FIBA Africa Championship 1980
10th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesMarch 22-30
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Mathieu Faye

The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat. Senegal won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final. Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics as a result of its showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Guinea
 Morocco
 Zaire

 Algeria
 Congo
 Mauritania
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 Somalia

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Ivory Coast 8440426318+108
 Morocco 7431344341+3
 Zaire 6422331313+18
 Angola 5413286333-47
 Guinea
4404358440-82

Day 1

Morocco  8167  Angola
Ivory Coast  10687  Zaire

Day 2

Guinea  6988  Zaire
Angola  5985  Ivory Coast

Day 3

Guinea  88102  Angola
Ivory Coast  9672  Morocco

Day 4

Zaire  7958  Angola
Guinea  101111  Morocco

Day 5

Ivory Coast  139100  Guinea
Morocco  8077  Zaire

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Senegal 10550507370+137
 Algeria 8532407417-10
 Mauritania 7523419459-40
 Congo 7523468489-21
 Somalia 7523438473-35
 Nigeria 6514439470-31

Day 1

Nigeria  8768  Mauritania
Algeria  7568  Somalia
Senegal  10879  Congo

Day 2

Congo  10390  Nigeria
Mauritania  9793  Somalia
Senegal  9471  Algeria

Day 3

Mauritania  8267  Algeria
Senegal  9473  Nigeria
Somalia  102101  Congo

Day 4

Congo  104102  Mauritania
Algeria  10792  Nigeria
Senegal  10377  Somalia

Day 5

Algeria  8781  Congo
Senegal  10870  Mauritania
Somalia  9897  Nigeria

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March 27, 1980
 
 
 Ivory Coast101
 
March 28, 1980
 
 Algeria48
 
 Ivory Coast90
 
March 27, 1980
 
 Senegal96
 
 Senegal126
 
 
 Morocco87
 
Third place
 
 
March 28, 1980
 
 
 Morocco97
 
 
 Algeria95

Classification Stage

Somalia  12393  Guinea
Mauritania  7185  Angola
Zaire  111114  Congo

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Senegal 7-0
2  Ivory Coast 5-2
3  Morocco 4-2
4  Algeria 3-3
5  Congo 3-3
6  Zaire 2-3
7  Angola 2-3
8  Mauritania 2-4
9  Somalia 3-3
10  Guinea 0-5
11  Nigeria 1-4

Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Senegal Mathieu Faye
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