FIBA Africa Championship 1968
The basketball Africa Cup of 1968, the fourth basketball Africa Championship, took place between 29 March and 6 April in 1968 in Casablanca, Morocco, which hosted the championship for the second time. Winner was the national team of Senegal that could defeat the defending champions Morocco in the final. It was the first championship for the country. For the first time took a team of Congo, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic and Niger in the tournament.
Participating teams
Algeria Algeria Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Republic of Congo Republic of Congo 1959 Mali Mali Morocco Morocco Niger Niger Senegal Senegal Sudan 1956 Sudan Central African Republic Central African Republic
Mode
In the Preliminary Round ( Group A and B) was played in two groups, in group A and five teams competed in Group B four. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team just four games (group A ) or three games ( group B ) ( total of 16 games have been completed ) completed. Pro victory, there were two points for a defeat at least one point. In case of equality of the Direct Comparison decided. As in Group B win against Senegal Senegal to the Central African Republic, Central African Republic vs Algeria and Algeria, the relative goal average decided from these three games. Since the Senegal with 13 and the Central African Republic with -2 a better goal average than Algeria (-11 ), they had moved into the semi-finals in the order. The first and second placed a group moved into the semi-finals, with the winners competed against the respective runners-up of the respective other group. The third - and fourth-placed played by the same procedure for places five to eight. Congo was automatically Ninth fifth in Group A.
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Group B
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Knockout
Games for places five to eight
Day 6
Game for seventh place
Day 7
Match for fifth place
Day 7
Semifinal
Day 6
Match for third place
Day 7
Final
Day 7
Final placement
Senegal and Morocco qualified due to their cutting for the Olympic Summer Games 1968.