2001 FIBA Africa Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2000 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

The 2001 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

2001 FIBA Africa Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	4–12 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (6th title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
MVP	Miguel Lutonda
Top scorer	Miloud Dahine (21.4 points per game)
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Draw

Group 1	Group 2
Egypt  Ivory Coast  Mali  Morocco  Mozambique  Tunisia	Algeria  Angola  Central African Republic  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa

Squads

Main article: 2001 FIBA Africa Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	9	5	4	1	412	395	+17
Tunisia	9	5	4	1	389	368	+21
Morocco	8	5	3	2	397	382	+15
Côte d'Ivoire	7	5	2	3	365	357	+8
Mozambique	6	5	1	4	356	393	-37
Mali	6	5	1	4	374	398	-24

Day 1

Morocco	78–57	Mozambique
Mali	76–77	Tunisia
Egypt	83–81	Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

Mozambique	74–87	Tunisia
Egypt	77–69	Mali
Côte d'Ivoire	80–67	Morocco

Day 3

Mozambique	80–86	Egypt
Côte d'Ivoire	71–79	Mali
Tunisia	80–76	Morocco

Day 4

Egypt	84–77	Tunisia
Côte d'Ivoire	75–60	Mozambique
Mali	83–88	Morocco

Day 5

Tunisia	68–58	Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique	85–67	Mali
Egypt	82–88	Morocco

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Algeria	9	5	4	1	362	297	+65
Angola	9	5	4	1	339	278	+61
Nigeria	9	5	4	1	305	280	+25
Senegal	7	5	2	3	354	305	+49
Central African Republic	6	5	1	4	305	354	-49
South Africa	5	5	0	5	211	362	-151

Day 1

South Africa	46–76	Algeria
Angola	71–57	Central African Republic
Senegal	65–80	Nigeria

Day 2

Senegal	104–49	Central African Republic
Angola	70–78	Algeria
South Africa	47–64	Nigeria

Day 3

South Africa	37–69	Senegal
Central African Republic	66–79	Algeria
Angola	54–43	Nigeria

Day 4

Nigeria	59–58	Algeria
Central African Republic	77–41	South Africa
Senegal	60–68	Angola

Day 5

Angola	76–40	South Africa
Central African Republic	56–59	Nigeria
Algeria	71–56	Senegal

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 11, 2001
	Egypt	60
					August 12, 2001
	Angola	72
					Algeria	68
	August 11, 2001
					Angola	78
	Algeria	77
	Tunisia	76
					Third place
					August 12, 2001
					Tunisia	71
					Egypt	77

Classification Stage

Nigeria	79–66	Morocco
Côte d'Ivoire	60–73	Senegal
Central African Republic	79–63	Mozambique
Mali	63–54	South Africa

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Angola	6-1
2	Algeria	5-2
3	Egypt	5-2
4	Tunisia	4-3
5	Nigeria	5-1
6	Morocco	4-2
7	Senegal	3-3
8	Côte d'Ivoire	2-4
9	Central African Republic	2-4
10	Mozambique	1-5
11	Mali	2-4
12	South Africa	0-6

Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.

2001 FIBA Africa Championship winners
Angola Sixth title

Most Valuable Player
Miguel Lutonda

All tournament team

• G Miguel Lutonda
• G Ali Bouziane
• F Edmar Victoriano
• F Ali El Amri
• C Haytham Darwish

Statistical leaders

Points Rank Name PPG 1 Miloud Dahine 21.4 2 Romain Sato 19 3 Ali El Amri 17.4 4 Amara Sy 16.8 5 Ali Bouziane 15.8

Rebounds Rank Name RPG 1 Romain Sato 10 Mounir Bouhelal Mejdi Maalaoui 4 Olumide Oyedeji 8.6 5 Ismail Abdel-Moneim 7.2

Assists Rank Name APG 1 Islam Aly Ibrahim 2.4 2 Ismail Abdel-Moneim 1.6 3 Osama El-Sayed 1.5 4 Ali Bouziane 1.4 Blaise Amalabian

See also

• 2000 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

External links

• FIBA Archive