FIBA Africa Championship 1978

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

FIBA Africa Championship 19789th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Senegal
Dates| December 24-January 1
Teams| 10
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Senegal (3rd title)

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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[edit]

The following national teams competed:

Group A  | Group B

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Ivory Coast
Gambia
Mauritania
Nigeria
Senegal

Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Togo

## Preliminary rounds[edit]

### Group A[edit]

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

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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

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Senegal | 112-55  |  Mauritania
Nigeria | 124-69  |  Gambia

Day 2

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Gambia | 77-129  |  Ivory Coast
Nigeria | 56-104  |  Senegal

Day 3

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Mauritania | 69-78  |  Nigeria
Senegal | 87-73  |  Ivory Coast

Day 4

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Senegal | 95-67  |  Gambia
Mauritania | 71-84  |  Ivory Coast

Day 5

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Ivory Coast | 92-88  |  Nigeria
Mauritania | 87-68  |  Gambia

### Group B[edit]

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

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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

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Sudan | 99-71  |  Togo
Egypt | 107-89  |  Morocco

Day 2

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Togo | 83-49  |  Libya
Sudan | 97-87  |  Morocco

Day 3

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Morocco | 135-95  |  Libya
Egypt | 2-0  |  Sudan

Day 4

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Morocco | 96-73  |  Togo
Egypt | 2-0  |  Libya

Day 5

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Egypt | 105-63  |  Togo
Sudan | 118-65  |  Libya

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| December 31, 1977| |

|  Ivory Coast| 102

| January 1, 1978

|  Egypt| 93 |

|  Ivory Coast| 72 (36)

| December 31, 1977

| |  Senegal| 103 (52)

|  Senegal| 2

|  Sudan| 0 |

| Third place

| January 1, 1978

|  Egypt| 2

|  Sudan| 0

## Classification Stage[edit]

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

## Final standings[edit]

Rank  | Team  | Record

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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[edit]

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

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