FIBA Africa Championship 1974
# FIBA Africa Championship 1974

The FIBA Africa Championship 1974 was hosted by the Central African Republic from April 5 to April 15, 1974. The games were played in Bangui. Central African Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Senegal in the final. Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship by winning the tournament.

## Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Benin  Mali  Senegal  Somalia  Togo  Tunisia | Central African Republic  Cameroon  Tanzania  Zaire |

## Preliminary rounds

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 403 | 301 | +102 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 309 | 290 | +19 |
| Togo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 380 | 345 | +35 |
| Mali | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 369 | 331 | +38 |
| Benin | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 315 | 430 | -115 |
| Somalia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 334 | 413 | -79 |

Day 1

| Tunisia | 82–64 | Benin |
| - | - | - |
| Togo | 59–39 | Somalia |
| Senegal | 76–68 | Mali |

Day 2

| Somalia | 59–72 | Benin |
| - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 70–71 | Mali |
| Senegal | 78–68 | Togo |

Day 3

| Somalia | 43–63 | Senegal |
| - | - | - |
| Mali | 89–49 | Benin |
| Tunisia | 88–84 | Togo |

Day 4

| Senegal | 114–70 | Benin |
| - | - | - |
| Mali | 80–83 | Togo |
| Tunisia | 87–70 | Somalia |

Day 5

| Togo | 86–60 | Benin |
| - | - | - |
| Senegal | 72–52 | Tunisia |
| Mali | 61–53 | Somalia |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Central African Republic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 339 | 178 | +161 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 281 | 180 | +101 |
| Zaire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 267 | 265 | +2 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 407 | -263 |

Day 1

| Central African Republic | 66–64 | Cameroon |
| - | - | - |

Day 2

| Cameroon | 91–62 | Zaire |
| - | - | - |

Day 3

| Zaire | 123–59 | Tanzania |
| - | - | - |

Day 4

| Cameroon | 126–52 | Tanzania |
| - | - | - |
| Central African Republic | 115–82 | Zaire |

Day 5

| Central African Republic | 158–32 | Tanzania |
| - | - | - |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| April 14, 1974 | April 14, 1974 |
| Central African Republic | 89 |
| Central African Republic | 89 | April 15, 1974 | April 15, 1974 |
| Tunisia | 80 | April 15, 1974 | April 15, 1974 |
| Tunisia | 80 | Central African Republic | 72 |
| April 14, 1974 | April 14, 1974 | | Central African Republic | 72 |
| April 14, 1974 | April 14, 1974 | Senegal | 67 |
| Senegal | 84 | Senegal | 67 |
| Cameroon | 78 | | |
| Cameroon | 78 | Third place | Third place |
| | | April 15, 1974 | April 15, 1974 |
| | | Tunisia | 82 |
| | | Cameroon | 72 |

## Classification Stage

| Togo | 87–70 | Zaire |
| - | - | - |
| Tanzania | 37–151 | Mali |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 5-0 |
| 2 | Senegal | 6-1 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4-2 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 2-3 |
| 5 | Togo | 4-2 |
| 6 | Zaire | 1-3 |
| 7 | Mali | 4-2 |
| 8 | Tanzania | 0-4 |
| 9 | Benin (named Dahomey) | 1-4 |
| 10 | Somalia | 0-6 |

Central African Republic qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship.

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Gaston Gambor
