# FIBA Africa Championship 1981

The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capital Mogadishu. Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire competed in the final. The Cote d'Ivoire squad wound up winning the tournament, its first FIBA Africa Championship, and as a result qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Somalia and Algeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.

## Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:
| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Angola  Congo  Somalia  Tunisia | Ivory Coast  Egypt  Mauritania  Mozambique  Senegal  Zimbabwe |

## Preliminary rounds
### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Somalia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 400 | 264 | +35 |
| Algeria | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 364 | 331 | +33 |
| Congo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 386 | 371 | +15 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 240 | 301 | -61 |
| Angola | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 273 | 295 | -22 |
Day 1
| Somalia | 81–31 | Angola |
| Tunisia | 56–54 | Angola |
Day 2
| Algeria | 56–58 | Somalia |
| Angola | 84–85 | Algeria |
Day 3
| Tunisia | 71–100 | Congo |
| Congo | 73–64 | Angola |
Day 4
| Somalia | 65–55 | Tunisia |
| Congo | 82–95 | Somalia |
Day 5
| Algeria | 82–58 | Tunisia |
| Algeria | 141–131 | Congo |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 398 | 274 | +124 |
| Egypt | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 315 | +78 |
| Senegal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 380 | 304 | +76 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 276 | 327 | -51 |
| Mozambique | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 290 | 347 | -57 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 272 | 442 | -160 |
Day 1
| Ivory Coast | 102–46 | Zimbabwe |
| Egypt | 80–67 | Mozambique |
| Senegal | 70–52 | Mauritania |
Day 2
| Egypt | 102–73 | Zimbabwe |
| Ivory Coast | 72–56 | Mauritania |
| Mozambique | 60–58 | Senegal |
Day 3
| Mauritania | 64–46 | Zimbabwe |
| Egypt | 71–70 | Senegal |
| Ivory Coast | 79–24 | Mozambique |
Day 4
| Senegal | 96–42 | Zimbabwe |
| Mauritania | 65–61 | Mozambique |
| Ivory Coast | 66–62 | Egypt |
Day 5
| Mozambique | 78–65 | Zimbabwe |
| Senegal | 86–79 | Ivory Coast |
| Egypt | 78–39 | Mauritania |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| December 21, 1981 | December 21, 1981 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | December 23, 1981 | December 23, 1981 |
| Algeria (w/o) | 0 | December 23, 1981 | December 23, 1981 |
| Algeria (w/o) | 0 | Ivory Coast | 81 |
| December 21, 1981 | December 21, 1981 | | Ivory Coast | 81 |
| December 21, 1981 | December 21, 1981 | Egypt | 65 |
| Egypt | 84 | Egypt | 65 |
| Somalia | 80 | | |
| Somalia | 80 | Third place | Third place |
| | | December 23, 1981 | December 23, 1981 |
| | | Somalia | 2 |
| | | Algeria (w/o) | 0 |

## Classification Stage

| Tunisia | 55–54 | Mauritania |
| Congo | 0–2 | Senegal |
| Mozambique | 0–2 | Angola |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 6-1 |
| 2 | Egypt | 5-2 |
| 3 | Somalia | 5-1 |
| 4 | Algeria | 4-2 |
| 5 | Senegal | 3-2 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 2-3 |
| 7 | Congo | 2-3 |
| 8 | Angola | 1-4 |
| 9 | Mauritania | 2-4 |
| 10 | Mozambique | 2-4 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 0-5 |
Cote d'Ivoire qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship in Colombia.