The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was the 20th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999.
Angola defeated Nigeria 79–72 in the final to win their fifth title. and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Squads
Draw Group AGroup B
Preliminary rounds
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Times given below are in UTC+1.
Group 1 Qualified for the semi-finals TeamWLPFPADiffPts50348256+921032340345-5832325331-6823322320+2723318320-2705265346-815
Group 2 Qualified for the semi-finals TeamWLPFPADiffPts50430251+1791041375277+98932258255+3823270316-46714269387-118605245361-1165
Knockout stage 5th place match
7th place match
Championship bracket
9th place match
11th place match
Bronze medal match
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics RankTeam Record 7–0 5–2 6–14 3–45 4–26 3–37 3–38 2–49 3–310 1–511 1–512 0–6
Ângelo Victoriano Aníbal Moreira Carlos Almeida Cristovão Swingue David Dias Edmar Victoriano "Baduna" Herlander Coimbra Jean Jacques Conceição Joaquim Gomes "Kikas" Justino Victoriano Miguel Lutonda Victor de Carvalho Coach: Mário Palma Ayo Samuel Benjamin Eze Daniel Okonkwo Godwin Owinje Julius Nwosu Kadri Jibril Kingsley Ogwudire Mohammed Acha Mufo Ibrahim Olumide Oyedeji Tunji Awojobi Yinka Dare Coach: Andrew Isokpehi Ahmed Oraby Ahmed Sakr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab El-Hosany Ahmed Haytham Hassan Ihab El-Aziz Islam Ibrahim Mohamed Moteleb Tarek El-Ghannam Tarek Khairi Wael El Sayed Yasser Elwahab Coach: Mario Blassone
Awards
Most Valuable Player Lamine Diawara
See also 1998 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
External links FIBA Archive
References