FIBA Africa Championship 2007

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FIBA Africa Championship 2007
24th FIBA African Basketball Championship
Official website
FIBA Africa Championship 2007
Tournament details
Host nation	Angola
Dates	August 15 - August 25
Teams	16 (from 53 federations)
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Angola (9th title)

The 2007 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Angola from August 15 to August 25, 2007. The games were played in Benguela, Lubango, Cabinda, Huambo and Luanda.

At stake was a place in the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament for the winning nation, and entry to the wildcard competition for the second and third place nations.

Contents 1 Competing Nations 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 Qualification 5 Preliminary Rounds 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 6 Brackets 6.1 Championship bracket 6.1.1 5th-8th Playoff 6.2 9th-12th playoff 6.3 13th-16th Playoff 7 Final Standings 8 External links

[edit] Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
(Benguela)  Angola  Cape Verde  Rwanda  Morocco	(Lubango)  Senegal  Côte d'Ivoire  Mali  Egypt	(Huambo)  Nigeria  Central African Republic  Liberia  DR Congo	(Cabinda)  Mozambique  Tunisia  Cameroon  South Africa

[edit] Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Luanda	Pavilhão da Cidadela	6,873
Benguela	Pavilhão Acácias Rubras	2,100
Huambo	Pavilhão Serra Van-Dunem	2,010
Lubango	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte	2,000
Cabinda	Pavilhão do Tafe	2,000

[edit] Squads

Main article: FIBA Africa Championship 2007 squads

[edit] Qualification

Main article: Africa Championship 2007 qualification

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

	Qualified to the quarterfinals
	Relegated to the classification round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Angola	6	3	3	0	317	168	+149
Cape Verde	5	3	2	1	200	242	-42
Morocco	4	3	1	2	216	257	-41
Rwanda	3	3	0	3	192	258	-66

Day 1

Angola	109–66	Rwanda
Cape Verde	85–80	Morocco

Day 2

Angola	100–44	Cape Verde
Rwanda	64–78	Morocco

Day 3

Rwanda	62–71	Cape Verde
Angola	108–58	Morocco

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	5	3	2	1	205	201	+4
Côte d'Ivoire	5	3	2	1	195	199	-4
Senegal	4	3	1	2	211	201	+10
Mali	4	3	1	2	206	216	-10

Day 1

Mali	70–85	Senegal
Egypt	73–65	Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

Senegal	63–65	Côte d'Ivoire
Mali	73–66	Egypt

Day 3

Senegal	63–66	Egypt
Côte d'Ivoire	65–63	Mali

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Nigeria	6	3	3	0	306	163	+143
Central African Republic	5	3	2	1	216	194	+22
DR Congo	4	3	1	2	212	225	-13
Liberia	3	3	0	3	163	315	-152

Day 1

Liberia	35–139	Nigeria
DR Congo	58– 66	Central African Republic

Day 2

Nigeria	77–54	Central African Republic
Liberia	69–80	DR Congo

Day 3

Nigeria	90–74	DR Congo
Central African Republic	96–59	Liberia

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Cameroon	6	3	3	0	230	183	+47
Tunisia	5	3	2	1	215	202	+13
Mozambique	4	3	1	2	174	197	-23
South Africa	3	3	0	3	183	220	-37

Day 1

Cameroon	66–54	Mozambique
South Africa	66– 72	Tunisia

Day 2

Mozambique	61–73	Tunisia
Cameroon	89–59	South Africa

Day 3

Mozambique	59–58	South Africa
Tunisia	70–75	Cameroon

[edit] Brackets

[edit] Championship bracket

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 21, 2007
	Angola	71
					August 23, 2007
	Central African Republic	58
					Angola	93
	August 21, 2007
					Cape Verde	60
	Nigeria	53
									August 25, 2007
	Cape Verde	62
									Angola	86
	August 21, 2007
									Cameroon	72
	Egypt	67
					August 23, 2007
	Tunisia	57
					Egypt	52			Third place
	August 21, 2007
					Cameroon	58
	Cameroon	76							Egypt	51
	Côte d'Ivoire	56							Cape Verde	53
									August 24, 2007

[edit] 5th-8th Playoff

	Semi finals				5th place
	August 22, 2007
	Nigeria	80
	Central African Republic	46
					August 24, 2007
					Nigeria	83
					Tunisia	82
					7th place
	August 22, 2007			August 23, 2007
	Côte d'Ivoire	63		Central African Republic	69
	Tunisia	73			Côte d'Ivoire	63

[edit] 9th-12th playoff

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				9th place
	August 21, 2007
	Morocco	93
					August 22, 2007
	Liberia	54
					Morocco	76
	August 21, 2007
					Mali	66
	Mozambique	61
									August 23, 2007
	Mali	67
									Morocco	68
	August 21, 2007
									Senegal	79
	Senegal	99
					August 22, 2007
	South Africa	76
					Senegal	93			11th place
	August 21, 2007
					Rwanda	58
	DR Congo	87							Mali	78
	Rwanda	89							Rwanda	74
									August 23, 2007

[edit] 13th-16th Playoff

	Semi finals				13th Place
	August 22, 2007
	DR Congo	74
	South Africa	77
					August 23, 2007
					South Africa	97
					Mozambique	85
					15th Place
	August 22, 2007			August 23, 2007
	Mozambique	81		DR Congo	92
	Liberia	65			Liberia	84

[edit] Final Standings

	Qualified for the Olympics
	Qualified for the Wildcard Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
1	Angola	6 - 0
2	Cameroon	5 - 1
3	Cape Verde	4 - 2
4	Egypt	3 - 3
5	Nigeria	5 - 1
6	Tunisia	3 - 3
7	Central African Republic	3 - 3
8	Côte d'Ivoire	2 - 4
9	Senegal	4 - 2
10	Morocco	3 - 3
11	Mali	3 - 3
12	Rwanda	1 - 5
13	South Africa	2 - 4
14	Mozambique	2 - 4
15	DR Congo	2 - 4
16	Liberia	0 - 6

[edit] External links

• Official website

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