FIBA Africa Championship 1980

10th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	March 22-30
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Mathieu Faye
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat. Senegal won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final. Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics as a result of its showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Ivory Coast	8	4	4	0	426	318	+108
Morocco	7	4	3	1	344	341	+3
Zaire	6	4	2	2	331	313	+18
Angola	5	4	1	3	286	333	-47
Guinea	4	4	0	4	358	440	-82

Day 1

Morocco	81–67	Angola
Ivory Coast	106–87	Zaire

Day 2

Guinea	69–88	Zaire
Angola	59–85	Ivory Coast

Day 3

Guinea	88–102	Angola
Ivory Coast	96–72	Morocco

Day 4

Zaire	79–58	Angola
Guinea	101–111	Morocco

Day 5

Ivory Coast	139–100	Guinea
Morocco	80–77	Zaire

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	10	5	5	0	507	370	+137
Algeria	8	5	3	2	407	417	-10
Mauritania	7	5	2	3	419	459	-40
Congo	7	5	2	3	468	489	-21
Somalia	7	5	2	3	438	473	-35
Nigeria	6	5	1	4	439	470	-31

Day 1

Nigeria	87–68	Mauritania
Algeria	75–68	Somalia
Senegal	108–79	Congo

Day 2

Congo	103–90	Nigeria
Mauritania	97–93	Somalia
Senegal	94–71	Algeria

Day 3

Mauritania	82–67	Algeria
Senegal	94–73	Nigeria
Somalia	102–101	Congo

Day 4

Congo	104–102	Mauritania
Algeria	107–92	Nigeria
Senegal	103–77	Somalia

Day 5

Algeria	87–81	Congo
Senegal	108–70	Mauritania
Somalia	98–97	Nigeria

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	March 27, 1980
	Ivory Coast	101
					March 28, 1980
	Algeria	48
					Ivory Coast	90
	March 27, 1980
					Senegal	96
	Senegal	126
	Morocco	87
					Third place
					March 28, 1980
					Morocco	97
					Algeria	95

Classification Stage

Somalia	123–93	Guinea
Mauritania	71–85	Angola
Zaire	111–114	Congo

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Senegal	7-0
2	Ivory Coast	5-2
3	Morocco	4-2
4	Algeria	3-3
5	Congo	3-3
6	Zaire	2-3
7	Angola	2-3
8	Mauritania	2-4
9	Somalia	3-3
10	Guinea	0-5
11	Nigeria	1-4

Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Mathieu Faye

External links

• FIBA Archive