FIBA Africa Championship 1983

The basketball Africa Cup of 1983, the twelfth basketball Africa Championship, took place between the 19 th and December 28, 1983 held in Alexandria, Egypt, which hosted the championship for the fourth time. Winner was the national team of Egypt, which was able to win the fifth time the title. In the final, Angola could be beaten. For the first time took a team from Liberia in the tournament.

Participating teams

Egypt 1972 Egypt Algeria Algeria Angola Angola Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Guinea Guinea Liberia Liberia Mozambique Mozambique Senegal Senegal Somalia Somalia Central African Republic Central African Republic

Mode

In the Preliminary Round ( Group A and B) was played on five teams into two groups. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team exactly four (Group A ) Games ( 20 games in total were completed ) completed. Pro victory, there were two points for a defeat at least one point. The two highest point totals moved into the semi-finals. In case of equality of the Direct Comparison decided. As in Group A Angola won against Algeria, Algeria against the Central African Republic and the Central African Republic against Angola, the relative goal average decided from these three games. Since Angola 4 had the best goal average, it moved along with Egypt, which played against the Ivory Coast, the semi-finals and played there against Senegal. The third-placed teams playing for fifth place, the fourth-placed for seventh and the fifth-placed ninth played out.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Group B

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Place play nine

Game for seventh place

Match for fifth place

Semifinal

Match for third place

Final

Final placement

Egypt qualified by winning the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.