2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

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2008 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
16th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nationEgypt
DatesOctober 17–26
Teams12
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt
(3rd title)
MVPEgypt Amr Gendy
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Egypt Gendy 21.8  Egypt 80.3
Rebounds Central African Republic Djimrabaye 12.9  Nigeria 40.9
Assists Egypt Gendy 3.6  Egypt 16
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The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 16th edition, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 17–26 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.

The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.

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: 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw[]

Group A Group B

 Central African Republic
 Egypt
 Mali
 
 
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Angola
 Congo
 Ivory Coast
 Kenya
 Nigeria

Preliminary round[]

[1][2]

Group A[]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Egypt 5 5 0 412 309 +103 10
 Mali 5 4 1 349 280 +69 9
 Senegal 5 3 2 305 310 -5 8
  5 2 3 282 305 -23 7
 Central African Rep. 5 1 4 319 325 -6 6
  5 0 5 292 430 -138 5
17 October 2008
10:00
Mali  91–37  
Scoring by quarter: 24-13, 24-8, 17-12, 26-4
Pts: 18
Rebs: 13
Asts: 5		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 5
Asts: five players 1
17 October 2008
12:00
Senegal  66–65  Central African Rep.
Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 16-8, 16-21, 19-19
Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: Niang 4		 Pts: 20
Rebs: Djimrabaye 12
Asts: 4
17 October 2008
18:00
Egypt  72–52  
Scoring by quarter: 24-5, 21-10, 12-19, 15-18
Pts: Desouky 12
Rebs: 6
Asts: 5		 Pts: , 11
Rebs: , 6
Asts: five players 1
18 October 2008
16:00
Mali  56–42  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11-8, 16-12, 13-9, 16-13
Pts: 17
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3		 Pts: three players 8
Rebs: 7
Asts: Niang 2
18 October 2008
18:00
  vs.  Central African Rep.
Scoring by quarter: 16-11, 21-5, 12-15, 9-11
Pts: 20
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4		 Pts: 13
Rebs: Djimrabaye 10
Asts: five players 1
18 October 2008
20:00
  67–105  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 10-32, 14-31, 23-21
Pts: 17
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2		 Pts: Gendy 20
Rebs: Oraby 9
Asts: Okasha 6
19 October 2008
16:00
  51–62  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 14-14, 4-18, 15-13
Pts: 20
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2		 Pts: 21
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3
19 October 2008
18:00
  58–76  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 19-19, 17-16, 10-24
Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: five players 1		 Pts: 20
Rebs: 15
Asts: Niang 6
19 October 2008
20:00
Egypt  67–62  Central African Rep.
Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 19-16, 9-13, 17-15
Pts: Gendy 18
Rebs: Oraby 6
Asts: Gendy, Okasha 5		 Pts: 24
Rebs: Djimrabaye 12
Asts: Djimrabaye, 3
21 October 2008
16:00
Central African Rep.  66–77  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 15-23, 26-19, 9-7
Pts: 21
Rebs: Djimrabaye, 12
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: 21
Rebs: four players 5
Asts: 6
21 October 2008
18:00
  73–74  
Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 26-20, 6-21, 20-11
Pts: 18
Rebs: 7
Asts: 1		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 21
Asts: 4
21 October 2008
20:00
Senegal  65–84  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 8-22, 16-19, 20-19
Pts: Niang 20
Rebs: 6
Asts: 3		 Pts: Gendy 19
Rebs: Gendy 9
Asts: Gendy, Okasha 4
22 October 2008
16:00
Central African Rep.  84–57  
Scoring by quarter: 12-13, 20-17, 22-18, 30-9
Pts: Djimrabaye 19
Rebs: Djimrabaye 22
Asts: , 2		 Pts: 17
Rebs: 6
Asts: three players 2
22 October 2008
18:00
Senegal  56–47  
Scoring by quarter: 15-8, 22-7, 6-10, 13-22
Pts: 17
Rebs: 12
Asts: 3		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4
22 October 2008
20:00
Egypt  84–63  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 24-12, 20-18, 24-12, 16-21
Pts: Gendy 39
Rebs: Gendy 13
Asts: 8		 Pts: 21
Rebs: , 9
Asts: 6

Group B[]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Nigeria 5 5 0 344 263 +81 10
 Ivory Coast 5 3 2 323 275 +48 8
 Angola 5 3 2 308 268 +40 8
 Algeria 5 3 2 306 304 +2 8
 Congo 5 1 4 282 342 -60 6
 Kenya 5 0 5 238 349 -111 5
17 October 2008
10:00
Congo  67–73  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 15-23, 23-15, 13-18, 16-17
Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: Nguia 3		 Pts: , 15
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 5
17 October 2008
12:00
Nigeria  66–53  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 22-13, 12-7, 22-13, 10-20
Pts: 17
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4
20 October 2008
16:00
Angola  62–43  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 14-7, 14-11, 8-13, 26-12
Pts: 14
Rebs: 7
Asts: 6		 Pts: 14
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
18 October 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  49–58  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 6-15, 10-10, 14-18, 19-15
Pts: 17
Rebs: , 9
Asts: 2		 Pts: Harat, 13
Rebs: Harat 12
Asts: 4
18 October 2008
18:00
Angola  67–42  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 18-8, 14-13, 25-10, 10-11
Pts: Ndoniema 20
Rebs: 9
Asts: 6		 Pts: Nguia, 10
Rebs: 8
Asts: three players 1
18 October 2008
20:00
Kenya  49–81  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 11-21, 11-21, 16-18
Pts: 12
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3
19 October 2008
16:00
Nigeria  69–63  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 20-16, 14-7, 15-20, 20-20
Pts: 20
Rebs: 15
Asts: 5		 Pts: 17
Rebs: Harat 6
Asts: 5
19 October 2008
18:00
Ivory Coast  79–65  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11-14, 21-13, 19-15, 28-23
Pts: 28
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: 14
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: 5
19 October 2008
20:00
Kenya  58–72  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 8-21, 16-20, 18-18
Pts: 16
Rebs: 12
Asts: 5		 Pts: Nguia 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: Nguia 3
21 October 2008
16:00
Congo  54–77  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 17-20, 12-19, 11-12, 14-26
Pts: 15
Rebs: four players 4
Asts: four players 1		 Pts: 17
Rebs: 11
Asts: 5
21 October 2008
18:00
Algeria  53–70  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 15-19, 8-18, 17-19
Pts: Harat, 16
Rebs: Harat 13
Asts: 4		 Pts: 18
Rebs: , Ndoniema 8
Asts: Ndoniema, 3
21 October 2008
20:00
Kenya  39–75  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 7-19, 9-20, 10-17
Pts: 11
Rebs: 14
Asts: , 2		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3
22 October 2008
16:00
Congo  47–67  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 12-20, 17-18, 6-14, 12-15
Pts: 10
Rebs: 13
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 11
Asts: 3
22 October 2008
18:00
Nigeria  51–44  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11-8, 12-15, 12-14, 16-7
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: , 2		 Pts: Gildo 14
Rebs: Kiala 17
Asts: Ndoniema 3
22 October 2008
20:00
Algeria  59–49  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 14-13, 21-10, 12-13, 12-13
Pts: 20
Rebs: 12
Asts: 3		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 17
Asts: , 2

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 20:00
 
 
 Algeria65
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 18:00
 
 Egypt70
 
 Egypt75
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 16:00
 
 Senegal62
 
 Senegal58
 
Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 20:00
 
 Ivory Coast45
 
 Egypt85
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 14:00
 
 Angola84
 
 41
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 20:00
 
 Nigeria64
 
 Nigeria65
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 18:00
 
 Angola71 Third place
 
 Angola69
 
Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 18:00
 
 Mali51
 
 Senegal57
 
 
 Nigeria68
 
5-8th bracket
 
5th-8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 18:00
 
 
  Algeria 40
 
Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 16:00
 
  Ivory Coast 41
 
  Ivory Coast 36
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 20:00
 
  Mali 54
 
   48
 
 
  Mali 53
 
Seventh place
 
 
Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 14:00
 
 
  Algeria 65
 
 
   34
9-12th bracket
 
9-12th place9th place
 
      
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 14:00
 
 
 Central African R.79
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 16:00
 
 Congo 58
 
 Central African R.80
 
Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 16:00
 
  59'
 
 Kenya67
 
 
  69
 
11th place
 
 
Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 14:00
 
 
 Congo83
 
 
 Kenya68

9–12th classification[]

24 October 2008
14:00
Central African Rep.  79–58  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 23-5, 14-13, 19-20, 23-20
Pts: 25
Rebs: Djimrabaye 10
Asts: , 3		 Pts: 14
Rebs: 9
Asts: four players 1
24 October 2008
16:00
Kenya  67–69  
Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 10-16, 12-16, 14-10
Pts: 18
Rebs: 16
Asts: 5		 Pts: 15
Rebs: , 6
Asts: 4

Quarterfinals[]

24 October 2008
14:00
  41–64  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 8-17, 10-19, 10-17, 13-11
Pts: 10
Rebs: 4
Asts: , 2		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 12
Asts: , 4
24 October 2008
16:00
Senegal  58–45  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 8-10, 17-12, 17-16, 16-7
Pts: Niang 15
Rebs: 14
Asts: 3		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4
24 October 2008
18:00
Angola  69–51  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 19-7, 15-14, 11-15
Pts: 15
Rebs: Kiala 16
Asts: 3		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 11
Asts: 3
24 October 2008
20:00
Algeria  65–70  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10-23, 13-18, 19-15, 23-14
Pts: 18
Rebs: Harat 10
Asts: 4		 Pts: Gendy 30
Rebs: Gendy 12
Asts: , 4

11th place[]

25 October 2008
14:00
Congo  83–68  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 22-10, 19-22, 16-22, 26-24
Pts: 17
Rebs: 12
Asts: Nguia 4		 Pts: , 22
Rebs: , 7
Asts: 4

9th place[]

25 October 2008
16:00
Central African Rep.  80–59  
Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 20-15, 17-12, 19-15
Pts: 16
Rebs: Djimrabaye 12
Asts: 3		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 6
Asts: 5

Classification 5–8[]

25 October 2008
18:00
Algeria  40–41  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 9-8, 8-7, 11-21, 12-5
Pts: 11
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3
25 October 2008
20:00
  48–53  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 8-15, 9-8, 12-12, 19-18
Pts: 12
Rebs: , 8
Asts: five players 1		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 2

Semifinals[]

25 October 2008
18:00
Egypt  75–62  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 19-20, 12-8, 26-12
Pts: Desouky 21
Rebs: Desouky 10
Asts: 9		 Pts: Niang 18
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3
25 October 2008
20:00
Nigeria  65–71  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11-26, 7-16, 28-19, 19-10
Pts: 20
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: 30
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4

7th place[]

26 October 2008
14:00
Algeria  65–34  
Scoring by quarter: 17-17, 23-7, 12-8, 13-2
Pts: Harat 25
Rebs: Harat 12
Asts: six players 1		 Pts: 10
Rebs: 10
Asts: 1

5th place[]

26 October 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  36–54  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11-13, 8-15, 6-17, 11-9
Pts: 14
Rebs: 5
Asts: 2		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 9
Asts: 5

Bronze Medal game[]

26 October 2008
18:00
[ Boxscore]
Senegal  57–68  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19-23, 16-10, 10-13, 12-22
Pts: 14
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: , 2

Gold Medal game[]

26 October 2008
20:00
Egypt  85–84  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14-20, 24-18, 23-22, 24-24
Pts: Gendy 30
Rebs: Gendy 9
Asts: 6		 Pts: 31
Rebs: Kiala, 8
Asts: Ndoniema, 1

Final standings[]

Qualified for the 2009 World U19 Championship

All Tournament Team[]

G Egypt Amr Gendy
F Egypt
F Ivory Coast
C Angola Miguel Kiala
C Central African Republic Jimmy Djimrabaye


 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Winner 

Egypt
Third title
Most Valuable Player
Egypt Amr Gendy

Statistical Leaders[]

[3]

Individual Tournament Highs[]

Individual Game Highs[]

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Egypt Amr Gendy 39  Mali
Rebounds Central African Republic Jimmy Djimrabaye 22  
Assists Egypt 9  Senegal
Steals Ivory Coast 11  Botswana
Blocks Senegal 6  
2-point field goal percentage Mali 100% (6/6)  Ivory Coast
3-point field goal percentage Central African Republic 100% (3/3)  
Free throw percentage Mozambique
Nigeria 		100% (8/8)  Central African Republic
 Congo
Turnovers Kenya
Kenya 		11  
 Nigeria

Team Tournament Highs[]

Team Game highs[]

Department Name Total Opponent
Points  Egypt 105  
Rebounds  Kenya 56  
Assists  Egypt 22  
Steals   32  Kenya
Blocks  Senegal 8  
2-point field goal percentage  Egypt 75% (33/44)  
3-point field goal percentage  Central African Republic 47.1% (8/17)  
Free throw percentage  Ivory Coast
 Mali		 77.8% (7/9)  Kenya
 Senegal
Turnovers  Kenya 46  

See also[]

  • 2009 FIBA Africa Championship

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. ^ "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  3. ^ "Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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