FIBA Africa Championship 1999
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Angola |
Dates | 29 July – 6 August |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Angola (5th title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Mali |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Lamine Diawara[citation needed] |
The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was the 20th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999.
Angola defeated Nigeria 79–72 in the final to win their fifth title.[1] and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Squads
Draw
Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary rounds
Source:[2]
- Times given below are in UTC+1.
Group 1
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
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Egypt | 5 | 0 | 348 | 256 | +92 | 10 |
Mali | 3 | 2 | 340 | 345 | -5 | 8 |
Algeria | 3 | 2 | 325 | 331 | -6 | 8 |
Senegal | 2 | 3 | 322 | 320 | +2 | 7 |
Cape Verde | 2 | 3 | 318 | 320 | -2 | 7 |
Morocco | 0 | 5 | 265 | 346 | -81 | 5 |
Group 2
Qualified for the semi-finals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
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Angola | 5 | 0 | 430 | 251 | +179 | 10 |
Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 375 | 277 | +98 | 9 |
Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 258 | 255 | +3 | 8 |
Ivory Coast | 2 | 3 | 270 | 316 | -46 | 7 |
Mozambique | 1 | 4 | 269 | 387 | -118 | 6 |
South Africa | 0 | 5 | 245 | 361 | -116 | 5 |
Knockout stage
5th place match
5 August 1999
09:00 |
Algeria | 54–56 | Tunisia |
Scoring by half: 29-22, 25-34 | ||
Pts: Sayah 15 | Pts: Essayed 14 |
7th place match
Championship bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
5 August - 17:00 | ||||||
Egypt | 54 | |||||
6 August - 19:00 | ||||||
Nigeria | 69 | |||||
Angola | 79 | |||||
5 August - 19:00 | ||||||
Nigeria | 72 | |||||
Mali | 69 | |||||
Angola | 77 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
6 August - 17:00 | ||||||
Mali | 63 | |||||
Egypt | 75 |
5 August 1999
17:00 |
Egypt | 54–69 | Nigeria |
Scoring by half: 27-36, 27-33 | ||
Pts: Ibrahim, Elwahab 10 | Pts: Awojobi 26 |
5 August 1999
19:00 |
Mali | 69–77 | Angola |
Scoring by half: 29-46, 40-31 | ||
Pts: Diwara 14 | Pts: Lutonda, J.Jacques 12 |
9th place match
11th place match
Bronze medal match
Final
6 August 1999
19:00 |
Angola | 79–72 | Nigeria |
Scoring by quarter: 46-23, 33-49 | ||
Pts: D.Dias 34 | Pts: Owinje 19 |
Final standings
Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Angola | 7–0 | |
Nigeria | 5–2 | |
Egypt | 6–1 | |
4 | Mali | 3–4 |
5 | Tunisia | 4–2 |
6 | Algeria | 3–3 |
7 | Senegal | 3–3 |
8 | Ivory Coast | 2–4 |
9 | Cape Verde | 3–3 |
10 | Mozambique | 1–5 |
11 | Morocco | 1–5 |
12 | South Africa | 0–6 |
Awards
1999 FIBA Africa Championship winners |
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Angola Fifth title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Lamine Diawara[citation needed] |
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Men Basketball Africa Championship 1999 Luanda, Cabinda (ANG) - 29.07-06.08 Winner Angola". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Calendário dos jogos do Afrobasket '99" (in Portuguese). FIBAAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-01-18.