The 2001 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Morocco |
Dates | 4–12 August |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Angola (6th title) |
Runners-up | Algeria |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Tunisia |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Miguel Lutonda |
Top scorer | Miloud Dahine (21.4 points per game) |
Draw edit
Group 1 | Group 2 |
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Algeria |
Squads edit
Preliminary round edit
Group A edit
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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Egypt | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 412 | 395 | +17 |
Tunisia | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 389 | 368 | +21 |
Morocco | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 397 | 382 | +15 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 365 | 357 | +8 |
Mozambique | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 356 | 393 | -37 |
Mali | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 374 | 398 | -24 |
Day 1
Morocco | 78–57 | Mozambique |
Mali | 76–77 | Tunisia |
Egypt | 83–81 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Day 2
Mozambique | 74–87 | Tunisia |
Egypt | 77–69 | Mali |
Côte d'Ivoire | 80–67 | Morocco |
Day 3
Mozambique | 80–86 | Egypt |
Côte d'Ivoire | 71–79 | Mali |
Tunisia | 80–76 | Morocco |
Day 4
Egypt | 84–77 | Tunisia |
Côte d'Ivoire | 75–60 | Mozambique |
Mali | 83–88 | Morocco |
Day 5
Tunisia | 68–58 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Mozambique | 85–67 | Mali |
Egypt | 82–88 | Morocco |
Group B edit
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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Algeria | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 362 | 297 | +65 |
Angola | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 339 | 278 | +61 |
Nigeria | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 305 | 280 | +25 |
Senegal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 354 | 305 | +49 |
Central African Republic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 354 | -49 |
South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 211 | 362 | -151 |
Day 1
South Africa | 46–76 | Algeria |
Angola | 71–57 | Central African Republic |
Senegal | 65–80 | Nigeria |
Day 2
Senegal | 104–49 | Central African Republic |
Angola | 70–78 | Algeria |
South Africa | 47–64 | Nigeria |
Day 3
South Africa | 37–69 | Senegal |
Central African Republic | 66–79 | Algeria |
Angola | 54–43 | Nigeria |
Day 4
Nigeria | 59–58 | Algeria |
Central African Republic | 77–41 | South Africa |
Senegal | 60–68 | Angola |
Day 5
Angola | 76–40 | South Africa |
Central African Republic | 56–59 | Nigeria |
Algeria | 71–56 | Senegal |
Knockout stage edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
August 11, 2001 | ||||||
Egypt | 60 | |||||
August 12, 2001 | ||||||
Angola | 72 | |||||
Algeria | 68 | |||||
August 11, 2001 | ||||||
Angola | 78 | |||||
Algeria | 77 | |||||
Tunisia | 76 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
August 12, 2001 | ||||||
Tunisia | 71 | |||||
Egypt | 77 |
Classification Stage edit
Nigeria | 79–66 | Morocco |
Côte d'Ivoire | 60–73 | Senegal |
Central African Republic | 79–63 | Mozambique |
Mali | 63–54 | South Africa |
Final standings edit
Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.
2001 FIBA Africa Championship winners |
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Angola Sixth title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Miguel Lutonda |
All tournament team edit
Statistical leaders edit
Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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