FIBA Africa Championship 1983

For the women's tournament, see 1983 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1983
12th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	December 19-28
Teams	10 (from 40 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
< 1981 1985 >

The FIBA Africa Championship 1983 was hosted by Egypt from December 19 to December 28, 1983. The games were played in Alexandria. Egypt won the tournament, its fifth African Championship, to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Algeria Angola Central African Republic Egypt Liberia	Ivory Coast Guinea Mozambique Senegal Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	8	4	4	0	341	275	+66
Angola	6	4	2	2	314	288	+26
Algeria	6	4	2	2	275	284	-9
Central African Republic	6	4	2	2	313	297	+16
Liberia	4	4	0	4	269	368	-99

Day 1


Egypt	85–64	Algeria
Central African Republic	97–74	Liberia

Day 2


Central African Republic	66–74	Algeria
Angola	72–79	Egypt

Day 3


Liberia	69–106	Egypt
Angola	71–65	Algeria

Day 4


Angola	93–64	Liberia
Central African Republic	70–71	Egypt

Day 5


Algeria	72–62	Liberia
Central African Republic	80–78	Angola

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	8	4	4	0	318	225	+93
Ivory Coast	7	4	3	1	335	247	+88
Mozambique	6	4	2	2	304	227	+77
Somalia	5	4	1	3	257	346	-89
Guinea	4	4	0	4	232	401	-169

Day 1


Mozambique	106–38	Guinea
Senegal	70–66	Ivory Coast

Day 2


Somalia	94–73	Guinea
Ivory Coast	80–66	Mozambique

Day 3


Senegal	54–41	Mozambique
Ivory Coast	90–56	Somalia

Day 4


Ivory Coast	99–55	Guinea
Senegal	92–52	Somalia

Day 5


Mozambique	91–55	Somalia
Senegal	102–66	Guinea

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

December 27, 1983
Egypt	84
Ivory Coast	68

			December 28, 1983
			Egypt	94
			Angola	68


			Third place
December 27, 1983		December 28, 1983
Senegal	61	Ivory Coast	71
Angola	68		Senegal	78

Classification Stage


Liberia	93–92	Guinea
Somalia	64–93	Central African Republic
Algeria	62–68	Mozambique

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Egypt	6-0
2	Angola	3-3
3	Senegal	5-1
4	Ivory Coast	3-3
5	Mozambique	3-2
6	Algeria	2-3
7	Central African Republic	3-2
8	Somalia	1-4
9	Liberia	1-4
10	Guinea	0-5

Egypt qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

External links

FIBA Archive

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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