2001 FIBA Africa Championship

The FIBA Africa Championship 2001 was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

2001 FIBA Africa Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates4–12 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Angola (6th title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
MVP Miguel Lutonda
Top scorer Miloud Dahine
(21.4 points per game)

Draw

Group 1 Group 2

 Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 Mali
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Tunisia

 Algeria
 Angola
 Central African Republic
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 South Africa

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Egypt 9541412395+17
Tunisia 9541389368+21
Morocco 8532397382+15
Côte d'Ivoire 7523365357+8
Mozambique 6514356393-37
Mali 6514374398-24

Day 1

Morocco 7857 Mozambique
Mali 7677 Tunisia
Egypt 8381 Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

Mozambique 7487 Tunisia
Egypt 7769 Mali
Côte d'Ivoire 8067 Morocco

Day 3

Mozambique 8086 Egypt
Côte d'Ivoire 7179 Mali
Tunisia 8076 Morocco

Day 4

Egypt 8477 Tunisia
Côte d'Ivoire 7560 Mozambique
Mali 8388 Morocco

Day 5

Tunisia 6858 Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique 8567 Mali
Egypt 8288 Morocco

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Algeria 9541362297+65
Angola 9541339278+61
Nigeria 9541305280+25
Senegal 7523354305+49
Central African Republic 6514305354-49
South Africa 5505211362-151

Day 1

South Africa 4676 Algeria
Angola 7157 Central African Republic
Senegal 6580 Nigeria

Day 2

Senegal 10449 Central African Republic
Angola 7078 Algeria
South Africa 4764 Nigeria

Day 3

South Africa 3769 Senegal
Central African Republic 6679 Algeria
Angola 5443 Nigeria

Day 4

Nigeria 5958 Algeria
Central African Republic 7741 South Africa
Senegal 6068 Angola

Day 5

Angola 7640 South Africa
Central African Republic 5659 Nigeria
Algeria 7156 Senegal

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 11, 2001
 
 
Egypt60
 
August 12, 2001
 
Angola72
 
Algeria68
 
August 11, 2001
 
Angola78
 
Algeria77
 
 
Tunisia76
 
Third place
 
 
August 12, 2001
 
 
Tunisia71
 
 
Egypt77

Classification Stage

Nigeria 7966 Morocco
Côte d'Ivoire 6073 Senegal
Central African Republic 7963 Mozambique
Mali 6354 South Africa

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 Angola 6-1
2 Algeria 5-2
3 Egypt 5-2
4 Tunisia 4-3
5 Nigeria 5-1
6 Morocco 4-2
7 Senegal 3-3
8 Côte d'Ivoire 2-4
9 Central African Republic 2-4
10 Mozambique 1-5
11 Mali 2-4
12 South Africa 0-6

Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.

 2001 FIBA Africa Championship Winners 

Angola
Sixth title
Most Valuable Player
Miguel Lutonda

All tournament team

Statistical leaders

See also

  • 2000 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
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