FIBA Africa Championship 1974

For the women's tournament, see 1974 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

International basketball competition

FIBA AfroBasket 19747th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Central African Republic
Dates| April 5-15
Teams| 10
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Central African Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP|  Gaston Gambor
Top scorer|  Diop

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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.

The tournament was hosted at the Martin Ngoko National Basketball Center in Bangui.

## Competing Nations

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The following national teams competed:

Group A  | Group B

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Benin
Mali
Senegal
Somalia
Togo
Tunisia

Central African Republic
Cameroon
Tanzania
Zaire

## Preliminary rounds

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### Group A

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff

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Senegal | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 403 | 301 | +102
Tunisia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 309 | 290 | +19
Togo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 380 | 345 | +35
Mali | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 369 | 331 | +38
Benin
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 315 | 430 | -115
Somalia
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 334 | 413 | -79

Day 1

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

Day 2

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Somalia | 59-72  |  Benin
Tunisia | 70-71  |  Mali
Senegal | 78-68  |  Togo

Day 3

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

Day 4

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Senegal | 114-70  |  Benin
Mali | 80-83  |  Togo
Tunisia | 87-70  |  Somalia

Day 5

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

### Group B

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff

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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

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Central African Republic | 66-64  |  Cameroon

Day 2

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Cameroon | 91-62  |  Zaire

Day 3

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Zaire | 123-59  |  Tanzania

Day 4

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Cameroon | 126-52  |  Tanzania
Central African Republic | 115-82  |  Zaire

Day 5

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Central African Republic | 158-32  |  Tanzania

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| April 14, 1974| |

|  Central African Republic| 89

| April 15, 1974

|  Tunisia| 80 |

|  Central African Republic| 72

| April 14, 1974

| |  Senegal| 67

|  Senegal| 84

|  Cameroon| 78 |

| Third place

| April 15, 1974

|  Tunisia| 82

|  Cameroon| 72

## Classification Stage

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Togo | 87-70  |  Zaire
Tanzania | 37-151  |  Mali

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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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.

## Awards

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Most Valuable Player

Gaston Gambor

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