# 2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship

The 2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship was the fourth and last FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. Senegal hosted the tournament from July 23 to August 1, 2004.
Nigeria defeated Cameroon 83–82 in the final to win the championship, and secure a spot at the 2005 U-21 World Cup.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Morocco  Senegal | Mauritania  Tunisia | Algeria  Cameroon  DR Congo | Angola  Mali  Nigeria |

## Preliminary round

* July 23
| Senegal | 56–46 | Morocco |
* July 24
| Tunisia | 70–60 | Mauritania |
* July 24
| Algeria | 20–0 | DR Congo |
* July 25
| Algeria | 60–77 | Cameroon |
* July 26
| DR Congo | 64–67 | Cameroon |
* July 24
| Angola | 79–73 | Mali |
* July 25
| Angola | 60–68 | Nigeria |
* July 26
| Mali | 81–89 | Nigeria |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | | |
| Nigeria | 84 | | | |
| Nigeria | 84 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | | |
| Mauritania | 49 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | |
| Mauritania | 49 | Nigeria | 71 | |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | Nigeria | 71 | |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Angola | 51 | |
| Angola | 89 | Angola | 51 | |
| Angola | 89 | | | | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Tunisia | 79 | | | | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Tunisia | 79 | | | | Nigeria | 83 |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | | | | Nigeria | 83 |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | | | Cameroon | 82 |
| Cameroon | 60 | | | | Cameroon | 82 |
| Cameroon | 60 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | | | |
| Morocco | 57 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | Thu 29 Jul 2004 | | | |
| Morocco | 57 | Cameroon | 83 | | | |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | Cameroon | 83 | | | |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Senegal | 81 | | Third place | Third place |
| Senegal | 58 | Senegal | 81 | | Third place | Third place |
| Senegal | 58 | | | | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Algeria | 48 | | | | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Algeria | 48 | | | | Angola | 62 |
| | | | | | Senegal | 58 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 |
| Tunisia | 59 |
| Tunisia | 59 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Mauritania | 52 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| Mauritania | 52 | Tunisia | 61 |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | | Tunisia | 61 |
| Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Wed 28 Jul 2004 | Morocco | 58 |
| Morocco | 61 | Morocco | 58 |
| Algeria | 56 | | |
| Algeria | 56 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Fri 30 Jul 2004 | Fri 30 Jul 2004 |
| | | Algeria | 69 |
| | | Mauritania | 68 |

### Quarter-finals

* July 28
| Tunisia | 79–89 | Angola |
* July 28
| Cameroon | 60–57 | Morocco |
* July 28
| Senegal | 58–48 | Algeria |
* July 28
| Nigeria | 84–49 | Mauritania |

### 5–8th place

* July 29
| Tunisia | 59–52 | Mauritania |
* July 29
| Morocco | 61–56 | Algeria |

### Semifinals

* July 29
| Cameroon | 83–81 | Senegal |
* July 29
| Angola | 51–71 | Nigeria |

### 9th place

* July 30
| DR Congo | 77–80 | Mali |

### 7th place

* July 30
| Algeria | 69–68 | Mauritania |

### 5th place

* July 30
| Tunisia | 61–58 | Morocco |

### 3rd place

* July 30
| Angola | 62–58 | Senegal |

### Gold medal match

* July 30
| Cameroon | 82–83 | Nigeria |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2005 U-21 World Cup
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Nigeria | 5–0 |
| | Cameroon | 4–1 |
| | Angola | 3–2 |
| 4 | Senegal | 2–2 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 3–1 |
| 6 | Morocco | 1–3 |
| 7 | Algeria | 2–3 |
| 8 | Mauritania | 0–4 |
| 9 | Mali | 1–2 |
| 10 | DR Congo | 0–3 |

## Awards

* 2004 FIBA Africa U20 Championship winners
* Nigeria Sixth title
* Most Valuable Player