1962 African championship basketball

1962 African championship basketball
1st African Basketball Championship
Logo of AfroBasket 1962
Number of nations	5
African champions	United Arab Republic (1st title)
venue	Cairo
Opening game	March 24, 1962
Endgame	March 30, 1962
Games	10
Basket points	1019   (∅: 101.9 per game)

The 1962 African Basketball Championship , the first African Basketball Championship , took place between March 24 and 30, 1962 in Cairo , United Arab Republic , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the national team of the United Arab Republic , which won the title unbeaten.

Participating teams

 Ethiopia Guinea Morocco Sudan United Arab Republic
 
 
 
 

mode

The game was played in the form of a round-robin tournament (a total of ten games were played). Each team played against each other exactly once, so each team played four games. You got two points for a win and one point for a loss. The team with the most points became African basketball champions in 1962. The remaining places were determined in the same way.

Results

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	United Arab Republic	8th	4th	0	304: 139	+165
2	Sudan	7th	3	1	198: 184	+14
3	Morocco	6th	2	2	221: 184	+37
4th	Guinea	5	1	3	182: 213	−31
5	Ethiopia	4th	0	4th	114: 299	−185

		United Arab Republic	110  - 20	Ethiopia
		Points per half: 56  : 9, 54  : 11.

		Morocco	41 -  44	Sudan
		Points per half time: 20: 27 , 21  : 17th

		Guinea	56  - 25	Ethiopia
		Points per half: 27:10  , 29:15  .

		United Arab Republic	67  - 39	Guinea
		Points per half: 35:15  , 32:24  .

		Ethiopia	34 -  54	Sudan
		Points per half-time: 14: 27 , 20: 27 .

		Ethiopia	35 -  79	Morocco
		Points per half-time: 11: 52 , 24: 27 .

		Sudan	58  - 43	Guinea
		Points per half: 36:15  , 22:28 .

		Sudan	42 -  66	United Arab Republic
		Points per half-time: 22: 33 , 20: 33 .

		United Arab Republic	61  - 38	Morocco
		Points per half: 23:19  , 38:19  .

		Guinea	44 -  63	Morocco
		Points per half time: 18: 26 , 26: 37 .

Master United Arab Republic

First title

Final placement

1.  United Arab Republic
   
2.  Sudan
   
3.  Morocco
   
4.  Guinea
   
5.  Ethiopia

Web links

• 1962 African Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )