2018 FIBA Under-18 African Championship

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2018 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
21st FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Mali
DatesAugust 24–September 2
Teams10 
(from 53 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Mali
(1st title)
Official website
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The 2018 FIBA Under-18 African Championship was the 21st edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mali from August 24 to September 2 in Bamako. The finalists of this championship will earn the right to represent the continent at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece.

Hosts Selection[]

On 23 March 2018, FIBA Africa Central Board announced that Bamako, Mali as the host city for the tournament.[1]

Qualification[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 1 Unknown[2] Algeria Unknown 1+1  Tunisia
 Algeria
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 2 10−12 July 2018[notes 1] Guinea Conakry 1+1+1  Mali
 Senegal[4]
 
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 3 Unknown[5] Ghana Unknown NA NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 4 Unknown[6] Unknown 1  DR Congo
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 5 17–22 June 2018[notes 2] Tanzania Dar es Salaam 1+1  Egypt
 Rwanda[8]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6 Unknown[9] Mozambique Unknown 1  Angola
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7 Unknown[10] Madagascar Unknown 1  Madagascar
Total 10

Qualified teams[]

as of 19 August 2018:

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Mali 5 0 563 256 +307 10
 Egypt 4 1 424 324 +100 9
 DR Congo 3 2 364 369 -5 8
 Libya 2 3 281 419 −138 7
 Uganda 1 4 293 381 −88 6
 Guinea 0 5 291 467 −176 5
24 August 2018
15:45
DR Congo  83–51  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 18-6, 22-20, 22-13
Pts: 23
Rebs: 9
Asts: 2		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 6
Asts: 4
24 August 2018
19:00
Mali  141–49  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 42-10, 28-20, 34-13
Pts: 27
Rebs: 16
Asts: Kanouté 8		 Pts: 18
Rebs: 14
Asts: 3
24 August 2018
21:15
 Libya 38–115 Egypt 
Scoring by quarter: 10-17, 9-21, 10-44, 9-33
Pts: 10
Rebs: 5
Asts: 1		 Pts: 27
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3
25 August 2018
12:15
 Guinea 61–111 Egypt 
Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 5-28, 15-24, 24-33
Pts: 18
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2		 Pts: 26
Rebs: 8
Asts: 6
25 August 2018
14:30
 DR Congo 73–69 Libya 
Scoring by quarter: 21-8, 15-22, 17-23, 20-16
25 August 2018
19:00
 Uganda 55–112 Mali 
Scoring by quarter: 15-29, 14-26, 11-30, 15-27
Pts: 23
Rebs: 11
Asts: 4		 Pts: Ballo 17
Rebs: Ballo 13
Asts: Kanouté 7
26 August 2018
10:00
 Guinea 74–85 DR Congo 
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 21-11, 18-30, 17-26
Pts: 23
Rebs: 16
Asts: 7		 Pts: 29
Rebs: 13
Asts: 8
26 August 2018
12:15
Uganda  57–60  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 12-17, 17-16, 12-14
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3
26 August 2018
19:15
Mali  93–47  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 29-12, 23-7, 23-14
Pts: 17
Rebs: Coulibaly 12
Asts: Kanouté 5		 Pts: 8
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3
28 August 2018
10:00
Uganda  64–43  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14-14, 17-13, 15-13, 18-3
Pts: 16
Rebs: 13
Asts: 6		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 24
Asts: 1
28 August 2018
16:45
Egypt  68–66  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 12-10, 13-17, 19-17, 24-22
Pts: 19
Rebs: 14
Asts: 10		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 14
Asts: 6
28 August 2018
19:00
 Mali 110–48  Libya
Pts: 17
Rebs: 9
Asts: Kanouté 8		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4
29 August 2018
10:00
 Egypt 83–66  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 21–16, 16–18, 26–21
Pts: 24
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: 26
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
29 August 2018
12:15
 Libya 66–64  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 19–17, 17–16, 15–15
Pts: 27
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 14
Asts: 5
29 August 2018
19:00
 DR Congo 57–107  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 19–30, 13–27, 17–28
Pts: 21
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: Kanouté 18
Rebs: 9
Asts: Kanouté 4

Group B[]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Senegal 4 0 327 234 +93 8
 Angola 3 1 315 274 +41 7
 Rwanda 2 2 292 300 -8 6
 Tunisia 1 3 248 294 -46 5
 Algeria 0 4 241 321 −80 4
 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 August 2018
11:00
Algeria  63–81  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 7-27, 17-24, 18-21
Pts: 12
Rebs: 12
Asts: 4		 Pts: 31
Rebs: 14
Asts: 5
25 August 2018
13:00
Tunisia  58–62  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 8-9, 18-16, 13-12, 19-25
Pts: 15
Rebs: 5
Asts: 3		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3
25 August 2018
20:00
Angola  76–77  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 25-14, 15-24, 12-19
Pts: 18
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3		 Pts: 18
Rebs: Sylla 13
Asts: 4
26 August 2018
20:00
Senegal  70–50  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 21-11, 14-13, 12-14, 23-12
Pts: 14
Rebs: 20
Asts: 4		 Pts: 11
Rebs: 7
Asts: 3
26 August 2018
13:00
Rwanda  79–80  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 18-25, 18-14, 30-27
Pts: 18
Rebs: 14
Asts: 4		 Pts: 13
Rebs: 13
Asts: 4
27 August 2018
16:45
Angola  73–68  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 12-19, 18-17, 19-13
Pts: 23
Rebs: 12
Asts: 6		 Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: 6
28 August 2018
12:15
Angola  86–50  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 32-20, 15–5, 19–12, 20–13
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: 2		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
28 August 2018
14:30
Senegal  81–38  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 18-4, 28-9, 18-9
Pts: 28
Rebs: 17
Asts: 8		 Pts: 9
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2
29 August 2018
14:30
Algeria  78–84 (OT)  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 10-15, 19–22, 23–21, Overtime: 6–12
Pts: 21
Rebs: 12
Asts: 7		 Pts: , 18
Rebs: 12
Asts: 6
29 August 2018
16:45
Rwanda  70–99  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 18-26, 22–23, 21–23
Pts: 15
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 4		 Pts: 26
Rebs: 17
Asts: , Sylla 5

Knockout stage[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 12:15
 
 
  Libya 52
 
Sat 1 Sep 2018 – 16:45
 
  Senegal 87
 
  Senegal 91
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 14:30
 
  Egypt 82
 
  DR Congo 44
 
Sun 2 Sep 2018 – 19:00
 
  Angola 62
 
  Mali 78
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 16:45
 
  Senegal 76
 
  Rwanda 66
 
Sat 1 Sep 2018 – 19:00
 
  Egypt 89
 
  Mali 84
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 19:00
 
  Angola 59 Third place
 
  Tunisia 54
 
Sun 2 Sep 2018 – 16:45
 
  Mali 105
 
  Angola 78
 
 
  Egypt 89
 
5-8th bracket
 
5th-8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
Sat 1 Sep 2018 – 12:15
 
 
  Libya 68
 
Sun 2 Sep 2018 – 14:30
 
  Rwanda 92
 
  DR Congo 79
 
Sat 1 Sep 2018 – 14:30
 
  Rwanda 69
 
  Tunisia 57
 
 
  DR Congo 69
 
Seventh place
 
 
Sun 2 Sep 2018 – 12:15
 
 
  Tunisia 85
 
 
  Libya 74
9-11th bracket
 
9th–11th placeNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Sat 1 Sep 2018 – 10:00
 
 
 Uganda60
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 10:00
 
 Guinea65
 
 Guinea77
 
 
 Algeria70
 

Quarter finals[]

31 August 2018
12:15
Libya  52–87  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 16-19, 10-17, 15–29
Pts: 25
Rebs: 5
Asts: , 2		 Pts: 25
Rebs: 16
Asts: 5
31 August 2018
14:30
DR Congo  44–62  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 19–11, 7–19, 6–17
Pts: 17
Rebs: 12
Asts: 6		 Pts: , 16
Rebs: 12
Asts: 3
31 August 2018
16:45
Rwanda  66–89  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 18–22, 17–26, 18–22
Pts: 25
Rebs: 15
Asts: 2		 Pts: 23
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 3
31 August 2018
19:00
Tunisia  54–105  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 12-29, 17-29, 14-26
Pts: 16
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: Coulibaly 22
Rebs: Coulibaly 12
Asts: 6

9−11th place classification[]

31 August 2018
10:00
Guinea  77–70  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-17, 19-10, 19–15, 29–28
Pts: 31
Rebs: 11
Asts: 4		 Pts: 20
Rebs: , 9
Asts: 5

9th place match[]

1 September 2018
10:00
Uganda  60–65  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 22-12, 14–11, 10-21
Pts: 13
Rebs: 8
Asts: 5		 Pts: 31
Rebs: 15
Asts: Three players 3

5–8th place classification[]

1 September 2018
12:15
Libya  68–92  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 25-19, 19–30, 13-21
Pts: 31
Rebs: 12
Asts: 3		 Pts: 19
Rebs: 15
Asts: 4
1 September 2018
14:30
Tunisia  57–69  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 13–22, 20-13, 13-14
Pts: 19
Rebs: 8
Asts: 3		 Pts: 27
Rebs: 12
Asts: 8

Semifinals[]

1 September 2018
16:45
Senegal  91–82 (OT)  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 18-18, 18-22, 14-13, Overtime: 19–10
Pts: 24
Rebs: 19
Asts: 8		 Pts: 22
Rebs: 10
Asts: 6
1 September 2018
19:00
Mali  84–59  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 21-13, 26-17, 14-11
Pts: Kanouté 21
Rebs: Coulibaly 24
Asts: Coulibaly, 4		 Pts: , 11
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: three players 2

7th place match[]

2 September 2018
12:15
Tunisia  85–74  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 19-18, 25-9, 12–26
Pts: 24
Rebs: 10
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: 28
Rebs: 11
Asts: 3

5th place match[]

2 September 2018
14:30
DR Congo  79–69  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 9-16, 22-17, 31–17, 17–19
Pts: , 26
Rebs: 13
Asts: 7		 Pts: 14
Rebs: 10
Asts: 6

Bronze medal match[]

2 September 2018
16:45
Angola  78–89  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 25-24, 9-21, 27-25
Pts: 24
Rebs: 9
Asts: 4		 Pts: 24
Rebs: 15
Asts: 7

Final[]

2 September 2018
19:00
Mali  78–76  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 23-11, 10–21, 25–21

Final standings[]

Qualified for the 2019 Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
Gold medal africa.svg  Mali 8–0
Silver medal africa.svg  Senegal 6–1
Bronze medal africa.svg  Egypt 6–2
4  Angola 4–3
5  DR Congo 5–3
6  Rwanda 3–4
7  Tunisia 2–5
8  Libya 2–6
9  Guinea 2–5
10  Uganda 1–5
11  Algeria 0–5

Awards[]

[11]

2018 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Winner

Mali

First title

Most Valuable Player
Mali Siriman Kanouté

All-Tournament Team[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Four countries initially participated: hosts Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde and the eventual zone winner Senegal. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Mali qualified as the tournament hosts.[3]
  2. ^ Four countries participated: hosts Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Senegal through to FIBA U18 African Championship 2018". FIBA Africa. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Rwanda secure FIBA Africa U18 Championship slot". FIBA Africa. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Hugely talented quintet highlights FIBA U18 African Championship All-Star team". FIBA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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