2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

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2008 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
for Women
10th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nationTunisia
DatesOctober 8–17
Teams11
Venues2 
(in 2 host cities)
Champions Mali
(4th title)
MVPMali
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Nigeria Akashili 22.8  Mali 78
Rebounds Mozambique Tanucha 13.5  Tunisia 43.8
Assists Mali 2.8  Mali 9.8
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The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 10th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, 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 and qualified for the 2009 World Cup. The tournament was held from October 3–12 in Rades and Ezzahra, Tunisia and won by Mali.

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

Format[]

  • The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads[]

Main article: 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads

Draw[]

Group A Group B

 Benin
 Ivory Coast
 Mozambique
 Tunisia
 Uganda

 Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
 
 Kenya
 Mali
 Nigeria

Preliminary round[]

[1]

Group A[]

Qualified for the Quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Tunisia 4 4 0 251 174 +77 8
 Mozambique 4 3 1 280 169 +111 7
 Ivory Coast 4 2 2 208 163 +45 6
 Benin 4 1 3 161 239 -78 5
 Uganda 4 0 4 136 291 -155 4
3 October 2008
13:00
Ivory Coast  42–57  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 6-12, 13-13, 12-20, 11-12
Pts: 13
Rebs: , 3
Asts: Kouyate 2		 Pts: Tanucha 20
Rebs: Tanucha 13
Asts: , 1
Rades
3 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  58–42  Benin
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 10-8, 18-6, 14-15
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades
4 October 2008
17:00
Mozambique  54–58  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 7-17, 17-12, 19-13, 11-16
Pts: 25
Rebs: 17
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 14
Rebs: 13
Asts: , 2
Rades
6 October 2008
13:00
Benin  52–48  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 7-9, 9-12, 16-11, 20-16
Pts: 26
Rebs: 17
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 13
Asts: , 2
Rades
5 October 2008
15:00
Benin  31–61  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 2-15, 10-19, 8-15, 11-12
Pts: 7
Rebs: 14
Asts: 1		 Pts: 17
Rebs: , 9
Asts: 0
Rades
5 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  77–38  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 8-16, 20-6, 14-4, 35-12
Pts: 20
Rebs: 13
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: 11
Rebs: 9
Asts: 0
Rades
7 October 2008
15:00
Mozambique  72–36  Benin
Scoring by quarter: 23-9, 12-6, 23-13, 14-8
Pts: Tanucha 20
Rebs: Tanucha 18
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: 10
Rebs: , 5
Asts: 1
Rades
7 October 2008
17:00
Uganda  17–65  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 4-12, 3-15, 4-10, 6-28
Pts: 6
Rebs: 5
Asts: 1		 Pts: Kouyate 16
Rebs: Kouyate 11
Asts: 2
Rades
8 October 2008
15:00
Uganda  33–97  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 7-23, 9-19, 9-29, 8-26
Pts: 11
Rebs: 8
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 16
Rebs: Tanucha 12
Asts: 2
Rades
8 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  58–40  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 4-9, 12-2, 25-15, 17-14
Pts: 16
Rebs: 12
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: Kouyate, 10
Rebs: 9
Asts: 1
Rades

Group B[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mali 5 5 0 251 174 +77 10
 Nigeria 5 3 2 315 317 -2 8
  5 3 2 241 284 -43 8
 Kenya 5 2 3 240 282 -42 7
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 5 1 4 259 286 -27 6
 Angola 5 1 4 212 318 -106 6
3 October 2008
11:00
Kenya  45–46  
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 16-4, 10-6, 6-21
Pts: 20
Rebs: 12
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: Touré 28
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
3 October 2008
13:00
Mali  77–32  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23-9, 15-2, 17-4, 22-17
Pts: 15
Rebs: 8
Asts: 5		 Pts: 9
Rebs: 5
Asts: 0
9 October 2008
15:00
Nigeria  81–64 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 19-9, 20-20, 21-17, 21-18
Pts: Akashili 38
Rebs: Akashili 11
Asts: 7		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4
4 October 2008
15:00
  24–81  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7-22, 5-21, 7-18, 5-20
Pts: , 6
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 6
Asts: three players 2
6 October 2008
15:00
Kenya  57–56  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-10, 16-10, 13-18, 18-18
Pts: 16
Rebs: 9
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Akashili 18
Rebs: Akashili 11
Asts: 1
6 October 2008
17:00
Angola  28–58 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 6-14, 8-10, 8-20, 6-14
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
5 October 2008
13:00
Angola  56–49  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 13-6, 11-10, 18-22
Pts: 17
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 11
Asts: 6
5 October 2008
15:00
Mali  75–47 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 20-9, 14-19, 21-9, 20-10
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
5 October 2008
17:00
  61–70 (OT)  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 11-13, 16-17, 18-12, Overtime: 4-13
Pts: Touré 22
Rebs: 11
Asts: , 4		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 9
Asts: three players 1
7 October 2008
09:00
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 48–56  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 6-15, 10-16, 12-15, 20-10
Pts: 19
Rebs: 17
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 13
Asts: 5
7 October 2008
11:00
  64–46  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 9-15, 19-7, 15-12, 21-12
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
7 October 2008
13:00
Mali  85–38  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 15-13, 24-5, 24-9
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
8 October 2008
13:00
Kenya  33–76  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10-15, 14-16, 3-18, 6-27
Pts: 15
Rebs: 13
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 32
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3
8 October 2008
15:00
Nigeria  70–50  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23-16, 13-6, 19-16, 15-12
Pts: Akashili 15
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 8
Asts: Fineza, 1
8 October 2008
17:00
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 42–46  
Scoring by quarter: 8-15, 10-9, 12-7, 12-15
Pts: 16
Rebs: 17
Asts: 2		 Pts: Touré 17
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 1

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fri 10 Oct 2008 – 11:00
 
 
 Mali94
 
Sat 11 Oct 2008 – 15:00
 
 Benin27
 
 Mali62
 
Fri 10 Oct 2008 – 13:00
 
 Mozambique28
 
 32
 
Sun 12 Oct 2008 – 17:00
 
 Mozambique78
 
 Tunisia35
 
Fri 10 Oct 2008 – 17:00
 
 Mali57
 
 Tunisia78
 
Sat 11 Oct 2008 – 17:00
 
 Kenya65
 
 Tunisia65
 
Fri 10 Oct 2008 – 15:00
 
 Nigeria64 Third place
 
 Ivory Coast53
 
Sun 12 Oct 2008 – 15:00
 
 Nigeria54
 
 Nigeria63
 
 
 Mozambique69
 
5-8th bracket
 
5th-8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
Sat 11 Oct 2008 – 13:00
 
 
  Benin 40
 
Sun 12 Oct 2008 – 13:00
 
  Guinea 49
 
  Ivory Coast 47
 
Sat 11 Oct 2008 – 15:00
 
  Guinea 28
 
  Kenya 34
 
 
  Ivory Coast 45
 
Seventh place
 
 
Sun 12 Oct 2008 – 11:00
 
 
  Kenya 71
 
 
  Benin 37

9–12th classification[]

10 October 2008
13:00
Angola  52–36  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 14-5, 12-10, 5-12
Pts: Fineza 20
Rebs: 5
Asts: 0		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 6
Asts: 1

Quarterfinals[]

10 October 2008
11:00
Mali  94–27  Benin
Scoring by quarter: 25-8, 29-8, 26-4, 14-7
Pts: 16
Rebs: 11
Asts: 4		 Pts: 12
Rebs: 7
Asts: , 1
Rades
10 October 2008
13:00
  32–78  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 7-14, 4-13, 18-27, 3-24
Pts: 14
Rebs: 13
Asts: 1		 Pts: Tanucha 24
Rebs: Tanucha 17
Asts: five players 1
Rades
10 October 2008
15:00
Ivory Coast  53–54  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-10, 14-16, 8-11, 20-17
Pts: Kouyate 27
Rebs: Kouyate 15
Asts: 5		 Pts: Akashili 17
Rebs: 11
Asts: 1
Rades
10 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  78–65  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16-9, 17-10, 23-26, 22-20
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades

9th place[]

11 October 2008
11:00
Angola  64–66 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 6-18, 22-18, 17-13, 19-17
Pts: 26
Rebs: 7
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 14
Asts: , 2

Classification 5–8[]

11 October 2008
13:00
Benin  40–49  
Scoring by quarter: 9-7, 16-11, 9-15, 6-16
Pts: 17
Rebs: 8
Asts: 0		 Pts: 14
Rebs: 11
Asts: 1
11 October 2008
15:00
Kenya  34–45  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 6-4, 2-22, 11-6
Pts: 14
Rebs: 6
Asts: , 1		 Pts: Kouyate 15
Rebs: Kouyate, 8
Asts: , 1

Semifinals[]

11 October 2008
15:00
Mali  62–28  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 18-7, 17-6, 19-8, 8-7
Pts: 17
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3		 Pts: 10
Rebs: Tanucha 12
Asts: 0
Rades
11 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  65–64  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 14-20, 19-14, 13-19
Pts: 23
Rebs: 15
Asts: , 2		 Pts: Akashili 29
Rebs: 11
Asts: 1
Rades

7th place[]

12 October 2008
11:00
Kenya  71–37  Benin
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades

5th place[]

12 October 2008
13:00
Ivory Coast  47–28  
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades

Bronze Medal game[]

12 October 2008
15:00
Nigeria  63–69  Mozambique
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades

Gold Medal game[]

12 October 2008
17:00
Tunisia  35–57  Mali
Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a		 Pts: n/a
Rebs: n/a
Rades

Final standings[]

Qualified for the 2009 Women's World U19 Championship

All Tournament Team[]

G Nigeria Nkechi Akashili
F Mali
F Tunisia
C Kenya
C Ivory Coast Kani Kouyate


 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Winner 

Mali
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player
Mali

[2]

Statistical Leaders[]

[3]

Individual Tournament Highs[]

Individual Game Highs[]

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Nigeria Nkechi Akashili 38  DR Congo
Rebounds Mozambique Leia Dongue 18  Benin
Assists Nigeria 7  DR Congo
Steals Kenya
Ivory Coast Kani Kouyate		 14  DR Congo
 Uganda
Blocks Ivory Coast 6  Tunisia
2-point field goal percentage Mali 87.5% (7/8)  Mozambique
3-point field goal percentage Mali 100% (3/3)  Benin
Free throw percentage Nigeria Nkechi Akashili 100% (6/6)  
Turnovers Uganda 13  Tunisia

Team Tournament Highs[]

Team Game highs[]

Department Name Total Opponent
Points  Mozambique 97  Uganda
Rebounds  Mozambique 59  Benin
Assists  Mali 15  Benin
Steals  Mozambique 41  
Blocks  Ivory Coast 23  Tunisia
2-point field goal percentage  Mali 57.8% (26/45)  Angola
3-point field goal percentage   52.9% (2/5)  Mozambique
Free throw percentage  Ivory Coast 82.4% (14/17)  Benin
Turnovers   44  Mozambique

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  2. ^ "CAN U18 féminins – Tunis 2008 : Le Mali bat la Tunisie 57 – 37 et conserve le titre" (in French). Senebasket.com. 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  3. ^ "Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
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