| 11th FIBA African Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Somalia |
| Dates | December 15-23 |
| Teams | 11 (from 39 federations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ivory Coast(1st title) |
←1980 1983 → | |
TheFIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted bySomalia from December 15 to December 23, 1981. Games were played in the national capitalMogadishu.Egypt andCote 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 the1982 FIBA World Championship.Somalia andAlgeria played for third place, with the Somalia squad emerging victorious.
The following national teams competed:
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| December 21, 1981 | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||
| December 23, 1981 | ||||||
| Algeria (w/o) | 0 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 81 | |||||
| December 21, 1981 | ||||||
| Egypt | 65 | |||||
| Egypt | 84 | |||||
| Somalia | 80 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| December 23, 1981 | ||||||
| Somalia | 2 | |||||
| Algeria (w/o) | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 55–54 | Mauritania |
| Congo | 0–2 | Senegal |
| Mozambique | 0–2 | Angola |
| 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 the1982 FIBA World Championship inColombia.
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