Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | Dates December 15-23 | |
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Teams 10 (from 39 federations) Champions Ivory Coast (1st title) | ||
The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capital Mogadishu. Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire competed in the final. The Cote d'Ivoire squad wound up winning the tournament, its first FIBA Africa Championship, and as a result qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Somalia and Algeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.
Contents
Competing Nations
The following national teams competed:
Group A
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Group B
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Final standings
Cote d'Ivoire qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship in Colombia.
References
FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA