African championship basketball 2005

AfroBasket 2005
23rd African Cup of Nations
Logo of the Afro Basket 2005
Number of nations	12  (of 53 applicants)
FIBA African Champion	Angola (8th title)
venue	Algeria ( Algiers , Staouéli )
Opening game	August 15, 2005
Endgame	August 24, 2005
Games	48
Most basket points	Radhouane Slimane (⌀ 14.8)
Most valuable player	Boniface N'dong

The AfroBasket 2005 ( shortly : Afrobasket 2005 ) is the 23rd edition of this tournament and found from 15 to 25 August 2005 the Algerian capital Algiers instead and in Staoueli in the province of Algiers on the outskirts of the capital. The games of preliminary group B and the placement round for places 9 to 12 were held in Staouéli, while preliminary group A and the final round were held in the capital. The tournament medalists qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals .

Defending champion Angola won their fourth title in a row without defeat and eighth overall in the last nine events; the smallest point difference was with five points in the semi-final victory over the later bronze medalist Nigeria . Host Algeria weakened in the end after losing only the last group game against Mali , which was insignificant for the hosts . After a large semi-final defeat against Senegal , they also lost the “small final” for the bronze medal significantly against Nigeria, which they had defeated in the preliminary round, and missed the Algerian selection so participation in the 2006 World Cup. Although Senegal made the final lost, Boniface N'dong was voted " Most Valuable Player " by the loser in the final and silver medalist .

Attendees

•  Algeria - hosts
•  Angola - African Champion 2003

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

•  Morocco - Zone 1
•  Tunisia - Zone 1
•  Mali - Zone 2
•  Senegal - Zone 2
•  Ivory Coast - Zone 3
•  Nigeria - Zone 3, 2003 silver medal
•  Gabon - Zone 4
•  Central African Republic - Zone 4
•  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 worst teams in each group then played out places nine to twelve in a placement round, the other eight teams reached the final round, each of which was played in a knockout system . The losers of the games of the quarterfinals played from places five to eight in a placement round, while the losers of the games of the semifinals in the "small final" not only for the bronze medal at this tournament, but also for the remaining starting place for the 2006 World Cup played. The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the World Cup finals and played for the gold medal.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 15th and 20th.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Algeria	5	4th	1	374	337		*	73 : 72	84 : 72	66: 83	71 : 58	80 : 52
2. Nigeria	5	4th	1	386	328		72: 73	*	78 : 65	83 : 77	87 : 56	66 : 57
3. Tunisia	5	2	3	355	357		72: 84	65: 78	*	80 : 61	65: 69	73 : 65
4. Mali	5	2	3	382	376		83 : 66	77: 83	61: 80	*	87 : 71	74: 76
5. Ivory Coast	5	2	3	328	375		58: 71	56: 87	69 : 65	71: 87	*	74 : 65
6. Gabon	5	1	4th	315	367		52: 80	57: 66	65: 73	76 : 74	65: 74	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Angola	5	5	0	426	227		*	67 : 59	77 : 46	75 : 43	107 : 42	100 : 37
2. Senegal	5	4th	1	343	261		59: 67	*	50 : 42	70 : 60	85 : 45	79 : 47
3. Central African Republic	5	3	2	279	291		46: 77	42: 50	*	60 : 49	66 : 65	65 : 50
4. Morocco	5	2	3	288	330		43: 75	60: 70	49: 60	*	67 : 60	69 : 65
5. South Africa	5	1	4th	292	384		42: 107	45: 85	65: 66	60: 67	*	80 : 59
6. Mozambique	5	0	5	258	393		37: 100	47: 79	50: 65	65: 69	59: 80	*

Final round

The games of the final round took place in Algiers between August 22nd and 24th.

Quarterfinals August 22nd

Semi-finals August 23

Final August 24th

B1

Angola

67

A4

Mali

50

B1

Angola

67

A2

Nigeria

62

B3

Central Africa. republic

51

A2

Nigeria

63

Endgame

B1

Angola

70

B2

Senegal

61

B2

Senegal

72

A3

Tunisia

67

B2

Senegal

80

A1

Algeria

46

3rd place match

A4

Morocco

66

A2

Nigeria

88

A1

Algeria

81

A1

Algeria

76

Play for fifth to eighth

Semi-finals August 23					Final August 24th
B3	Central Africa. republic	80
A4	Mali	74			Play for 5th place
					B3	Central Africa. republic	86
					B4	Morocco	60
B4	Morocco	83
A3	Tunisia	72
					Game for 7th place
					A4	Mali	100
					A3	Tunisia	89

Placement Rounds (9 to 12)

The games of the placement round for places 9 to 12 took place from August 22 to 23 in Staouéli.

Semi-finals August 22nd					Final August 23
A5	Ivory Coast	77
B6	Mozambique	64			Play for 9th place
					A5	Ivory Coast	65
					A6	Gabon	85
A6	Gabon	79
B5	South Africa	71
					Game for 11th place
					B6	Mozambique	74
					B5	South Africa	56

See also

• Basketball World Cup 2006

Web links

• 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Men - website of the tournament FIBA Archive ( English )
• FIBAAFRICA.COM - Website of the continental association FIBA ​​Africa ( French / English)