FIBA Africa Championship 1997
Introduction The '''FIBA Africa Championship 1997''' was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997.The games were played in Dakar. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th African championship and first since 1980, by beating Nigeria 69-48 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Teams The following national teams competed:Group AGroup B Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria Senegal South Africa Angola Egypt Mali Cape Verde
Preliminary rounds ===Group A===TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Nigeria'''8'''440320193+127 Senegal'''7'''431285226+59 Central African Republic'''6'''422269258+11 Côte d'Ivoire'''5'''413272314-42 South Africa'''4'''404172327-155Day 1'''Senegal '''82–41 South AfricaCôte d'Ivoire 58–87''' Central African Republic'''Day 2Central African Republic 57–70 '''Senegal'''Côte d'Ivoire59–93 '''Nigeria'''Day 3Central African Republic 57–77 '''Nigeria''''''Côte d'Ivoire''' 77–39 South AfricaDay 4'''Central African Republic '''68–53 South Africa'''Nigeria''' 50–38 SenegalDay 5'''Senegal''' 95–78 Côte d'Ivoire'''Nigeria''' 100–39 South Africa===Group B===TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Angola'''6'''330198135+63 Egypt'''5'''321184195-11 Mali'''4'''3121921920 Cape Verde'''3'''303134186-52Day 1'''Egypt''' 83–82 Mali'''Angola''' 67–43 Cape VerdeDay 2'''Mali''' 61–40 Cape Verde'''Angola'''62–43 EgyptDay 3Cape Verde 51–58 '''Egypt''''''Angola''' 69–49 Mali
Knockout stage
Classification Stage '''Central African Republic '''66–64 MaliCôte d'Ivoire 48–68 '''Cape Verde'''
Final standings  Rank Team Record 1 Senegal  5-1 2 Nigeria  5-1 3 Angola  4-1 4 Egypt  2-3 5 Central African Republic  3-2 6 Mali  1-3 7 Cape Verde  1-3 8 Côte d'Ivoire  1-4 9 South Africa  0-4Senegal and Nigeria qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.
Awards Most Valuable Player Oumar Mar
See also * 1996 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
External links *  FIBA Archive