| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | |  Senegal | 69-48 |  Nigeria | 37-17 | | 3-4 | |  Angola | 79-55 |  Egypt | 45-25 | | 5-6 | |  Central Africa | 66-64 |  Mali | 42-26 | | 7-8 | |  Cabo Verde | 68-48 |  Ivory Coast | 30-22 | | 1/2 | | Nigeria | 61-51 | Egypt | 32-27 | | 1/2 | | Senegal | 53-47 | Angola | 36-19 |
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| Final ranking | w | l | pf | pa | | 1. Senegal | 5 | 1 | 407: | 321 | | 2. Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 429: | 313 | | 3. Angola | 4 | 1 | 324: | 243 | | 4. Egypt | 2 | 3 | 290: | 335 | | 5. Central Africa | 3 | 2 | 335: | 322 | | 6. Mali | 1 | 3 | 256: | 258 | | 7. Cabo Verde | 1 | 3 | 202: | 234 | | 8. Ivory Coast | 1 | 4 | 320: | 382 | | 9. South Africa | 0 | 4 | 172: | 327 |
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| Qualification | | First 3 from Men 1995 - Angola, Senegal and Nigeria. | | Zone I | | Zone II - Cabo Verde, Mali | | Zone III - Ivory Coast | | Zone IV - Central Africa | | Zone V - Egypt | | Zone VI - South Africa | | Zone VII |
| Cabo Verde won Zone II in Praia 1996. | | Mali replaced Zone I or Zone VII. |
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| Group A | w | l | pf | pa | | 1. Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 320: | 193 | | 2. Senegal | 3 | 1 | 285: | 226 | | 3. Central Africa | 2 | 2 | 269: | 258 | | 4. Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 | 272: | 314 | | 5. South Africa | 0 | 4 | 172: | 327 |
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| Team | Nige | Sene | CeAf | IvCo | So | | Nigeria | ----- | 50:38 | 77:57 | 93:59 | 100:39 | | Senegal | | ----- | 70:57 | 95:78 | 82:41 | | Central Africa | | | ----- | 87:58 | 68:53 | | Ivory Coast | | | | ----- | 77:39 | | South Africa | | | | | ----- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | Senegal | 82-41 |  South Africa | 43-29 | | 02. | Central Africa | 87-58 | Ivory Coast | 37-24 | | 03. | Nigeria | 93-59 | Ivory Coast | 48-30 | | 04. | Senegal | 70-57 | Central Africa | 38-32 | | 05. | Nigeria | 77-57 | Central Africa | 36-27 | | 06. | Ivory Coast | 77-39 | South Africa | 41-17 | | 07. | Central Africa | 68-53 | South Africa | 31-26 | | 08. | Nigeria | 50-38 | Senegal | 22-18 | | 09. | Nigeria | 100-39 | South Africa | 44-22 | | 10. | Senegal | 95-78 | Ivory Coast | 52-36 |
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| Group B | w | l | pf | pa | | 1. Angola | 3 | 0 | 198: | 135 | | 2. Egypt | 2 | 1 | 184: | 195 | | 3. Mali | 1 | 2 | 192: | 192 | | 4. Cabo Verde | 0 | 3 | 134: | 186 |
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| Team | Ango | Egyp | Mali | CaVe | | Angola | ---- | 62:43 | 69:49 | 67:43 | | Egypt | | ---- | 83:82 | 58:51 | | Mali | | | ---- | 61:40 | | Cabo Verde | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | Egypt | 83-82 | Mali | 24-27 | | 02. | Angola | 67-43 | Cabo Verde | 32-19 | | 03. | Mali | 61-40 | Cabo Verde | 29-21 | | 04. | Angola | 62-43 | Egypt | 28-20 | | 05. | Angola | 69-49 | Mali | 33-25 | | 06. | Egypt | 58-51 | Cabo Verde | 28-28 |
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