African championship basketball 2001

AfroBasket 2001
21st Africa Cup of Nations
Number of nations	12  (of 53 applicants)
FIBA African Champion	Angola (6th title)
venue	Morocco ( Rabat , Casablanca )
Opening game	August 4, 2001
Endgame	August 12, 2001
Games	38
Most valuable player	Miguel Lutonda

The AfroBasket 2001 ( shortly : Afrobasket 2001 ) is the 21st edition of this tournament was held at the from 4 to 12 August 2001 Moroccan cities Casablanca and Rabat instead. The finalists of the tournament qualified for the finals of the 2002 World Cup .

Defending champion Angola was able to win the tournament again in a group defeat against Algeria after defeating the same opponent in the final. Egypt secured the bronze medal against Tunisia in the "small final" .

Attendees

•  Morocco - hosts
•  Angola - African Champion 1999

In addition, the following teams from the six different main zones of FIBA ​​Africa took part:

•  Algeria - Zone 1
•  Tunisia - Zone 1
•  Mali - Zone 2
•  Senegal - Zone 2
•  Ivory Coast - Zone 3
•  Nigeria - Zone 3
•  Central African Republic - Zone 4
•  Egypt - Zone 5
•  Mozambique - Zone 6
•  South Africa - Zone 6

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round was held in two groups of six teams each as a round-robin tournament. While the two best-placed teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals in the knockout system , with a direct comparison among each other in the event of a tie , the other teams played another placement game against the tied team in the other group. The semi-finalists played the finalists and participants of the World Cup finals according to their group placement. The semi-final losers played for the bronze medal in the small final, while the winners of the semi-finals fought for the gold medal and the tournament victory in the final.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 4th and 9th.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Egypt	5	4th	1	412	395		*	84 : 77	82: 88	83 : 81	86 : 80	77 : 69
2. Tunisia	5	4th	1	389	368		77: 84	*	80 : 76	68 : 58	87 : 74	77 : 76
3. Morocco	5	3	2	397	382		88 : 82	76: 80	*	67: 80	78 : 57	88 : 83
4. Ivory Coast	5	2	3	365	357		81: 83	58: 68	80 : 67	*	75 : 60	71: 79
5. Mozambique	5	1	4th	356	393		80: 86	74: 87	57: 78	60: 75	*	85 : 67
6. Mali	5	1	4th	374	398		69: 77	76: 77	83: 88	79 : 71	67: 85	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Algeria	5	4th	1	362	297		*	78 : 70	58: 59	71 : 56	79 : 66	76 : 46
2. Angola	5	4th	1	339	278		70: 78	*	54 : 43	68 : 60	71 : 57	76 : 40
3. Nigeria	5	4th	1	305	280		59 : 58	43: 54	*	80 : 65	59 : 56	64 : 47
4. Senegal	5	2	3	354	305		56: 71	60: 68	65: 80	*	104 : 49	69 : 37
5. Central African Republic	5	1	4th	305	354		66: 79	57: 71	56: 59	49: 104	*	77 : 41
6. South Africa	5	0	5	211	362		46: 76	40: 76	47: 64	37: 69	41: 77	*

Final round

The games of the final round took place on August 11th and 12th.

Semi-finals August 11th					Final August 12th
A1	Egypt	60
B2	Angola	72			Endgame
					B2	Angola	78
					B1	Algeria	68
A2	Tunisia	76
B1	Algeria	77
					3rd place match
					A1	Egypt	77
					A2	Tunisia	71

Placement games

The games for places 5 to 12 took place from August 11 to 12.

Play for 5th place A3  Morocco 66 B3  Nigeria 79		Game for 7th place A4  Ivory Coast 60 C4  Senegal 73
Play for 9th place A5  Mozambique 63 B5  Central African Republic 79		Game for 11th place A6  Mali 63 B6  South Africa 54

See also

• Basketball World Cup 2002

Web links

• 2001 African Championship for Men - website of the tournament in the FIBA ​​archive ( English )
• FIBAAFRICA.COM - Website of the continental association FIBA ​​Africa ( French / English)