2001 FIBA Africa Championship

The FIBA Africa Championship 2001 was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

2001 FIBA Africa Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates4–12 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Angola (6th title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
MVPAngola Miguel Lutonda
Top scorerMorocco Miloud Dahine
(21.4 points per game)

Draw

Group 1 Group 2

 Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 Mali
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Tunisia

 Algeria
 Angola
 Central African Republic
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 South Africa

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Egypt Egypt 9541412395+17
Tunisia Tunisia 9541389368+21
Morocco Morocco 8532397382+15
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 7523365357+8
Mozambique Mozambique 6514356393-37
Mali Mali 6514374398-24

Day 1

Morocco Morocco 7857 Mozambique Mozambique
Mali Mali 7677 Tunisia Tunisia
EgyptEgypt 8381 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

Mozambique Mozambique 7487 Tunisia Tunisia
Egypt Egypt 7769 Mali Mali
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 8067 Morocco Morocco

Day 3

Mozambique Mozambique 8086 Egypt Egypt
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 7179 Mali Mali
Tunisia Tunisia 8076 Morocco Morocco

Day 4

Egypt Egypt 8477 Tunisia Tunisia
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 7560 Mozambique Mozambique
MaliMali 8388 Morocco Morocco

Day 5

Tunisia Tunisia 6858 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique Mozambique 8567 Mali Mali
Egypt Egypt 8288 Morocco Morocco

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Algeria Algeria 9541362297+65
Angola Angola 9541339278+61
Nigeria Nigeria 9541305280+25
Senegal Senegal 7523354305+49
Central African Republic Central African Republic 6514305354-49
South Africa South Africa 5505211362-151

Day 1

South Africa South Africa 4676 Algeria Algeria
Angola Angola 7157 Central African Republic Central African Republic
SenegalSenegal 6580 Nigeria Nigeria

Day 2

Senegal Senegal 10449 Central African Republic Central African Republic
AngolaAngola 7078 Algeria Algeria
South Africa South Africa 4764 Nigeria Nigeria

Day 3

South Africa South Africa 3769 Senegal Senegal
Central African Republic Central African Republic 6679 Algeria Algeria
Angola Angola 5443 Nigeria Nigeria

Day 4

Nigeria Nigeria 5958 Algeria Algeria
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic 7741 South Africa South Africa
SenegalSenegal 6068 Angola Angola

Day 5

Angola Angola 7640 South Africa South Africa
Central African Republic Central African Republic 5659 Nigeria Nigeria
Algeria Algeria 7156 Senegal Senegal

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 11, 2001
 
 
Egypt Egypt60
 
August 12, 2001
 
Angola Angola72
 
Algeria Algeria68
 
August 11, 2001
 
Angola Angola78
 
Algeria Algeria77
 
 
Tunisia Tunisia76
 
Third place
 
 
August 12, 2001
 
 
Tunisia Tunisia71
 
 
Egypt Egypt77

Classification Stage

Nigeria Nigeria 7966 Morocco Morocco
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 6073 Senegal Senegal
Central African Republic Central African Republic 7963 Mozambique Mozambique
Mali Mali 6354 South Africa South Africa

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 Angola Angola 6-1
2 Algeria Algeria 5-2
3 Egypt Egypt 5-2
4 Tunisia Tunisia 4-3
5 Nigeria Nigeria 5-1
6 Morocco Morocco 4-2
7 Senegal Senegal 3-3
8 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 2-4
9 Central African Republic Central African Republic 2-4
10 Mozambique Mozambique 1-5
11 Mali Mali 2-4
12 South Africa South Africa 0-6

Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.

 2001 FIBA Africa Championship winners 

Angola
Sixth title
Most Valuable Player
Angola Miguel Lutonda

All tournament team

Statistical leaders

See also

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