FIBA Africa Championship 1987

For the women's tournament, see 1986 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1987

14th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	December 17–27
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Central African Republic (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Frédéric Goporo

The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone hosted by Tunisia from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in Tunis. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Central African Republic won the tournament, the country's 2nd African championship, by beating Egypt in the final.

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B
Angola Mali Nigeria Tunisia	Algeria Central African Republic Ivory Coast Egypt Senegal

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Angola	6	3	3	0	237	187	+50
Mali	4	3	1	2	213	227	-14
Tunisia	4	3	1	2	214	218	-4
Nigeria	4	3	1	2	202	234	-32

Day 1

Mali	85–75	Tunisia
Tunisia	79–64	Nigeria

Day 2

Angola	81–60	Mali
Angola	69–60	Tunisia

Day 3

Nigeria	71–68	Mali
Angola	87–67	Nigeria

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Central African Republic	8	4	4	0	310	258	+52
Egypt	7	4	3	1	318	299	+19
Senegal	6	4	2	2	273	284	-11
Ivory Coast	5	4	1	3	293	298	-5
Algeria	4	4	0	4	260	315	-55

Day 1

Ivory Coast	87–63	Algeria
Egypt	76–69	Senegal

Day 2

Algeria	79–91	Egypt
Ivory Coast	68–84	Central African Republic

Day 3

Senegal	57–71	Central African Republic
Egypt	71–66	Ivory Coast

Day 4

Central African Republic	70–53	Algeria
Ivory Coast	72–80	Senegal

Day 5

Central African Republic	85–80	Egypt
Senegal	67–65	Algeria

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 26, 1987
	Angola	77
					December 27, 1987
	Egypt	83
					Egypt	87
	December 26, 1987
					Central African Rep.	94
	Central African Rep.	74
	Mali	73
					Third place
					December 27, 1987
					Angola	73
					Mali	71

Classification stage

Tunisia	78–76	Senegal
Ivory Coast	89–77	Nigeria

Final standings

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	Central Africa	6–0
	Egypt	4–2
	Angola	4–1
4	Mali	1–4
5	Tunisia	2–2
6	Senegal	2–3
7	Ivory Coast	2–3
8	Nigeria	1–3
8	Algeria	0–4

C.A.R. roster
François Naouéyama, Jean-Pierre Kotta, Guy Mbongo, Eugene Pehoua-Pelema, Richard Bella, Aubin Goporo, Anicet Lavodrama, Christian Gombé, Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongawoin, Kader Fall, Oumarou Sanda

Awards

1987 FIBA Africa Championship
Central African Republic Second title

Most Valuable Player
Frédéric Goporo

External links

• FIBA Archive