The FIBA Africa Championship 1985 was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 from December 20 to December 28, 1985. The games were played in Abidjan

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

. Côte 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....

 won the tournament, its second African Championship, by beating Angola

Angola national basketball team

The Angola national basketball team represents Angola in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979...

 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship

1986 FIBA World Championship

The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 1986.The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid...

as a result of their showing in this tournament.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B

Group A

61

99

57

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	9	5	4	1	420	359
	9	5	4	1	437	338
	9	5	4	1	427	370
	7	5	2	3	333	393
	6	5	1	4	379	396
	5	5	0	5	330	470

Day 1

	74–54
	118–61
	102–84

Day 2

	67–75
	71–73
	92–77

Day 3

	79–96
	90–77
	92–76

Day 4

	83–57
	59–106
	76–42

Day 5

	75–64
	93–68
	89–56

Group B

101

139

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
	10	5	5	0	428	327
	9	5	4	1	467	328
	8	5	3	2	346	406
	7	5	2	3	403	432
	6	5	1	4	371	378
	5	5	0	5	329	473

Day 1

	75–74
	87–68
	67–66

Day 2

	85–84
	102–60
	81–73

Day 3

	109–70
	104–68
	97–93

Day 4

	103–61
	82–54
	88–77

Day 5

	72–70
	105–51
	72–46

Knockout stage

Classification Stage

	104–64
	69–74
	69–75
	68–80

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1		6-1
2		5-2
3		5-1
4		5-2
5		5-1
6		3-3
7		3-3
8		2-4
9		2-4
10		1-5
11		1-5
12		0-6

External links

• FIBA Archive