# FIBA Africa Championship 1999

The FIBA Africa Championship 1999 was the 20th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola from July 29 to August 6, 1999.
Angola defeated Nigeria 79–72 in the final to win their fifth title. and securing a spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Cape Verde  Egypt  Mali  Morocco  Senegal | Angola  Ivory Coast  Mozambique  Nigeria  South Africa  Tunisia |

## Preliminary rounds

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    Times given below are in UTC+1.

### Group 1

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| Egypt | 5 | 0 | 348 | 256 | +92 | 10 |
| Mali | 3 | 2 | 340 | 345 | -5 | 8 |
| Algeria | 3 | 2 | 325 | 331 | -6 | 8 |
| Senegal | 2 | 3 | 322 | 320 | +2 | 7 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 3 | 318 | 320 | -2 | 7 |
| Morocco | 0 | 5 | 265 | 346 | -81 | 5 |
* 30 July 1999 10:00
| Mali | 79–77 | Algeria |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 16:00
| Cape Verde | 54–57 | Senegal |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 18:00
| Morocco | 42–73 | Egypt |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 31 July 1999 10:00
| Mali | 60–64 | Cape Verde |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 16:00
| Algeria | 58–35 | Morocco |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 18:00
| Egypt | 62–53 | Senegal |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 1 August 1999 10:00
| Morocco | 57–74 | Senegal |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 16:00
| Egypt | 70–55 | Mali |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 18:00
| Algeria | 72–70 | Cape Verde |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 2 August 1999 10:00
| Cape Verde | 73–71 | Morocco |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 16:00
| Senegal | 77–84 | Mali |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 18:00
| Algeria | 49–83 | Egypt |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 3 August 1999 10:00
| Cape Verde | 57–60 | Egypt |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 16:00
| Senegal | 64–69 | Algeria |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda
* 18:00
| Morocco | 60–68 | Mali |
* Pavilhão do Sp Cabinda, Cabinda

### Group 2

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| Angola | 5 | 0 | 430 | 251 | +179 | 10 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 375 | 277 | +98 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 258 | 255 | +3 | 8 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 3 | 270 | 316 | -46 | 7 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 4 | 269 | 387 | -118 | 6 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | 245 | 361 | -116 | 5 |
* 29 July 1999 19:00
| Angola | 85–25 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 30 July 1999 19:00
| Nigeria | 71–56 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 4 August 1999 16:00
| Ivory Coast | 65–60 | Mozambique |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 31 July 1999 10:00
| South Africa | 45–85 | Nigeria |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 17:00
| Tunisia | 20–0 | Ivory Coast |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 19:00
| Mozambique | 47–104 | Angola |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 1 August 1999 10:00
| Ivory Coast | 62–58 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 17:00
| Tunisia | 74–50 | Mozambique |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 19:00
| Nigeria | 57–64 | Angola |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 2 August 1999 10:00
| Mozambique | 69–62 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 17:00
| Angola | 79–48 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 19:00
| Ivory Coast | 69–80 | Nigeria |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 3 August 1999 10:00
| South Africa | 55–60 | Tunisia |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 17:00
| Mozambique | 43–82 | Nigeria |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 19:00
| Angola | 98–74 | Ivory Coast |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

## Knockout stage
### 5th place match

* 5 August 1999 09:00
| Algeria | 54–56 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by half: 29-22, 25-34 |||
| Pts: Sayah 15 | | Pts: Essayed 14 |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### 7th place match

* 5 August 1999 11:00
| Senegal | 87–70 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by half: 40-27, 47-33 |||
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 August - 17:00 | 5 August - 17:00 |
| Egypt | 54 |
| Egypt | 54 | 6 August - 19:00 | 6 August - 19:00 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 6 August - 19:00 | 6 August - 19:00 |
| Nigeria | 69 | Angola | 79 |
| 5 August - 19:00 | 5 August - 19:00 | | Angola | 79 |
| 5 August - 19:00 | 5 August - 19:00 | Nigeria | 72 |
| Mali | 69 | Nigeria | 72 |
| Angola | 77 | | |
| Angola | 77 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 August - 17:00 | 6 August - 17:00 |
| | | Mali | 63 |
| | | Egypt | 75 |
* 5 August 1999 17:00
| Egypt | 54–69 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 27-36, 27-33 |||
| Pts: Ibrahim, Elwahab 10 | | Pts: Awojobi 26 |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
* 5 August 1999 19:00
| Mali | 69–77 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 29-46, 40-31 |||
| Pts: Diwara 14 | | Pts: Lutonda, J.Jacques 12 |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### 9th place match

* 6 August 1999 09:00
| Cape Verde | 69–65 | Mozambique |
| Pts: V.Hugo 17 | | Pts: A.de Deus 13 |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### 11th place match

* 6 August 1999 11:00
| Morocco | 59–42 | South Africa |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### Bronze medal match

* 6 August 1999 17:00
| Mali | 63–75 | Egypt |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

### Final

* 6 August 1999 19:00
| Angola | 79–72 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 46-23, 33-49 |||
| Pts: D.Dias 34 | | Pts: Owinje 19 |
* Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Angola | 7–0 |
| | Nigeria | 5–2 |
| | Egypt | 6–1 |
| 4 | Mali | 3–4 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 4–2 |
| 6 | Algeria | 3–3 |
| 7 | Senegal | 3–3 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 2–4 |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 3–3 |
| 10 | Mozambique | 1–5 |
| 11 | Morocco | 1–5 |
| 12 | South Africa | 0–6 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Angola Ângelo Victoriano Aníbal Moreira Carlos Almeida Cristovão Swingue David Dias Edmar Victoriano "Baduna" Herlander Coimbra Jean Jacques Conceição Joaquim Gomes "Kikas" Justino Victoriano Miguel Lutonda Victor de Carvalho Coach: Mário Palma | Nigeria Ayo Samuel Benjamin Eze Daniel Okonkwo Godwin Owinje Julius Nwosu Kadri Jibril Kingsley Ogwudire Mohammed Acha Mufo Ibrahim Olumide Oyedeji Tunji Awojobi Yinka Dare Coach: Andrew Isokpehi | Egypt Ahmed Oraby Ahmed Sakr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab El-Hosany Ahmed Haytham Hassan Ihab El-Aziz Islam Ibrahim Mohamed Moteleb Tarek El-Ghannam Tarek Khairi Wael El Sayed Yasser Elwahab Coach: Mario Blassone |

## Awards

* 1999 FIBA Africa Championship winners
* Angola Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Lamine Diawara