2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship
2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship | |||||||||||||
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5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship | |||||||||||||
Tournament details | |||||||||||||
Host nation | Mauritius | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 13–22 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
Champions | (1st title) | ||||||||||||
MVP | Siriman Kanouté | ||||||||||||
Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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Official website | |||||||||||||
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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[]
Vacoas-Phoenix | |
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Qualification[]
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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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] | 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 |
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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 |
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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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
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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
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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
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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
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Classification round[]
Classification 5th–8th | Fifth place | |||||
21 July | ||||||
13 | ||||||
22 July | ||||||
Madagascar | 125 | |||||
Madagascar | 80 | |||||
21 July | ||||||
Rwanda | 74 | |||||
Rwanda | 67 | |||||
Mozambique | 33 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
22 July | ||||||
56 | ||||||
Mozambique | 121 |
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
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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
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Final round[]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
21 July | ||||||
72 | ||||||
22 July | ||||||
62 | ||||||
76 | ||||||
21 July | ||||||
Egypt | 65 | |||||
Egypt | 86 | |||||
Tunisia | 45 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
22 July | ||||||
57 | ||||||
Tunisia | 54 |
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
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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
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Final ranking[]
Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. |
Rank | Team | Record |
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8–0 | ||
Egypt | 7–1 | |
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 |
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1st title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Siriman Kanouté |
All-Tournament Team[]
- Siriman Kanouté (MVP)
- Oumar Ballo
Statistical Leaders[]
Individual Tournament Highs[]
Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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External links[]
Notes[]
- ^ Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later.[5]
- ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.[6]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[8]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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[]
- ^ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ FIBA Calendar
- ^ "History made as Mali win their first-ever FIBA U16 African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Roster confirmed on the eve of FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
- 2017 in African basketball
- International sports competitions hosted by Mauritius
- 2017 in Mauritian sport
- July 2017 sports events in Africa