FIBA Africa Championship 1999 explained

Country:Angola
Dates:29 July – 6 August
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champion:ANG
Count:5
Second:NGR
Third:EGY
Fourth:MLI
Mvp: Lamine Diawara
Prevseason:1997
Nextseason:2001

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.[1] and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Squads

See main article: 1999 FIBA Africa Championship squads.

Draw

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Preliminary rounds

Source:[2]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group 1

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width=220Teamwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=25Diffwidth=20Pts
50348256+9210
32340345-58
32325331-68
23322320+27
23318320-27
05265346-815

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Group 2

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the semi-finals
width=220Teamwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=25Diffwidth=20Pts
50430251+17910
41375277+989
32258255+38
23270316-467
14269387-1186
05245361-1165

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Knockout stage

Final

Final standings

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Rankwidth=150pxTeamRecord
7–0
5–2
6–1
43–4
54–2
63–3
73–3
82–4
93–3
101–5
111–5
120–6

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men Basketball Africa Championship 1999 Luanda,Cabinda (ANG) - 29.07-06.08 Winner Angola . todor66.com . 2014-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107052006/http://todor66.com/basketball/Africa/Men_1999.html . 2014-01-07 .
  2. Web site: Calendário dos jogos do Afrobasket '99 . FIBAAfrica.com . 2014-01-18 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140121024841/http://www.nexus.ao/RS/Afrobasket/6.htm . 2014-01-21 . dead .