FIBA Africa Championship 1980
# FIBA Africa Championship 1980

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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| March 27, 1980 | March 27, 1980 |
| Ivory Coast | 101 |
| Ivory Coast | 101 | March 28, 1980 | March 28, 1980 |
| Algeria | 48 | March 28, 1980 | March 28, 1980 |
| Algeria | 48 | Ivory Coast | 90 |
| March 27, 1980 | March 27, 1980 | | Ivory Coast | 90 |
| March 27, 1980 | March 27, 1980 | Senegal | 96 |
| Senegal | 126 | Senegal | 96 |
| Morocco | 87 | | |
| Morocco | 87 | Third place | Third place |
| | | March 28, 1980 | March 28, 1980 |
| | | Morocco | 97 |
| | | Algeria | 95 |

## 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.

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Mathieu Faye
