FIBA Africa Championship 1978 explained

Continent:	Africa
Year:	1978
Host:	Senegal
Dates:	December 24-January 1
Teams:	10
Federations:	35
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Senegal
Title Number:	3
Prevseason:	1975
Nextseason:	1980

The FIBA Africa Championship 1978 was hosted by Senegal from December 24, 1977 to January 1, 1978. The games were played in Dakar. Senegal won the tournament, its third African Championship, to qualify for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

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

Preliminary rounds

Group A

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	8	4	4	0	398	251	+147
	7	4	3	1	378	323	+55
	6	4	2	2	346	334	+12
	5	4	1	3	282	342	-60
	4	4	0	4	281	435	-155

Day 1

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	112 - 55
	124 - 69

Day 2

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	77 - 129
	56 - 104

Day 3

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	69 - 78
	87 - 73

Day 4

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	95 - 67
	71 - 84

Day 5

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	92 - 88
	87 - 68

Group B

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	8	4	4	0	216	152	+64
	7	4	3	1	314	225	+89
	6	4	2	2	407	372	+35
	5	4	1	3	290	349	-59
	4	4	0	4	209	338	-129

Day 1

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	99 - 71
	107 - 89

Day 2

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	83 - 49
	97 - 87

Day 3

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	135 - 95
	2 - 0

Day 4

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	96 - 73
	2 - 0

Day 5

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	105 - 63
	118 - 65

Classification Stage

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	98 - 94
	76 - 71
	90 - 121

Final standings

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

qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

References

• Web site: 1978 African Championship for Men . archive.fiba.com . . 15 August 2009.