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.
Draw Group 1Group 2
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Egypt9541412395+17 Tunisia9541389368+21 Morocco8532397382+15 Côte d'Ivoire7523365357+8 Mozambique6514356393-37 Mali6514374398-24
Day 1 Morocco 78–57 MozambiqueMali 76–77 TunisiaEgypt83–81 Côte d'Ivoire
Day 2 Mozambique 74–87 TunisiaEgypt 77–69 MaliCôte d'Ivoire 80–67 Morocco
Day 3 Mozambique 80–86 EgyptCôte d'Ivoire 71–79 MaliTunisia 80–76 Morocco
Day 4 Egypt 84–77 TunisiaCôte d'Ivoire 75–60 MozambiqueMali83–88 Morocco
Day 5 Tunisia 68–58 Côte d'IvoireMozambique 85–67 MaliEgypt 82–88 Morocco
Group B
TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Algeria9541362297+65 Angola9541339278+61 Nigeria9541305280+25 Senegal7523354305+49 Central African Republic6514305354-49 South Africa5505211362-151
Day 1 South Africa 46–76 AlgeriaAngola 71–57 Central African RepublicSenegal65–80 Nigeria
Day 2 Senegal 104–49 Central African RepublicAngola70–78 AlgeriaSouth Africa 47–64 Nigeria
Day 3 South Africa 37–69 SenegalCentral African Republic 66–79 AlgeriaAngola 54–43 Nigeria
Day 4 Nigeria 59–58 AlgeriaCentral African Republic77–41 South AfricaSenegal60–68 Angola
Day 5 Angola 76–40 South AfricaCentral African Republic 56–59 NigeriaAlgeria 71–56 Senegal
Knockout stage
Classification Stage
Nigeria 79–66 MoroccoCôte d'Ivoire 60–73 SenegalCentral African Republic 79–63 MozambiqueMali 63–54 South Africa
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 Angola 6-1 2 Algeria 5-2 3 Egypt 5-2 4 Tunisia 4-3 5 Nigeria 5-1 6 Morocco 4-2 7 Senegal 3-3 8 Côte d'Ivoire 2-4 9 Central African Republic 2-410 Mozambique 1-5 11 Mali 2-4 12 South Africa 0-6
Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.
Most Valuable Player Miguel Lutonda
All tournament team G Miguel Lutonda G Ali Bouziane F Edmar Victoriano F Ali El Amri C Haytham Darwish
Statistical leaders
Points Rank Name 1 Miloud Dahine 21.4 2 Romain Sato 19 3 Ali El Amri 17.44 Amara Sy 16.8 5 Ali Bouziane 15.8
Rebounds Rank Name 1 Romain Sato10 Mounir Bouhelal Mejdi Maalaoui 4 Olumide Oyedeji 8.6 5 Ismail Abdel-Moneim 7.2
Assists Rank Name 1 Islam Aly Ibrahim 2.4 2 Ismail Abdel-Moneim 1.6 3 Osama El-Sayed 1.54 Ali Bouziane 1.4 Blaise Amalabian
See also 2000 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
External links FIBA Archive