290	+19
Benin	6	5	1	4	315	430	-115
Somalia	6	6	0	6	334	413	-79

Day 1

Tunisia	82–64	Benin
Togo	59–39	Somalia
Senegal	76–68	Mali

Day 2

Somalia	59–72	Benin
Somalia	70–71	Mali
Senegal	78–68	Togo

Day 3

Somalia	43–63	Senegal
Mali	89–49	Benin
Tunisia	88–84	Togo

Day 4

Senegal	114–70	Benin
Mali	80–83	Togo
Tunisia	87–70	Somalia

Day 5

Togo	86–60	Benin
Senegal	72–52	Tunisia
Mali	61–53	Somalia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Central African Republic	6	3	3	0	339	178	+161
Cameroon	5	3	2	1	281	180	+101
Zaire	4	3	1	2	267	265	+2
Tanzania	3	3	0	3	143	407	-263

Day 1

Central African Republic	66–64	Cameroon

Day 2

Cameroon	91–62	Zaire

Day 3

Zaire	123–59	Tanzania

Day 4

Cameroon	126–52	Tanzania
Central African Republic	115–82	Zaire

Day 5

Central African Republic	158–32	Tanzania

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 14, 1974
	Central African Republic	89
	Tunisia	80
					April 15, 1974
					Central African Republic	72
					Senegal	67
					Third place
	April 14, 1974			April 15, 1974
	Senegal	84		Tunisia	82
	Cameroon	78			Cameroon	72

Classification Stage

Togo	87–70	Zaire
Tanzania	37–151	Mali

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Central African Republic	5-0
2	Senegal	6-1
3	Tunisia	4-2
4	Cameroon	2-3
5	Togo	4-2
6	Zaire	1-3
7	Mali	4-2
8	Tanzania	0-4
9	Benin (named Dahomey)	1-4
10	Somalia	0-6

 Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship.

External links

• FIBA Archive