2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

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2006 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
15th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nationSouth Africa
DatesJuly 28 – August 6, 2006
Teams9
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Nigeria
(7th title)
MVPMali Waly Coulibaly
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Republic of the Congo Ibaka 18.6  Nigeria 83.3
Rebounds Republic of the Congo Ibaka 13.8  Nigeria 60.8
Assists Guinea 5.4  Nigeria 16.7
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The 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 15th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from July 28 to August 6, 2006 in Durban, South Africa, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format[]

  • The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads[]

Main article: 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw[]

Group A Group B

 Congo
 Mali
 
 South Africa

 Angola
 Guinea
 Ivory Coast
 Kenya
 Nigeria

Preliminary round[]

[2][3]

Group A[]

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Mali 3 0 186 127 +59 6
 Congo 2 1 187 143 +44 5
 South Africa 1 2 155 191 -36 4
  0 3 138 205 -67 3
July 28
19:00
South Africa  46–71  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 14-23, 2-23, 17-13, 13-12
Pts: 17
Rebs: , 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: Ibaka 23
Rebs: Ibaka 19
Asts: 7
July 30
17:00
  34–73  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 6-18, 14-13, 10-18, 4-24
Pts: 11
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2		 Pts: Coulibaly 17
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4
July 31
15:00
Congo  66–44  
Scoring by quarter: 24-8, 11-17, 9-9, 22-10
Pts: Ibaka 17
Rebs: Ibaka 20
Asts: 4		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 10
Asts: three players 2
July 31
19:00
Mali  60–43  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 15-15, 9-8, 19-10
Pts: Coulibaly 22
Rebs: 10
Asts: 5		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2
August 1
19:00
  60–66  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 15-15, 10-13, 19-19
Pts: 18
Rebs: 22
Asts: 7		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 14
Asts: 4
August 2
19:00
Mali  53–50  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 13-12, 14-12, 16-10, 10-16
Pts: Coulibaly 23
Rebs: 9
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 11
Asts: 3

Group B[]

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Nigeria 4 0 344 225 +119 8
 Angola 3 1 257 202 +55 7
 Guinea 2 2 248 260 -12 6
 Ivory Coast 1 3 246 283 -37 5
 Kenya 0 4 231 356 -125 4
July 29
17:00
Kenya  72–103  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 16-25, 13-37, 27-22
Pts: 20
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4		 Pts: 20
Rebs: 15
Asts: 9
August 3
16:00
Ivory Coast  60–66  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15-7, 15-19, 15-16, 15-24
Pts: , 14
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3		 Pts: 21
Rebs: 9
Asts: 7
July 30
15:00
Kenya  42–86  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 9-13, 14-24, 12-25
Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2		 Pts: 20
Rebs: Vander, P.Barros 8
Asts: 3
July 30
19:00
Guinea  51–85  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 16-23, 16-18, 8-22
Pts: 10
Rebs: 9
Asts: three players 2		 Pts:
Rebs: Alabi
Asts:
July 31
11:00
Ivory Coast  83–53  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 22-12, 20-11, 27-11
Pts: 15
Rebs: 15
Asts: 3		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: , 2
July 31
17:00
Angola  48–64  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 9-18, 10-12, 15-19, 14-15
Pts: 13
Rebs: 14
Asts: , 1		 Pts: Alabi 14
Rebs: Alabi, 11
Asts: four players 2
August 1
15:00
Guinea  47–51  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11-12, 8-10, 17-12, 11-17
Pts: 10
Rebs: 11
Asts: 4		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
August 1
17:00
Nigeria  92–54  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 23-17, 20-9, 25-14
Pts: Alabi 23
Rebs: Alabi 18
Asts: 6		 Pts: 10
Rebs: 11
Asts: 2
August 2
15:00
Guinea  84–64  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 22-13, 25-14, 22-17
Pts: 28
Rebs: 11
Asts: 7		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 12
Asts: 7
August 2
17:00
Angola  72–49  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 20-11, 15-19, 20-6
Pts: 27
Rebs: 12
Asts: 3		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 9
Asts: , 2

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket
 
Semi FinalsFinal
 
      
 
Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 12:00
 
 
  Angola 60
 
Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 14:30
 
  Mali 68
 
  Mali 41
 
Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 14:00
 
  Nigeria 69
 
  Congo 57
 
 
  Nigeria 87
 
3rd place
 
 
Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 12:00
 
 
  Angola 74
 
 
  Congo 70

7th place match[]

August 4
15:00
  48–62  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 10-20, 8-19, 11-7
Pts: 14
Rebs: 16
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: four players 10
Rebs: 7
Asts: 6

5th place match[]

August 4
17:00
South Africa  45–62  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 11-15, 8-23, 14-11, 12-13
Pts: 13
Rebs: 9
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: 21
Rebs: 17
Asts: 7

Semifinals[]

August 5
12:00
Angola  60–68  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 9-21, 13-15, 23-15, 15-17
Pts: 18
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3		 Pts: Coulibaly 26
Rebs: 13
Asts: 7
August 5
14:00
Congo  57–87  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 22-21, 18-28, 9-24, 8-14
Pts: 11
Rebs: Ibaka 7
Asts: five players 1		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 18
Asts: 6

Bronze medal game[]

August 6
12:00
Angola  74–70  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 8-13, 18-17, 26-20, 22-20
Pts: 18
Rebs: 10
Asts: 6		 Pts: Ibaka 37
Rebs: Ibaka 14
Asts: 7

Gold medal game[]

August 6
14:30
Mali  41–69  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-19, 6-11, 7-24, 17-15
Pts: 12
Rebs: 13
Asts: 4		 Pts: Alabi 17
Rebs: Alabi, 9
Asts: 6

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Final standings[]

Qualified for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship

Statistical Leaders[]

Awards[]

 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Winner 

Nigeria
Seventh title
Most Valuable Player
Mali Waly Coulibaly

All-Tournament Team[]

References[]

  1. ^ ""2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  3. ^ "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  4. ^ "Nigeria Retains African Trophy". AllAfrica.com. 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

External links[]

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