FIBA Africa Championship 1997

FIBA Africa Championship 1997
19th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Senegal
Dates	July 25-August 3
Teams	9 (from 52 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Senegal (5th title)
MVP	Omar 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.

The following national teams competed:

Central African Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa

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