FIBA Africa Championship 1980
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The FIBA Africa Championship 1980 was hosted by Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 from March 20 to March 28, 1980. The games were played in Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

. Senegal
Senegal national basketball team
The Senegal national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Senegal in international competition. The squad has comprised several players to have competed in the National Basketball Association, including Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop, and is considered, with those...

 won the tournament, its fourth African Championship, by beating Cote d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team
The Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Côte d'Ivoire in international competition. The team competes regularly in the African Championship....

 in the final. Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 as a result of its showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:
Group A Group B























Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
8 4 4 0 426 318
108
7 4 3 1 344 341
3
6 4 2 2 331 313
18
5 4 1 3 286 333

4 4 0 4 358 440


Day 1
81–67
106–87


Day 2
69–88
59–85


Day 3
88–102
96–72


Day 4
79–58
101–111


Day 5
139–100
80–77

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
10 5 5 0 507 370
137
8 5 3 2 407 417
7 5 2 3 419 459
7 5 2 3 468 489
7 5 2 3 438 473
6 5 1 4 439 470


Day 1
87–68
75–68
108–79


Day 2
103–90
97–93
94–71


Day 3
82–67
94–73
102–101


Day 4
104–102
107–92
103–77


Day 5
87–81
108–70
98–97

Knockout stage

Classification Stage

123–93
71–85
111–114

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 7-0
2 5-2
3 4-2
4 3-3
5 3-3
6 2-3
7 2-3
8 2-4
9 3-3
10 0-5
11 1-4


Senegal qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow
Moscow
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.

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