Fiba_Africa_Championship_1987

FIBA Africa Championship 1987

FIBA Africa Championship 1987

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For the women's tournament, see 1986 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

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.

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Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

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Preliminary rounds

Group A

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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

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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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 26, 1987
 
 
 Angola77
 
December 27, 1987
 
 Egypt83
 
 Egypt87
 
December 26, 1987
 
 Central African Rep.94
 
 Central African Rep.74
 
 
 Mali73
 
Third place
 
 
December 27, 1987
 
 
 Angola73
 
 
 Mali71

Classification stage

 Tunisia 78–76  Senegal
 Ivory Coast 89–77  Nigeria

Final standings

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Awards

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