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FIBA Africa Championship 1980

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FIBA AfroBasket 1980
10th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesMarch 22-30
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Mathieu Faye
1978
1981

The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat. Senegal won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final. Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics as a result of its showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Guinea
 Morocco
 Zaire

 Algeria
 Congo
 Mauritania
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Ivory Coast 8 4 4 0 426 318 +108
 Morocco 7 4 3 1 344 341 +3
 Zaire 6 4 2 2 331 313 +18
 Angola 5 4 1 3 286 333 -47
 Guinea
4 4 0 4 358 440 -82

Day 1

Morocco  81–67  Angola
Ivory Coast  106–87  Zaire

Day 2

Guinea  69–88  Zaire
Angola  59–85  Ivory Coast

Day 3

Guinea  88–102  Angola
Ivory Coast  96–72  Morocco

Day 4

Zaire  79–58  Angola
Guinea  101–111  Morocco

Day 5

Ivory Coast  139–100  Guinea
Morocco  80–77  Zaire

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 10 5 5 0 507 370 +137
 Algeria 8 5 3 2 407 417 -10
 Mauritania 7 5 2 3 419 459 -40
 Congo 7 5 2 3 468 489 -21
 Somalia 7 5 2 3 438 473 -35
 Nigeria 6 5 1 4 439 470 -31

Day 1

Nigeria  87–68  Mauritania
Algeria  75–68  Somalia
Senegal  108–79  Congo

Day 2

Congo  103–90  Nigeria
Mauritania  97–93  Somalia
Senegal  94–71  Algeria

Day 3

Mauritania  82–67  Algeria
Senegal  94–73  Nigeria
Somalia  102–101  Congo

Day 4

Congo  104–102  Mauritania
Algeria  107–92  Nigeria
Senegal  103–77  Somalia

Day 5

Algeria  87–81  Congo
Senegal  108–70  Mauritania
Somalia  98–97  Nigeria

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March 27, 1980
 
 
 Ivory Coast101
 
March 28, 1980
 
 Algeria48
 
 Ivory Coast90
 
March 27, 1980
 
 Senegal96
 
 Senegal126
 
 
 Morocco87
 
Third place
 
 
March 28, 1980
 
 
 Morocco97
 
 
 Algeria95

Classification Stage

Somalia  123–93  Guinea
Mauritania  71–85  Angola
Zaire  111–114  Congo

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Senegal 7-0
2  Ivory Coast 5-2
3  Morocco 4-2
4  Algeria 3-3
5  Congo 3-3
6  Zaire 2-3
7  Angola 2-3
8  Mauritania 2-4
9  Somalia 3-3
10  Guinea 0-5
11  Nigeria 1-4

Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.