FIBA Africa Championship 1989
# FIBA Africa Championship 1989

The FIBA Africa Championship 1989 was hosted by Angola from December 16 to December 27, 1989. The games were played in Luanda. Angola won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as a result of their showing in this tournament.

## Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Algeria  Central African Republic  Mali  Senegal  Zambia | Angola  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Kenya  Morocco  Tunisia |

## Preliminary rounds

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 362 | 234 | +128 |
| Mali | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 289 | 235 | +54 |
| Algeria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 329 | 297 | +32 |
| Central African Republic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 381 | 292 | +89 |
| Zambia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 178 | 481 | -303 |

Day 1

| Mali | 94–30 | Zambia |
| - | - | - |
| Senegal | 85–74 | Central African Republic |

Day 2

| Zambia | 46–110 | Senegal |
| - | - | - |
| Algeria | 60–77 | Mali |

Day 3

* 20 December 1989

| Central African Republic | 165–46 | Zambia |
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Goporo 44 | | Pts: Chawelwa 22 |

* Cidadela, Luanda
* 20 December 1989

| Senegal | 89–62 | Algeria |
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Sene 17 | | Pts: Samir 10 |

* Cidadela, Luanda

Day 4

| Central African Republic | 67–66 | Mali |
| - | - | - |
| Zambia | 56–112 | Algeria |

Day 5

| Algeria | 95–75 | Central African Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Senegal | 78–52 | Mali |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 426 | 274 | +152 |
| Egypt | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 419 | 364 | +55 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 500 | 503 | -3 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 389 | 402 | -13 |
| Morocco | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 348 | 426 | -78 |
| Kenya | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 276 | 389 | -113 |

Day 1

| Angola | 72–57 | Ivory Coast |
| - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 98–86 | Ivory Coast |
| Egypt | 89–69 | Morocco |

Day 2

| Morocco | 87–86 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
| Angola | 83–66 | Tunisia |
| Egypt | 91–81 | Ivory Coast |

Day 3

* 20 December 1989

| Tunisia | 68–64 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Ben Cherif 20 | | |

* Cidadela, Luanda
* 20 December 1989

| Ivory Coast | 97–79 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Meledj 20 | | Pts: G.Owino 8 |

* Cidadela, Luanda
* 20 December 1989

| Angola | 82–68 | Egypt |
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Conceição 27 | | Pts: A.Mohamed 12 |

* Cidadela, Luanda

Day 4

| Angola | 90–50 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |
| Egypt | 95–71 | Kenya |
| Ivory Coast | 86–85 | Tunisia |

Day 5

| Ivory Coast | 93–78 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |
| Egypt | 83–72 | Tunisia |
| Angola | 110–40 | Kenya |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| December 26, 1989 | December 26, 1989 |
| Egypt | 81 |
| Egypt | 81 | December 27, 1989 | December 27, 1989 |
| Senegal | 68 | December 27, 1989 | December 27, 1989 |
| Senegal | 68 | Egypt | 62 |
| December 26, 1989 | December 26, 1989 | | Egypt | 62 |
| December 26, 1989 | December 26, 1989 | Angola | 89 |
| Angola | 92 | Angola | 89 |
| Mali | 55 | | |
| Mali | 55 | Third place | Third place |
| | | December 27, 1989 | December 27, 1989 |
| | | Senegal | 65 |
| | | Mali | 53 |

* 26 December 1989

| Angola | 89–62 | Egypt |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 44–23, 45–39 |||
| Pts: J.C. Guimarães 29 | | Pts: Ashraf Mohamed 18 |

* Cidadela, Luanda Referees: C. Ussene (MOZ), D. Abderahman (ALG)

## Classification Stage

| Ivory Coast | 91–70 | Algeria |
| - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 99–110 | Central African Republic |
| Zambia | 65–122 | Morocco |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Angola | 7-0 |
| 2 | Egypt | 5-2 |
| 3 | Senegal | 5-1 |
| 4 | Mali | 2-4 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 4-3 |
| 6 | Algeria | 2-3 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3-2 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 2-4 |
| 9 | Morocco | 2-4 |
| 10 | Zambia | 0-5 |
| 11 | Kenya | 0-4 |

## Awards

* 1989 FIBA Africa Championship winners
* Angola First title
* Most Valuable Player
