FIBA Africa Championship 1983
12th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
DatesDecember 19-28
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (5th title)

The FIBA Africa Championship 1983 was hosted by Egypt from December 19 to December 28, 1983. The games were played in Alexandria. Egypt won the tournament, its fifth African Championship, to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Angola
 Central African Republic
 Egypt
 Liberia

 Ivory Coast
 Guinea
 Mozambique
 Senegal
 Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Egypt 8440341275+66
 Angola 6422314288+26
 Algeria 6422275284-9
 Central African Republic 6422313297+16
 Liberia 4404269368-99

Day 1

 Egypt 8564  Algeria
 Central African Republic 9774  Liberia

Day 2

 Central African Republic 6674  Algeria
 Angola 7279  Egypt

Day 3

 Liberia 69106  Egypt
 Angola 7165  Algeria

Day 4

 Angola 9364  Liberia
 Central African Republic 7071  Egypt

Day 5

 Algeria 7262  Liberia
 Central African Republic 8078  Angola

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 8440318225+93
 Ivory Coast 7431335247+88
 Mozambique 6422304227+77
 Somalia 5413257346-89
 Guinea
4404232401-169

Day 1

 Mozambique 10638  Guinea
 Senegal 7066  Ivory Coast

Day 2

 Somalia 9473  Guinea
 Ivory Coast 8066  Mozambique

Day 3

 Senegal 5441  Mozambique
 Ivory Coast 9056  Somalia

Day 4

 Ivory Coast 9955  Guinea
 Senegal 9252  Somalia

Day 5

 Mozambique 9155  Somalia
 Senegal 10266  Guinea

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 27, 1983
 
 
 Egypt84
 
December 28, 1983
 
 Ivory Coast68
 
 Egypt94
 
December 27, 1983
 
 Angola68
 
 Senegal61
 
 
 Angola68
 
Third place
 
 
December 28, 1983
 
 
 Ivory Coast71
 
 
 Senegal78

Classification Stage

 Liberia 9392  Guinea
 Somalia 6493  Central African Republic
 Algeria 6268  Mozambique

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Egypt 6-0
2  Angola 3-3
3  Senegal 5-1
4  Ivory Coast 3-3
5  Mozambique 3-2
6  Algeria 2-3
7  Central African Republic 3-2
8  Somalia 1-4
9  Liberia 1-4
10  Guinea 0-5

Egypt qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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