1974 Africa Cup of Nations basketball

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1974 Africa Cup of Nations basketball
7th Africa Cup of Nations
LogoAfroBasket1974.gif
Number of nations 10
African champions Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic (1st title)
venue Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Bangui
Opening game April 5th 1974
Endgame April 15, 1974
Games   27
Basket points 4209   (∅: 155.89 per game)

The 1974 African Basketball Championship , the seventh African Basketball Championship , took place between April 5 and 15, 1974 in Bangui , Central African Republic , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the Central African Republic , which won the title for the first time. Senegal could be defeated in the final . For the first time a team from Dahomey , Tanzania and Zaire took part.

Participating teams

BeninBenin Dahomey Cameroon Mali Senegal Somalia Tanzania Togo Tunisia Zaire Central African Republic
Cameroon 1961Cameroon 
MaliMali 
SenegalSenegal 
SomaliaSomalia 
TanzaniaTanzania 
TogoTogo 
TunisiaTunisia 
ZaireZaire 
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic 

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

placement team Points G V baskets Diff
1 SenegalSenegal Senegal 10 5 0 403: 301 +102
2 TogoTogo Togo 8th 3 2 380: 345 +35
3 MaliMali Mali 8th 3 2 369: 331 +38
4th TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 7th 3 1 309: 290 +19
5 BeninBenin Dahomey 6th 1 4th 315: 430 −115
6th SomaliaSomalia Somalia 6th 0 6th 334: 413 −79


day 1

TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 82  - 64 BeninBenin Dahomey
TogoTogo Togo 59  - 39 SomaliaSomalia Somalia
SenegalSenegal Senegal 76  - 68 MaliMali Mali

day 2

BeninBenin Dahomey 72  - 59 SomaliaSomalia Somalia
MaliMali Mali 71  - 70 SomaliaSomalia Somalia
SenegalSenegal Senegal 78  - 68 TogoTogo Togo

Day 3

SenegalSenegal Senegal 63  - 43 SomaliaSomalia Somalia
MaliMali Mali 89  - 49 BeninBenin Dahomey
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 88  - 84 TogoTogo Togo

Day 4

SenegalSenegal Senegal 114  - 70 BeninBenin Dahomey
TogoTogo Togo 83  - 80 MaliMali Mali
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 87  - 70 SomaliaSomalia Somalia

Day 5

TogoTogo Togo 86  - 60 BeninBenin Dahomey
SenegalSenegal Senegal 72  - 52 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
MaliMali Mali 61  - 53 SomaliaSomalia Somalia

Group B

placement team Points G V baskets Diff
1 Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 6th 3 0 339: 178 +161
2 Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon 5 2 1 281: 180 +101
3 ZaireZaire Zaire 4th 1 2 267: 265 +2
4th TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 3 0 3 143: 407 −263


day 1

Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 66  - 64 Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon
Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon 91  - 62 ZaireZaire Zaire

day 2

ZaireZaire Zaire 123  - 59 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania
Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon 126  - 52 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Day 3

Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 115  - 82 ZaireZaire Zaire
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 158  - 32 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Game for seventh place

MaliMali Mali 151  - 37 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Game for fifth place

TogoTogo Togo 87  - 70 ZaireZaire Zaire

Semifinals

Semi-finals
April 14, 1974 		    Final
April 15, 1974
               
SenegalSenegal Senegal 84      
Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon 78     Endgame
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 172
    SenegalSenegal Senegal 67
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 89
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 80      
3rd place match
  TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 82
Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon 72
SenegalSenegal Senegal 84  - 78 Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 89  - 80 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia

Game for third place

TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 82  - 72 Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon

final

Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 172  - 67 SenegalSenegal Senegal


Central African Republic
Master of the
Central African Republic
First championship

Final placement

rank team
1 Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic
2 SenegalSenegal Senegal
3 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
4th Cameroon 1961Cameroon Cameroon
5 TogoTogo Togo
6th ZaireZaire Zaire
7th MaliMali Mali
8th TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania
9 BeninBenin Dahomey
10 SomaliaSomalia Somalia

The Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 World Basketball Championship in Puerto Rico .

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