FIBA Africa Championship 1995

FIBA Africa Championship 1995

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	11–18 December
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (4th title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Algeria
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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    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
	4	4	0	4	172	327	-155

Day 1

Algeria	65–57	Morocco
Ivory Coast	57–61	Nigeria

Day 2

	59–87	Algeria
Ivory Coast	77–85	Morocco

Day 3

Morocco	52–63	Nigeria
Ivory Coast	87–63

Day 4

Nigeria	70–52
Algeria	80–81	Ivory Coast

Day 5

Algeria	57–47	Nigeria
Morocco	71–68

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-finals				Final
	December 17, 1995
	Angola	74
					December 18, 1995
	Nigeria	56
					Angola	67
	December 17, 1995
					Senegal	55
	Senegal	61
	Algeria	45
					Third place
					December 18, 1995
					Nigeria	58
					Algeria	51

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		0-4

Angola qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Awards[]

1995 FIBA Africa Championship Winners
Angola Fourth title

Most Valuable Player

External links[]

• FIBA Archive