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2001 FIBA Africa Championship

FieldValue
countryMorocco
dates4–12 August
num_teams12
venues2
cities2
championANG
count6
secondALG
thirdEGY
fourthTUN
mvpANG Miguel Lutonda
top_scorerMAR Miloud Dahine
(21.4 points per game)
prevseason1999
nextseason[2003](2003-fiba-africa-championship)

(21.4 points per game) The 2001 FIBA Africa Championship was hosted by Morocco from August 4 to August 12, 2001. The games were played in Rabat and Casablanca. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States. Angola won the tournament, the country's 6th African championship, by beating Algeria 78-68 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Draw

Group 1Group 2

Squads

Main article: 2001 FIBA Africa Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Egypt Egypt**9**541412395+17
Tunisia Tunisia**9**541389368+21
Morocco Morocco**8**532397382+15
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire**7**523365357+8
Mozambique Mozambique**6**514356393-37
Mali Mali**6**514374398-24

Day 1

**Egypt**Egypt83–81Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire

Day 2

**Côte d'Ivoire** Cote d'Ivoire80–67Morocco Morocco

Day 3

**Tunisia** Tunisia80–76Morocco Morocco

Day 4

MaliMali83–88Morocco **Morocco**

Day 5

Egypt Egypt82–88Morocco **Morocco**

Group B

TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff
Algeria Algeria**9**541362297+65
Angola Angola**9**541339278+61
Nigeria Nigeria**9**541305280+25
Senegal Senegal**7**523354305+49
Central African Republic Central African Republic**6**514305354-49
South Africa South Africa**5**505211362-151

Day 1

SenegalSenegal65–80Nigeria **Nigeria**

Day 2

South Africa South Africa47–64Nigeria **Nigeria**

Day 3

**Angola** Angola54–43Nigeria Nigeria

Day 4

SenegalSenegal60–68Angola **Angola**

Day 5

**Algeria** Algeria71–56Senegal Senegal

Knockout stage

|August 11, 2001|Egypt Egypt|60|Angola Angola|72 |August 11, 2001|Algeria Algeria|77|Tunisia Tunisia|76 |August 12, 2001|Algeria Algeria|68|Angola Angola|78 |August 12, 2001|Tunisia Tunisia|71|Egypt Egypt|77

Classification Stage

**Mali** Mali63–54South Africa South Africa

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1Angola Angola6-1
2Algeria Algeria5-2
3Egypt Egypt5-2
4Tunisia Tunisia4-3
5Nigeria Nigeria5-1
6Morocco Morocco4-2
7Senegal Senegal3-3
8Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire2-4
9Central African Republic Central African Republic2-4
10Mozambique Mozambique1-5
11Mali Mali2-4
12South Africa South Africa0-6

Angola and Algeria qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.

Most Valuable Player
ANG Miguel Lutonda

All tournament team

  • G ANG Miguel Lutonda
  • G ALG Ali Bouziane
  • F ANG Edmar Victoriano
  • F TUN Ali El Amri
  • C EGY Haytham Darwish

Statistical leaders

Points

RankNamePPG
**1**MAR **Miloud Dahine**21.4
**2**CAF Romain Sato19
**3**TUN Ali El Amri17.4
**4**MLI Amara Sy16.8
**5**ALG Ali Bouziane15.8

Rebounds

RankNameRPG
**1**CAF **Romain Sato**10
MAR **Mounir Bouhelal**
TUN **Mejdi Maalaoui**
**4**NGR Olumide Oyedeji8.6
**5**EGY Ismail Abdel-Moneim7.2

Assists

RankNameAPG
**1**EGY **Islam Aly Ibrahim**2.4
**2**EGY Ismail Abdel-Moneim1.6
**3**EGY Osama El-Sayed1.5
**4**ALG Ali Bouziane1.4
CIV Blaise Amalabian
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