FIBA Africa Championship 1981

The basketball Africa Cup of 1981, the eleventh basketball Africa Championship, took place between the 15 th and December 23, 1981 held in Mogadishu, Somalia, which hosted the championship for the first time. Winner was the national team of the Ivory Coast, which, with the third finals in a row, could win the title for the first time. In the final, Egypt could be beaten. For the first time took a team from Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the tournament.

Participating teams

Egypt 1972 Egypt Algeria Algeria Angola Angola Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Mauritania Mauritania Mozambique People's Republic of Mozambique 1975 Senegal Senegal Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Somalia Somalia Tunisia Tunisia Congo People's Republic People's Republic of Congo

Mode

In the Preliminary Round ( Group A and B) was played to five (group A ) or six (group B) teams into two groups. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team exactly four (Group A) or five years (Group B ) Games ( 25 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. In the semifinals, the top-ranked teams played against the runners-up of the respective other group. The third-placed teams playing for fifth place, the fourth-placed for seventh and the fifth-placed ninth played out. Zimbabwe was the last of the group B automatically last of the tournament.