2013 FIBA Africa Championship
The basketball Africa Championship 2013 ( in short: Afrobasket 2013) is the 27th edition of this tournament and was held from 20 to 31 August 2013, the Ivorian capital Abidjan instead. All matches were played at the Palais des Sports de Treichville. The medal winner of the tournament qualified for the finals of the Basketball World Championship 2014.
While defending champion Tunisia remained in ninth place behind expectations after the second round defeat against winless in the preliminary round Egyptians to Angola was able to take the title and win the eleventh title success in the last 13 sweeps of the championship. The losing finalist Egypt returned after ten years back in the medal ranks. Host Ivory Coast failed in the " small final " with a point of difference on the Senegal, which had clearly beaten still in the preliminary round, and thus missed the qualification for the World Cup finals in 2014.
- 5.1 Match for 15th place
- 5.2 Match for 13th place
- 5.3 games to accommodate 5 to 12
Participant
Directly qualified were the hosts and the three medal winners of the African Cup of Nations 2011:
- Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Host
- Tunisia Tunisia - Africa Champion 2011
- Angola Angola - Silver Medal 2011
- Nigeria Nigeria - Bronze Medal 2011
As the winner of the qualifications within the six different zones of the FIBA Africa following teams participated:
- Morocco Morocco - Zone 1
- Senegal Senegal - Zone 2
- Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Zone 3
- Central African Republic Central African Republic - Zone 4
- Egypt Egypt - Zone 5
- Mozambique Mozambique - Zone 6
In addition, the following teams have qualified:
- Algeria Algeria - Second zone 1
- Cape Verde Cape Verde - Second Zone 2
- Cameroon Cameroon - Second Zone 4
- Republic of Congo Republic of Congo - Third Zone 4
In addition, the FIBA Africa awarded two wildcards:
- Mali Mali
- Rwanda Rwanda
Mode
At the tournament a preliminary round in four groups was held to four teams as a round-robin tournament. The rankings in the qualifying groups yielded a set list for the final knockout rounds, in the first knockout round, the four group best played as the first knockout round first against one of four group last and the four runners-up against one of the four third group. According to the preliminary round results, a quotient was formed after the loser of the first knockout round fought out another placement match. The losers of the quarter-finals played in a placement round out the ranks Five to Eight. The losers of the semi-finals played in the " small final " for the bronze medal and a remaining spot at the finals of the World Cup. The winners of the semi finals were qualified for the finals of the World Cup and played for the gold medal.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round matches took place between 20 August and 25 August 2013.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
The games of the final round took place between 26 and 31 August 2013.