FIBA Africa Championship 1987
# FIBA Africa Championship 1987

The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone hosted by Tunisia from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in Tunis. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Central African Republic won the tournament, the country's 2nd African championship, by beating Egypt in the final.

## Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

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

## Preliminary rounds

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 187 | +50 |
| Mali | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 227 | -14 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 218 | -4 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 234 | -32 |

Day 1

| Mali | 85–75 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 79–64 | Nigeria |

Day 2

| Angola | 81–60 | Mali |
| - | - | - |
| Angola | 69–60 | Tunisia |

Day 3

| Nigeria | 71–68 | Mali |
| - | - | - |
| Angola | 87–67 | Nigeria |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Central African Republic | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 258 | +52 |
| Egypt | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 318 | 299 | +19 |
| Senegal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 284 | -11 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 293 | 298 | -5 |
| Algeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 260 | 315 | -55 |

Day 1

| Ivory Coast | 87–63 | Algeria |
| - | - | - |
| Egypt | 76–69 | Senegal |

Day 2

| Algeria | 79–91 | Egypt |
| - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | 68–84 | Central African Republic |

Day 3

| Senegal | 57–71 | Central African Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Egypt | 71–66 | Ivory Coast |

Day 4

| Central African Republic | 70–53 | Algeria |
| - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | 72–80 | Senegal |

Day 5

| Central African Republic | 85–80 | Egypt |
| - | - | - |
| Senegal | 67–65 | Algeria |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| December 26, 1987 | December 26, 1987 |
| Angola | 77 |
| Angola | 77 | December 27, 1987 | December 27, 1987 |
| Egypt | 83 | December 27, 1987 | December 27, 1987 |
| Egypt | 83 | Egypt | 87 |
| December 26, 1987 | December 26, 1987 | | Egypt | 87 |
| December 26, 1987 | December 26, 1987 | Central African Rep. | 94 |
| Central African Rep. | 74 | Central African Rep. | 94 |
| Mali | 73 | | |
| Mali | 73 | Third place | Third place |
| | | December 27, 1987 | December 27, 1987 |
| | | Angola | 73 |
| | | Mali | 71 |

## Classification stage

| Tunisia | 78–76 | Senegal |
| - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | 89–77 | Nigeria |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

## Awards

* 1987 FIBA Africa Championship
* Central African Republic Second title
* Most Valuable Player
* Frédéric Goporo
