FIBA Africa Championship 1997

FIBA Africa Championship 1997
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
CityDakar
Dates25 July – 3 August
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (5th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Angola
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
MVPSenegal Oumar Mar
1995
1999

The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th African championship and first since 1980, by beating Nigeria 69-48 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.