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FIBA Africa Championship 1995
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
City Algiers
Dates11–18 December
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Angola (4th title)
Runners-up  Senegal
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  Algeria
1993
1997

The FIBA Africa Championship 1995 took place in Algiers, Algeria from December 11 to December 18, 1995. The top country in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the berth allocated to Africa for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Angola won the tournament, the country's 4th consecutive African championship, by beating Senegal in the final.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

  Algeria
  Ivory Coast
  Zaire
  Morocco
  Nigeria

  Angola
  Mali
  Mozambique
  Senegal

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Algeria 7 4 3 1 289 244 +55
  Nigeria 7 4 3 1 241 218 +23
  Morocco 6 4 2 2 265 273 -8
  Ivory Coast 6 4 2 2 302 289 +13
  Zaire
4 4 0 4 172 327 -155

Day 1

  Algeria 65–57   Morocco
  Ivory Coast 57–61   Nigeria

Day 2

  Zaire 59–87   Algeria
  Ivory Coast 77–85   Morocco

Day 3

  Morocco 52–63   Nigeria
  Ivory Coast 87–63   Zaire

Day 4

  Nigeria 70–52   Zaire
  Algeria 80–81   Ivory Coast

Day 5

  Algeria 57–47   Nigeria
  Morocco 71–68   Zaire

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
  Angola 6 3 3 0 280 142 +138
  Senegal 5 3 2 1 227 214 +13
  Mali 4 3 1 2 196 245 -49
  Mozambique 3 3 0 3 164 266 -102

Day 1

  Senegal 80–65   Mozambique
  Angola 73–51   Senegal

Day 2

  Mali 69–59   Mozambique
  Angola 90–51   Mali

Day 3

  Angola 117–40   Mozambique
  Senegal 96–76   Mali

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 17, 1995
 
 
  Angola74
 
December 18, 1995
 
  Nigeria56
 
  Angola67
 
December 17, 1995
 
  Senegal55
 
  Senegal61
 
 
  Algeria45
 
Third place
 
 
December 18, 1995
 
 
  Nigeria58
 
 
  Algeria51

Classification Stage

  Mali 77–71   Morocco
  Ivory Coast 90–49   Mozambique

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1   Angola 5-0
2   Senegal 3-2
3   Nigeria 4-2
4   Algeria 3-3
5   Mali 2-2
6   Morocco 2-3
7   Ivory Coast 3-2
8   Mozambique 0-4
9   Zaire 0-4

Angola qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Awards

 1995 FIBA Africa Championship winners 

Angola
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player

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