2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's African Championship

2018 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship
for Women
2018 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship ; for Women
15th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Mozambique
Dates	August 10–19
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Mali (7th title)
MVP
Tournament leaders
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	2018 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
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The 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's African Championship was the 15th edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 10 to 19, 2018 in Maputo.

Hosts Selection[]

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

Qualification[]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 1	Unknown^[2]	Unknown	1	Tunisia
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 2	Cancelled^{[notes 1]}	NA	1	Mali
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 3	Unknown^[4]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 4	Unknown^[5]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 5	17–22 June 2018^{[notes 2]}	Dar es Salaam	1+1+1	Rwanda Egypt Uganda^[7]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6	Unknown^{[notes 3]}	Unknown	1+1	Mozambique Angola
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7	Unknown^[9]	Unknown	1
Total			8

Qualified teams[]

as of 24 July 2018:

Mozambique − Tournament Hosts
Rwanda − Zone V Winner
Egypt − Zone V
Mali − Zone II
Angola − Zone VI
− Zone VII
Tunisia − Zone I
Uganda − Zone V Runners-Up/Wild Card

Preliminary round[]

The draw was held in Maputo, Mozambique on 9 August 2018.^[10]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mozambique (H)	3	3	0	171	123	+48	6
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	149	122	+27	5
3	Egypt	3	1	2	138	134	+4	4
4		3	0	3	95	174	−79	3

Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Host

10 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Rwanda	46–37	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 4–6, 12–12, 14–12

, Maputo

10 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

	32–61	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 9–13, 4–13, 14–17

, Maputo

12 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Egypt	56–31
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 12–3, 19–14, 11–4

, Maputo

12 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	53–46	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–1, 4–18, 10–18, 26–9

, Maputo

14 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

	32–57	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 11–11, 4–12, 11–12

, Maputo

14 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	57–45	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 18–16, 11–9, 12–9

, Maputo

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mali	3	3	0	311	116	+195	6
2	Angola	3	2	1	163	136	+27	5
3	DR Congo	3	1	2	108	197	−89	4
4	Uganda	3	0	3	110	243	−133	3

Source: FIBA Africa

11 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Uganda	29–63	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 3–0, 12–29, 7–13

, Maputo

11 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

DR Congo	33–99	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 8–27, 7–33, 11–24

, Maputo

13 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Mali	132–39	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 31–4, 33–6, 27–12, 41–17

, Maputo

13 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Angola	56–27	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 19–6, 13–7, 11–7

, Maputo

15 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

DR Congo	48–42	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 14–14, 11–11, 16–2

, Maputo

15 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mali	80–44	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 28–12, 16–9, 20–10

, Maputo

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Fifth place (19 August)

5–8th place semifinals (18 August)

Quarterfinals (17 August)

Semifinals (18 August)

Final (19 August)

A1

Uganda

31

B4

Mozambique

86

A1

Uganda

43

B4

Mozambique

53

A3

Egypt

69

B2

Angola

49

A3

Egypt

38

B2

Angola

54

A3

Egypt

43

B4

Mozambique

33

A2

38

B3

Mali

86

A2

21

B3

Mali

78

A2

61

B3

Mali

124

Seventh place (19 August)

A4

DR Congo

56

B1

Rwanda

27

Bronze medal match (19 August)

A1

Uganda

38

A4

DR Congo

44

B2

Angola

59

A4

DR Congo

48

B1

Rwanda

49

B1

Rwanda

46

Quarterfinals[]

17 August
12:15

Boxscore

	21–78	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 4–11, 5–25, 7–28

, Maputo

17 August
14:30

Boxscore

DR Congo	44–49	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–9, 9–9, 14–16

, Maputo

17 August
16:45

Boxscore

Egypt	38–54	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 9–17, 10–14, 12–10

, Maputo

17 August
19:00

Boxscore

Uganda	31–86	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 5–21, 4–19, 8–22

, Maputo

5–8th place semifinals[]

18 August
12:15

Boxscore

	61–56 (2OT)	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 13–12, 13–7, 13–20, Overtime: 6–6, 8–3

, Maputo

18 August
14:30

Boxscore

Uganda	43–69	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 4–18, 16–17, 6–23, 17–11

, Maputo

Semifinals[]

18 August
16:45

Boxscore

Mali	124–27	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 33–2, 41–6, 25–10

, Maputo

18 August
19:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	53–49	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 11–6, 22–16, 8–12

, Maputo

Seventh place match[]

19 August
12:15

Boxscore

Uganda	38–48	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 13–9, 10–11, 8–13

, Maputo

Fifth place match[]

19 August
14:30

Boxscore

Egypt	43–38
Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 13–9, 12–8, 9–14

, Maputo

Bronze medal match[]

19 August
16:45

Boxscore

Angola	59–46	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 12–13, 15–10, 14–11

, Maputo

Final[]

19 August
19:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	33–86	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 11–28, 5–19, 10–17

, Maputo

Awards[]

2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's African Championship Winner
Mali Seventh title

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team[]

Final standings[]

	Qualified for the 2019 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup

Rank	Team	Record
	Mali	6-0
	Mozambique	5-1
	Angola	4-2
4.	Rwanda	3-3
5.	Egypt	3-3
6.		1-5
7.	DR Congo	2-4
8.	Uganda	0-6

Notes[]

^ No competition as there is no team registered.^[3]
^ Three countries participated: hosts Tanzania, Uganda and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Uganda later received a wild card.^[6]
^ Mozambique qualified as the tournament hosts.^[8]

References[]

^ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Uganda granted wild card for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[Zone_2-4] No competition as there is no team registered.^[3]

[Zone_5-8] Three countries participated: hosts Tanzania, Uganda and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Uganda later received a wild card.^[6]

[Zone_6-11] Mozambique qualified as the tournament hosts.^[8]

[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 3 August 2018.

[3] "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[5] "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[6] "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[7] "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[9] "Uganda granted wild card for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[10] "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[12] "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[13] "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

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