Africa Cup of Nations basketball 1987

Africa Cup of Nations basketball 1987
14th African Basketball Championship
Number of nations	9
African champions	Central African Republic (2nd title)
venue	Tunis
Opening game	17th December 1987
Endgame	December 27, 1987
Games	22nd
Basket points	3272   (∅: 148.73 per game)
Most valuable player	Frédéric Goporo

The 1987 African Basketball Championship , the fourteenth African Basketball Championship , took place between December 17 and 27, 1987 in Tunis , Tunisia , which was the second time the championship was held. The winner was the national team of the Central African Republic , which won the title for the second time. In the final Egypt could be defeated.

Participating teams

 Algeria Angola Egypt Ivory Coast Mali Nigeria Senegal Tunisia Central African Republic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

mode

The preliminary round was played in two groups (group A and B) of four (group A) and five (group B) teams. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team played exactly three (Group A) or four games (a total of 16 games were played). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. The two teams with the highest points moved into the semi-finals. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided . Since the teams placed second to fourth in Group A were tied and Mali won against Tunisia, Tunisia against Nigeria and Nigeria against Mali, the relative basket ratio of these three games decided. Since Mali had the better basket ratio with +7 compared to Tunisia (+5) and Nigeria (−12), the team moved into the semi-finals as second in the group. There Angola played against Egypt and the Central African Republic against Mali for a place in the final. The third placed played for fifth place and the fourth placed for seventh place. Algeria landed last in Group B in ninth place overall and was thus last of the tournament.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Angola	6th	3	0	237: 187	+50
2	Mali	4th	3	1	213: 227	−14
3	Tunisia	4th	3	1	214: 218	−4
4th	Nigeria	4th	3	1	202: 234	−32

day 1

		Mali	85  - 75	Tunisia
		Points per half: 41:33  , 44:42  .

		Tunisia	79  - 64	Nigeria
		Points per half time: 42  : 39, 37  : 25th

day 2

		Angola	81  - 60	Mali
		Points per half time: 45  : 26, 36  : 34th

		Angola	69  - 60	Tunisia
		Points per half-time: 40  : 31, 29: 29th

Day 3

		Nigeria	71  - 68	Mali
		Points per half time: 34: 35 , 37  : 33rd

		Angola	87  - 67	Nigeria
		Points per half: 44:34  , 43:33  .

Group B

placement	team	Points	G	V	baskets	Diff
1	Central African Republic	8th	4th	0	310: 258	+52
2	Egypt	7th	3	1	318: 299	+19
3	Senegal	6th	2	2	273: 284	−11
4th	Ivory Coast	5	1	3	293: 298	−5
5	Algeria	4th	0	4th	260: 315	−55

day 1

		Ivory Coast	87  - 63	Algeria
		Points per half: 43:34  , 44:29  .

		Egypt	76  - 69	Senegal
		Points per half: 37:35  , 39:34  .

day 2

		Egypt	91  - 79	Algeria
		Points per half time: 50  : 37, 41: 42 .

		Central African Republic	84  - 68	Ivory Coast
		Points per half: 51  : 45, 33  : 23.

Day 3

		Central African Republic	71  - 57	Senegal
		Points per half: 34:33  , 37:24  .

		Egypt	71  - 66	Ivory Coast
		Points per half time: 28: 30 , 43  : 36th

Day 4

		Central African Republic	70  - 53	Algeria
		Points per half-time: 35  : 25, 35  : 28th

		Senegal	80  - 72	Ivory Coast
		Points per half-time: 40: 40, 40  : 32nd

Day 5

		Central African Republic	85  - 80	Egypt
		Points per half-time: 45: 48 , 40  : 32nd

		Senegal	67  - 65	Algeria
		Points per half-time: 39  : 30, 28: 35 .

Game for seventh place

		Ivory Coast	89  - 77	Nigeria
		Points per half: 39:26  , 50:51 .

Game for fifth place

		Tunisia	78  - 76	Senegal
		Points per half: 37:36  , 41:40  .

Semifinals

Semi-finals December 26, 1987					Final December 27, 1987
B1	Central African Republic	74
A2	Mali	73			Endgame
					B1	Central African Republic	94
					B2	Egypt	87
B2	Egypt	83
A1	Angola	77
					3rd place match
					A1	Angola	73
					A2	Mali	71

		Central African Republic	74  - 73	Mali
		Points per half-time: 34: 39 , 40  : 34th

		Egypt	83  - 77	Angola
		Points per half time: 36  : 31, 47  : 46th

Game for third place

		Angola	73  - 71	Mali
		Points per half: 41:33  , 32:38 .

final

		Central African Republic	94  - 87	Egypt
		Points per half: 51:50  , 43:37  .

Master of the Central African Republic

Second championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Central African Republic
2	Egypt
3	Angola
4th	Mali
5	Tunisia
6th	Senegal
7th	Ivory Coast
8th	Nigeria
9	Algeria

The Central African Republic and Egypt qualified by reaching the finals for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea .

Web links

• FIBA archive