FIBA Africa Championship 1978

For the women's tournament, see 1977 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Championship 1978
9th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Senegal
Dates	December 24-January 1
Teams	10 (from 35 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Senegal (3rd title)
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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:

Group A	Group B
Ivory Coast Gambia Mauritania Nigeria Senegal	Egypt Libya Morocco Sudan Togo

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Senegal	8	4	4	0	398	251	+147
Ivory Coast	7	4	3	1	378	323	+55
Nigeria	6	4	2	2	346	334	+12
Mauritania	5	4	1	3	282	342	-60
Gambia	4	4	0	4	281	435	-155

Day 1

Senegal	112–55	Mauritania
Nigeria	124–69	Gambia

Day 2

Gambia	77–129	Ivory Coast
Nigeria	56–104	Senegal

Day 3

Mauritania	69–78	Nigeria
Senegal	87–73	Ivory Coast

Day 4

Senegal	95–67	Gambia
Mauritania	71–84	Ivory Coast

Day 5

Ivory Coast	92–88	Nigeria
Mauritania	87–68	Gambia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Egypt	8	4	4	0	216	152	+64
Sudan	7	4	3	1	314	225	+89
Morocco	6	4	2	2	407	372	+35
Togo	5	4	1	3	290	349	-59
Libya	4	4	0	4	209	338	-129

Day 1

Sudan	99–71	Togo
Egypt	107–89	Morocco

Day 2

Togo	83–49	Libya
Sudan	97–87	Morocco

Day 3

Morocco	135–95	Libya
Egypt	2–0	Sudan

Day 4

Morocco	96–73	Togo
Egypt	2–0	Libya

Day 5

Egypt	105–63	Togo
Sudan	118–65	Libya

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 31, 1977
	Ivory Coast	102
	Egypt	93
					January 1, 1978
					Ivory Coast	72
					Senegal	103
					Third place
	December 31, 1977			January 1, 1978
	Senegal	2		Egypt	2
	Sudan	0			Sudan	0

Classification Stage

Morocco	98–94	Nigeria
Mauritania	76–71	Togo
Libya	90–121	Gambia

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Senegal	6-0
2	Ivory Coast	4-2
3	Egypt	5-1
4	Sudan	3-3
5	Morocco	3-2
6	Nigeria	2-3
7	Mauritania	2-3
8	Togo	1-4
9	Gambia	1-4
10	Libya	0-5

Senegal qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship.