FIBA Africa Championship 1972
The basketball Africa championship in 1972, the sixth basketball Africa Championship, took place between December 25, 1971 and January 2, 1972 held in Dakar, Senegal, which hosted the championship for the first time. Winner was the national team of Senegal that could defeat the defending champion United Arab Republic in the final and thus win the title for the second time. For the first time took teams from Cameroon, Madagascar, Togo and Nigeria in the tournament. Thus, a record number of twelve teams participated in the tournament.
- 3.3.1 Match for third place
- 3.3.2 final
Participating teams
Egypt 1972 Egypt Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Cameroon 1961 Cameroon Madagascar Madagascar Mali Mali Morocco Morocco Nigeria Nigeria Senegal Senegal Sudan Sudan Togo Togo Tunisia Tunisia Central African Republic Central African Republic
Mode
In the preliminary round was divided into two groups (group A and B), played for six teams. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team exactly five games ( a total of 30 games have been completed ) completed. Pro victory, there were two points for a defeat at least one point. The first and second placed a group moved into the semi-finals, with the winners competed against the runners-up of the respective other group. The third place winners of both groups played for fifth place, the fourth-placed at number seven, the fifth-placed to ninth and the last player to rank eleven.
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
Knockout
Place play- eleven
Day 8
Place play nine
Day 8
Game for seventh place
Day 8
Match for fifth place
Day 8
Medal round
Day 7
Match for third place
Day 8
Final
Day 9
Final placement
Senegal and Egypt qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.