FIBA Africa Championship 1987

For the women's tournament, see 1986 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

International basketball competition

FIBA AfroBasket 198714th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Tunisia
Dates| December 17–27
Teams| 9
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Central African Republic (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP|  Frédéric Goporo

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The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone hosted by Tunisia from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in Tunis. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Central African Republic won the tournament, the country's 2nd African championship, by beating Egypt in the final.

## Competing nations

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The following national teams competed:

Group A  | Group B

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Angola
Mali
Nigeria
Tunisia

Algeria
Central African Republic
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Senegal

## Preliminary rounds

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### Group A

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

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Angola | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 187 | +50
Mali | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 227 | -14
Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 218 | -4
Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 234 | -32

Day 1

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Mali | 85-75  |  Tunisia
Tunisia | 79-64  |  Nigeria

Day 2

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Angola | 81-60  |  Mali
Angola | 69-60  |  Tunisia

Day 3

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Nigeria | 71-68  |  Mali
Angola | 87-67  |  Nigeria

### Group B

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

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Central African Republic | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 258 | +52
Egypt | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 318 | 299 | +19
Senegal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 284 | -11
Ivory Coast | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 293 | 298 | -5
Algeria
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 260 | 315 | -55

Day 1

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Ivory Coast | 87-63  |  Algeria
Egypt | 76-69  |  Senegal

Day 2

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Algeria | 79-91  |  Egypt
Ivory Coast | 68-84  |  Central African Republic

Day 3

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Senegal | 57-71  |  Central African Republic
Egypt | 71-66  |  Ivory Coast

Day 4

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Central African Republic | 70-53  |  Algeria
Ivory Coast | 72-80  |  Senegal

Day 5

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Central African Republic | 85-80  |  Egypt
Senegal | 67-65  |  Algeria

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Angola| 77

| December 27, 1987

|  Egypt| 83 |

|  Egypt| 87

| December 26, 1987

| |  Central African Rep.| 94

|  Central African Rep.| 74

|  Mali| 73 |

| Third place

| December 27, 1987

|  Angola| 73

|  Mali| 71

## Classification stage

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Tunisia | 78-76  |  Senegal
Ivory Coast | 89-77  |  Nigeria

## Final standings

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| Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

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| Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  Central Africa | 6–0
|  Egypt | 4–2
|  Angola | 4–1
4  |  Mali | 1–4
5  |  Tunisia | 2–2
6  |  Senegal | 2–3
7  |  Ivory Coast | 2–3
8  |  Nigeria | 1–3
9  |  Algeria | 0–4

C.A.R. roster
François Naouéyama, Jean-Pierre Kotta, Guy Mbongo, Eugene Pehoua-Pelema, Richard Bella, Aubin Goporo, Anicet Lavodrama, Christian Gombé, Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongawoin, Kader Fall, Oumarou Sanda

## Awards

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1987 FIBA Africa Championship

Central African Republic
Second title
Most Valuable Player

Frédéric Goporo

## External links

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* FIBA Archive

## References

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