FIBA Africa Championship 1972
6th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
Dates25 December 1971 – 2 January 1972
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (2nd title)

The FIBA Africa Championship 1972, was the sixth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1972 Summer Olympics, granting berths to the champion and runner-up. It was held in Senegal between 25 December 1971 and 2 January 1972. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Africa, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Dakar hosted the tournament. Senegal won their second title after defeating Egypt in the final.

Format

  • Teams were split into two round-robin groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals competed for the championship and were granted berths to the 1968 Summer Olympics, while the losing teams from the semifinals competed for third place in an extra game.
  • To define the remaining places in the final standings, teams that did not reach the semifinals played an extra game each against the team from the other group that finished in the same place in the preliminary stage. For example, third-placed teams from groups A and B played an extra game to define fifth and sixth places in the final standings.

First round

Advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Senegal 5 5 0 413 234+179 10
 Mali 5 4 1 400 319+81 9
 Tunisia 5 3 2 394 315+79 8
 Cameroon 5 2 3 365 339+26 7
 Madagascar 5 1 4 335 446111 6
 Nigeria 5 0 5 250 504254 5
Cameroon  8245  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 35–23, 47–22
Senegal  10130  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–14, 56–16
Mali  6554  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 31–23, 34–31
Mali  10145  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 48–20, 53–25
Senegal  9554  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 45–32, 50–22
Tunisia  8459  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 30–34, 54–25
Mali  9568  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 45–31, 50–37
Tunisia  9652  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 44–24, 52–28
Senegal  6547  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 37–16, 28–31
Cameroon  10150  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–19, 56–31
Tunisia  10163  Madagascar
Scoring by half: 48–25, 53–38
Senegal  7644  Mali
Scoring by half: 37–24, 39–20
Madagascar  10573  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 49–36, 56–37
Mali  9576  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 50–37, 45–39
Senegal  7659  Tunisia
Scoring by half: 28–21, 48–38

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Egypt 5 5 0 413 348+65 10
 Central African Republic 5 4 1 439 403+36 9
 Sudan 5 3 2 381 353+28 8
 Morocco 5 2 3 404 378+26 7
 Ivory Coast 5 1 4 307 39689 6
 Togo 5 0 5 315 38166 5
Sudan  9261  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 42–28, 50–33
Morocco  8966  Togo
Scoring by half: 39–30, 50–36
Egypt  9688  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 46–46, 50–42
Ivory Coast  6258  Togo
Scoring by half: 30–23, 32–35
Central African Republic  9782  Sudan
Scoring by half: 44–44, 53–38
Egypt  8069  Morocco
Scoring by half: 33–24, 47–45
Egypt  7263  Sudan
Scoring by half: 41–32, 31–31
Morocco  8758  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 47–27, 40–31
Central African Republic  7669 (OT)  Togo
Scoring by half: 32–29, 29–32 Overtime: 15–8
Egypt  8970  Togo
Scoring by half: 54–38, 35–32
Sudan  7971  Morocco
Scoring by half: 44–35, 35–36
Central African Republic  8368  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 46–25, 37–43

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
January 1, 1972
 
 
 Senegal77
 
January 2, 1972
 
 Central African Republic66
 
 Senegal61
 
January 1, 1972
 
 Egypt54
 
 Egypt87
 
 
 Mali68
 
Third place
 
 
January 2, 1972
 
 
 Central African Republic74
 
 
 Mali107

Semifinals

Egypt  8768  Mali
Scoring by half: 42–38, 45–30
Senegal  7766  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 35–22, 42–44

Third place

Mali  10774  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 38–34, 69–40

Final

Senegal  6154  Egypt
Scoring by half: 33–28, 28–26

Classification stage

Fifth place

Tunisia  8883  Sudan
Scoring by half: 40–35, 48–48

Seventh place

Morocco  6261  Cameroon
Scoring by half: 33–35, 29–26

Ninth place

Madagascar  8466  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 38–35, 46–31

Eleventh place

Togo  7341  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 36–25, 37–16

Final standings

Qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Senegal 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt 6–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mali 5–2
4  Central African Republic 4–3
5  Tunisia 4–2
6  Sudan 3–3
7  Morocco 3–3
8  Cameroon 2–4
9  Madagascar 2–4
10  Ivory Coast 1–5
11  Togo 1–5
12  Nigeria 0–6
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