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FIBA Africa Championship 1995

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FIBA Africa Championship 1995
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates11–18 December
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Angola (4th title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Algeria
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1995 took place in Algiers, Algeria from December 11 to December 18, 1995. The top country in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the berth allocated to Africa for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Angola won the tournament, the country's 4th consecutive African championship, by beating Senegal in the final.

Competing Nations

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The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Zaire
 Morocco
 Nigeria

 Angola
 Mali
 Mozambique
 Senegal

Preliminary rounds

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Algeria 7 4 3 1 289 244 +55
 Nigeria 7 4 3 1 241 218 +23
 Morocco 6 4 2 2 265 273 -8
 Ivory Coast 6 4 2 2 302 289 +13
 Zaire
4 4 0 4 172 327 -155

Day 1

 Algeria 65–57  Morocco
 Ivory Coast 57–61  Nigeria

Day 2

 Zaire 59–87  Algeria
 Ivory Coast 77–85  Morocco

Day 3

 Morocco 52–63  Nigeria
 Ivory Coast 87–63  Zaire

Day 4

 Nigeria 70–52  Zaire
 Algeria 80–81  Ivory Coast

Day 5

 Algeria 57–47  Nigeria
 Morocco 71–68  Zaire

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
 Angola 6 3 3 0 280 142 +138
 Senegal 5 3 2 1 227 214 +13
 Mali 4 3 1 2 196 245 -49
 Mozambique 3 3 0 3 164 266 -102

Day 1

 Senegal 80–65  Mozambique
 Angola 73–51  Senegal

Day 2

 Mali 69–59  Mozambique
 Angola 90–51  Mali

Day 3

 Angola 117–40  Mozambique
 Senegal 96–76  Mali

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 17, 1995
 
 
 Angola74
 
December 18, 1995
 
 Nigeria56
 
 Angola67
 
December 17, 1995
 
 Senegal55
 
 Senegal61
 
 
 Algeria45
 
Third place
 
 
December 18, 1995
 
 
 Nigeria58
 
 
 Algeria51

Classification Stage

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 Mali 77–71  Morocco
 Ivory Coast 90–49  Mozambique

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1  Angola 5-0
2  Senegal 3-2
3  Nigeria 4-2
4  Algeria 3-3
5  Mali 2-2
6  Morocco 2-3
7  Ivory Coast 3-2
8  Mozambique 0-4
9  Zaire 0-4

Angola qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Awards

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 1995 FIBA Africa Championship winners 

Angola
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
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