FIBA Africa Championship 1993

The basketball Africa Cup of 1993, the seventeenth basketball Africa Championship, took place between the 18th and 28 September 1993, held in Nairobi, Kenya, which hosted the championship for the first time. Winner was Angola, which was able to defend his title and thus win the title in a row for the third time. In the final, Egypt could be beaten. For the first time took a team of Gabon in the tournament.

Participating teams

Algeria Algeria Angola Angola Egypt Egypt Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Gabon Gabon Kenya Mali Mali Senegal Senegal Tunisia Tunisia

Mode

In the Preliminary Round ( Group A and B) was played to four ( group A) or five years (Group B) teams into two groups. Each team played against each other exactly once, so that each team exactly three (group A ) or four games ( a total of 16 games have been 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. Since the second - to fourth-placed team were level on points in Group A and Kenya won against Algeria, Algeria to Mali, and Mali against Kenya, which relativeIm goal average decided from these three games. Since Kenya with 22 the better goal average relative as Algeria (-9) and Mali (-13 ), had pulled the Kenyan team semi-finals. There Angola played against Senegal and Egypt to Kenya to reach the finals. The third-placed teams playing for fifth place and fourth place to seventh Gabon ended up as bottom of Group B to ninth overall and became the last of the tournament.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Group B

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Game for seventh place

Match for fifth place

Semifinal

Match for third place

Final

Final placement

Angola and Egypt qualified by their finals for the FIBA World Championship in Canada in 1994.