2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship

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2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation Mauritius
DatesJuly 13–22
Teams8
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions 
(1st title)
MVPMali Siriman Kanouté
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Mali Kanouté (24.8)   (95.4)
Rebounds Egypt (8.8)   (64.5)
Assists Madagascar (5.5)  Egypt (17.3)
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The 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, alternatively the 5th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius[1][2] from 13–22 July 2017. It served as the qualifier for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

Mali claimed their first-ever under-16 continental title by dethroning the defending champions Egypt in the final, 76–65. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the Under-17 Basketball World Cup next year.[3]

Hosts selection[]

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mauritius will be the organising country of the tournament.[4]

Venue[]

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Vacoas-Phoenix

Qualification[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 1 Cancelled[notes 1] NA 2  Tunisia
 
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 2 Cancelled[notes 2] NA 1  
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 3 Cancelled[notes 3] NA 1 NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 4 Cancelled[notes 4] NA 1 NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 5 1–6 June 2017[notes 5] Kenya Mombasa 2  Rwanda
 Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 6 Cancelled[notes 6] NA 1  Mozambique
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 7 Cancelled[notes 7] NA 1  
 Madagascar
Total 8

Participating teams[]

On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:[12]

Format[]

The eight teams will be divided into two groups. The Group Phase consists of two legs: for each of the teams per group, they will face each other twice. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Semifinals, and the bottom two teams of each group will move on to the Classification Round, both will be played in a knockout format.[13]

Draw[]

The draw for the main tournament was held on 12 July 2017 at Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius.[14]

Group phase[]

All times are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4:00)

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   6 6 0 615 238 +377 12 Advance to Semifinals
2  Tunisia 6 4 2 381 265 +116 10
3  Mozambique 6 2 4 358 383 −25 8 Advance to Classification 5-8
4   (H) 6 0 6 164 632 −468 6
Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Host
13 July
11:15
Tunisia  40–61  
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–17, 9–7, 3–17
Pts: 14
Rebs: 7
Asts: 2		 Pts: Kanouté 21
Rebs: Ballo 16
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH)
13 July
20:00
  28–94  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 3–20, 7–29, 8–23, 10–22
Pts: , 8
Rebs: 6
Asts: 2		 Pts: 15
Rebs: Nhamussua 10
Asts: , Nhamussua 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
17:45
  108–51  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 36–6, 22–10, 19–17, 31–18
Pts: 19
Rebs: 10
Asts: 6		 Pts: 9
Rebs: 8
Asts: 5 players 1
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
20:00
Tunisia  83–20  
Scoring by quarter: 16–2, 19–4, 19–7, 29–7
Pts: 18
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4		 Pts: 10
Rebs: 9
Asts: 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
15 July
17:45
Mozambique  60–67 (3OT)  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 13–15, 13–7, 6–6, Overtime: 6–6, 6–6, 7–14
Pts: 16
Rebs: 16
Asts: 6 players 1		 Pts: 15
Rebs: Rebai 14
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
20:00
  23–165  
Scoring by quarter: 2–49, 13–36, 6–31, 2–49
Pts: 5
Rebs: 7
Asts: 4 players 1		 Pts: Kanouté 50
Rebs: 19
Asts: Kanouté 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
15:30
Tunisia  46–30  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 13–7, 10–10, 9–6
Pts: 10
Rebs: 10
Asts: 4		 Pts: 10
Rebs: 11
Asts: 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
17 July
20:00
  108–38  
Scoring by quarter: 36–4, 27–0, 27–21, 18–13
Pts: Kanouté 27
Rebs: 17
Asts: Kanouté, , 4		 Pts: 11
Rebs: 5
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA)
18 July
15:30
Mozambique  40–103  
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 11–25, 17–26, 5–27
Pts: 12
Rebs: 5
Asts: 3		 Pts: Kanouté 26
Rebs: Ballo, 10
Asts: Kanouté 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
18 July
20:00
  24–99  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 1–20, 6–23, 10–26, 7–30
Pts: 10
Rebs: 5
Asts: 2		 Pts: 18
Rebs: , 12
Asts: , , 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
20 July
17:45
  70–46  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 26–12, 11–9, 14–15
Pts: Kanouté 23
Rebs: Sanogo 11
Asts: 2		 Pts: Rebai 12
Rebs: 8
Asts: Rebai, 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
20:00
Mozambique  83–31  
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–5, 27–6, 19–9
Pts: 22
Rebs: 12
Asts: 4 players 2		 Pts: , 8
Rebs: , 6
Asts: 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 6 6 0 547 335 +212 12 Advance to Semifinals
2   6 2 4 357 382 −25 8
3  Madagascar 6 2 4 440 506 −66 8 Advance to Classification 5-8
4  Rwanda 6 2 4 343 464 −121 8
Source: FIBA Africa
13 July
13:30
Rwanda  39–61  
Scoring by quarter: 2–20, 9–11, 15–12, 13–18
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: , 1		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: , , 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
13 July
15:45
Egypt  117–63  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 31–9, 22–17, 39–21
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: 5		 Pts: 18
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
14 July
13:15
Rwanda  45–101  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–31, 15–20, 6–25, 15–25
Pts: 13
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4 players 1		 Pts: 17
Rebs: 11
Asts: , Mohamed, 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
14 July
15:30
  60–59  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 16–9, 14–17, 17–20
Pts: 14
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: , 12
Rebs: 17
Asts: 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Youssouf Maiga (MLI)
15 July
13:15
Madagascar  95–87  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 18–21, 26–13, 27–27
Pts: 34
Rebs: 7
Asts: 8		 Pts: 30
Rebs: 15
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
17:45
Egypt  84–61  
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 14–14, 21–16, 27–17
Pts: 24
Rebs: 12
Asts: 6		 Pts: 17
Rebs: 8
Asts: , 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
13:15
Rwanda  73–70  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–9, 20–19, 17–25
Pts: 24
Rebs: 19
Asts: 4		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: 7
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
17 July
17:45
  49–65  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 13–11, 16–11, 10–21
Pts: 14
Rebs: , 7
Asts: 3		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
18 July
13:15
Madagascar  78–71  
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 12–11, 17–17, 33–21
Pts: 23
Rebs: 15
Asts: 4		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 8
Asts: 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
18 July
17:45
Egypt  82–42  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 32–13, 10–11, 17–10, 23–8
Pts: 18
Rebs: 12
Asts: , Mohamed 4		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
20 July
13:15
Madagascar  75–98  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 15–21, 14–21, 22–33
Pts: 18
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 4		 Pts: 18
Rebs: 9
Asts: 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
15:30
  55–57  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 17–11, 13–19, 12–17
Pts: 15
Rebs: 14
Asts: , 3		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 16
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Classification round[]

 
Classification 5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 13
 
22 July
 
 Madagascar125
 
 Madagascar80
 
21 July
 
 Rwanda74
 
 Rwanda67
 
 
 Mozambique33
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 July
 
 
 56
 
 
 Mozambique121

Classification 5–8[]

21 July
13:15
Rwanda  67–33  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 16–7, 23–15, 15–3
Pts: 22
Rebs: , 15
Asts: , 5		 Pts: 8
Rebs: 6
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
21 July
15:30
  13–125  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 0–31, 5–32, 8–33, 0–29
Pts: 4
Rebs: 5
Asts: 1		 Pts: 33
Rebs: , 11
Asts: 8
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Riadh Khalladi (TUN)

Seventh place game[]

22 July
13:00
  56–121  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 11–28, 12–42, 15–24
Pts: 18
Rebs: 6
Asts: 4		 Pts: 36
Rebs: 13
Asts: 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Fifth place game[]

22 July
15:15
Madagascar  80–74  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–20, 20–22, 27–17
Pts: 20
Rebs: 9
Asts: 8		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 18
Asts: 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final round[]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 72
 
22 July
 
 62
 
 76
 
21 July
 
 Egypt65
 
 Egypt86
 
 
 Tunisia45
 
Third place
 
 
22 July
 
 
 57
 
 
 Tunisia54

Semifinals[]

21 July
17:45
  72–62  
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 16–13, 18–10, 20–27
Pts: Kanouté 19
Rebs: Ballo 19
Asts: Kanouté 4		 Pts: 17
Rebs: 7
Asts: 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
21 July
20:00
Egypt  86–45  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 19–11, 27–6, 16–21
Pts: 18
Rebs: , 8
Asts: 5		 Pts: 18
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)

Third place game[]

22 July
17:30
  57–54  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 18–0, 13–16, 11–33
Pts: , 15
Rebs: 17
Asts: , 3		 Pts: Rebai, 15
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final[]

22 July
20:00
  76–65  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 17–16, 21–15, 16–15
Pts: Kanouté 17
Rebs: Ballo 22
Asts: Kanouté 9		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 9
Asts: 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final ranking[]

Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)   8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   3–5
4  Tunisia 4–4
5  Madagascar 4–4
6  Rwanda 3–5
7  Mozambique 3–5
8   0–8

Awards[]

 2017 FIBA Under-16 African Champions 


1st title
Most Valuable Player
Mali Siriman Kanouté

All-Tournament Team[]

Statistical Leaders[]

Individual Tournament Highs[]

External links[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later.[5]
  2. ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.[6]
  3. ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Ghana initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew.[7]
  4. ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[8]
  5. ^ Three countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Egypt was added later.[9]
  6. ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Zimbabwe initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew.[10]
  7. ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mauritius qualified as the tournament hosts. Madagascar was added later.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ FIBA Calendar
  3. ^ "History made as Mali win their first-ever FIBA U16 African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Roster confirmed on the eve of FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.


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