2012 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup explained

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2012 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Season:	2012
Champions:	1º Agosto (7th title)
Runners Up:	Petro de Luanda
Third Place:	Al Ahly
Fourth Place:	Al-Ittihad
Teams:	12
Dates:	November 29 – December 8
Mvp N:	ANG
Ppg:	21.4
Ppg N:	ANG

The 2012 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (27th edition), is an international basketball tournament held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 29 November to 8 December 2012. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Mongomo, was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of six, the top four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter-finals, semifinals and final. Primeiro de Agosto from Angola was the winner.

Qualification

Teams in bold qualified for the 2012 season.

Zone 1

The Zone 1 games were played from 6 to 11 November 2012 in Sousse, Tunisia.^[1]

Rang	Equipe	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Points
1.	Étoile du Sahel	4	3	1	305	242	7
2.	Al Ittihad Alexandria	4	3	1	310	304	7
3.	Al Ahly	4	2	2	275	291	6
4.	Club Africain	4	2	2	307	303	6
5.	Al Ahli Benghazi	4	0	4	266	324	4

Zone 3

The Zone 3 games were played from 2 September to 9 September 2012.^[2]

No.	Club	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Points
1.	Kano Pillars	6	5	1	476	311	11
2.	ABC	6	5	1	433	324	11
3.	Uhuru Kings	6	1	5	336	488	7
4.	LPRC Oilers	6	1	5	378	499	7

Zone 4

Zone 4 games were played from 23 June to 29 June 2012.^[3]

No.	Club	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Mazembe	5	5	0	323	276	10
2.	Manga	5	3	2	293	290	8
3.	Molokai	5	3	2	297	289	8
4.	Somo	5	3	2	261	246	8
5.	Inter Club	5	1	4	280	302	6
6.	Avenir du Rail	5	0	5	271	322	5

Zone 5

The Zone 5 games were played from 20 to 26 August 2012 in Kampala, Uganda.^[4] The final standings were as follows:

No.	Club
1.	Espoir
2.	Urunani
3.	Dmark Power
4.	KCB
5.	Kyambogo Warriors
6.	Savio
7.	ABC
8.	El Hilal

Zone 6

The Zone 6 games were played from 1 to 7 October 2012 in Maputo, Mozambique.^[5]

No.	Club	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Primeiro de Agosto	6	6	0	540	291	12
2.	Petro de Luanda	6	5	1	511	301	11
3.	Recreativo do Libolo	6	4	2	455	295	10
4.	Ferroviário de Maputo	6	3	3	325	304	9
5.	Matero Magic	6	2	4	280	409	8
6.	Spartans	6	1	5	259	525	7
7.	Heroes Play United	6	0	6	283	528	6

Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B
Abidjan Basket Club Al-Ittihad Espoir Kigali Manga Mongomo Recreativo do Libolo	Al Ahly ASB Mazembe ES du Sahel Kano Pillars Petro Atlético Primeiro de Agosto

Squads

See main article: 2012 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads.

Preliminary round

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=15		width=220	Team	width=20	M	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	P
1.	Recreativo do Libolo	5	5	0	391	334	+57	10
2.	Al-Ittihad	5	4	1	381	346	+35	8
3.	Abidjan Basket Club	5	4	1	348	322	+26	8
4.	Manga BB	5	2	3	304	312	-8	4
5.	Mongomo BC	5	1	4	303	354	−51	2
6.	Espoir Kigali	5	0	5	301	360	−59	0

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Group B

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=15	width=220	Team	width=20	M	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	P
1.	5	5	0	402	349	+53	10
2.	5	4	1	411	338	+73	8
3.	5	3	2	321	304	+17	6
4.	5	1	4	302	348	-46	2
5.	5	1	4	345	368	-23	2
6.	5	1	4	311	385	-74	2

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Knockout round

Semifinals

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Gold medal game

Final standings

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	7–1
	Petro Atlético	7–1
	Al Ahly	3–5
4	Al-Ittihad	5–3
5	Recreativo do Libolo	7–1
6	ES du Sahel	4–4
7	Manga BB	3–5
8	Abidjan BC	4–4
9	Kano Pillars	3–4
10	Mongomo BC	2–5
11	ASB Mazembe	2–5
12	Espoir Kigali	1–6

Primeiro de Agosto roster
Adilson Baza, Agostinho Coelho, Armando Costa, Carlos Almeida, Cedric Isom, Felizardo Ambrósio, Francisco Machado, Hermenegildo Santos, Islando Manuel, Joaquim Gomes, Miguel Lutonda, Reggie Moore, Coach: Paulo Macedo

Statistical Leaders

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All Tournament Team

G		Armando Costa
G		Carlos Morais
F		Olímpio Cipriano
F		Torrington Cox
C		Tarek El Ghannam

Notes and References

Web site: 2013-12-03 . Eliminatoires Zone I . 2023-04-16 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022104/http://www.fibaafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3378&Itemid=555&lang=en . bot: unknown .
Web site: 2013-12-03 . Eliminatoires Zone III . 2023-04-16 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034033/http://www.fibaafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3381&Itemid=545&lang=en . bot: unknown .
Web site: 2013-12-03 . Eliminatoires Zone IV . 2023-04-16 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034038/http://www.fibaafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3382&Itemid=531&lang=en . bot: unknown .
Web site: 2013-12-03 . Eliminatoires Zone V . 2023-04-16 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045619/http://www.fibaafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3383&Itemid=532&lang=en . bot: unknown .
Web site: 2013-12-03 . Eliminatoires Zone VI . 2023-04-16 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045632/http://www.fibaafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3380&Itemid=533&lang=en . bot: unknown .
Web site: Malabo 2012 – ½ finales : Duel Egypto-Angolais à l'affiche . FIBA.com . 2013-04-11. fr.
Web site: Malabo 2012 - Récompenses individuelles : Carlos Morais désigné MVP du tournoi . FIBA Africa . 2013-04-08. fr.