FIBA Africa Championship 1989 explained

Continent:	Africa
Year:	1989
Host:	Angola
Dates:	December 16-27
Teams:	11
Federations:	42
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Angola
Title Number:	1
Prevseason:	1987
Nextseason:	1992

The FIBA Africa Championship 1989 was hosted by Angola from December 16 to December 27, 1989. The games were played in Luanda. Angola won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Egypt in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship as a result of their showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary rounds

Group A

width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=25	Diff
	8	4	4	0	362	234	+128
	6	4	2	2	289	235	+54
	6	4	2	2	329	297	+32
	6	4	2	2	381	292	+89
	4	4	0	4	178	481	-303

Day 1

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	94 - 30
	85 - 74

Day 2

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	46 - 110
	60 - 77

Day 3

Day 4

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	67 - 66
	56 - 112

Day 5

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	95 - 75
	78 - 52

Group B

width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=25	Diff
	10	5	5	0	426	274	+152
	9	5	4	1	419	364	+55
	9	6	3	3	500	503	-3
	7	5	2	3	389	402	-13
	6	5	1	4	348	426	-78
	4	4	0	4	276	389	-113

Day 1

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	72 - 57
	98 - 86
	89 - 69

Day 2

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	87 - 86
	83 - 66
	91 - 81

Day 3

Day 4

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	90 - 50
	95 - 71
	86 - 85

Day 5

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	93 - 78
	83 - 72
	110 - 40

Classification Stage

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	91 - 70
	99 - 110
	65 - 122

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1		7-0
2		5-2
3		5-1
4		2-4
5		4-3
6		2-3
7		3-2
8		2-4
9		2-4
10		0-5
11		0-4

External links

• FIBA Archive