FIBA Africa Championship 1970

FIBA AfroBasket 1968

4th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	9–15 March
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)

The FIBA Africa Championship 1970, was the fifth FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa, which also served as Africa qualifier for the 1970 FIBA World Championship, granting one berth to the champion. It was held in Egypt between 9 March and 15 March 1970. Seven national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Africa, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Alexandria hosted the tournament. Egypt won their third title after defeating Senegal in the final.

Format

• Teams were split into two round-robin groups of four and three teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals competed for the championship, while the losing teams from the semifinals competed for third place in an extra game. The champion qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship.
• The third teams from each group played an extra game to define fifth and sixth place in the final standings. The bottom team from the four-team group was placed seventh in the final standings.

First round

Advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Egypt	3	3	0	306	178	+128	6
Central African Republic	3	2	1	283	194	+89	5
Palestine	3	1	2	216	281	−65	4
Somalia	3	0	3	163	315	−152	3

Egypt	112–53	Palestine
Scoring by half: 54–24, 58–29

Somalia	45–107	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 22–63, 23–44

Somalia	71–104	Palestine
Scoring by half: 32–55, 39–49

Egypt	90–78	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 42–42, 48–36

Somalia	47–104	Egypt
Scoring by half: 18–46, 29–58

Palestine	59–98	Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 31–46, 28–52

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	107	83	+24	4
Tunisia	2	1	1	119	85	+34	3
Libya	2	0	2	85	143	−58	2

Senegal	44–39	Tunisia
Scoring by half: 19–18, 25–21

Libya	41–80	Tunisia
Scoring by half: 20–48, 21–32

Libya	44–63	Senegal
Scoring by half: 22–32, 22–31

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	March 14
	Egypt	79
					March 15
	Tunisia	76
					Egypt	70
	March 14
					Senegal	63
	Senegal	66
	Central African Republic	57
					Third place
					March 15
					Tunisia	73
					Central African Republic	56

Semifinals

Central African Republic	57–66	Senegal
Scoring by half: 24–37, 33–29

Egypt	79–76	Tunisia
Scoring by half: 39–40, 40–36

Third place

Central African Republic	56–73	Tunisia
Scoring by half: 26–30, 30–43

Final

Egypt	70–63	Senegal
Scoring by half: 35–29, 35–34

Fifth place

Palestine	55–78	Libya
Scoring by half: 31–30, 24–48

Final standings

Qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Egypt	5–0
	Senegal	3–1
	Tunisia	2–2
4	Central African Republic	2–3
5	Libya	1–2
6	Palestine	1–3
7	Somalia	0–3

External links

• 1970 African Championship for Men, FIBA.com.