2018 FIBA U18 African Championship

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2018 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
19th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country 
Mali (1st title)
Official website
2018 FIBA U18 African Championship
2016

The 2018 FIBA U18 African Championship was the 19th 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 24 August to 2 September 2018 in Bamako. The finalists of this championship earned 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  
Algeria
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 2 10−12 July 2018[notes 1] Guinea Conakry 1+1+1  
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  
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:

  •  
    Mali
    − Tournament Hosts
  •  
    Angola
    − Zone VI
  •  Egypt − Zone V
  •  Tunisia − Zone I
  •  
    Rwanda
    − Zone V Winner
  •  
    Madagascar
    − Zone VII
  •  Senegal − Zone II Winner
  •  
    Algeria
    − Zone I
  •  
    DR Congo
    − Zone IV
  •  Guinea − Zone II

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
2 Pts: Baale 16
Rebs: Dauna 6
Asts: Baale 4
24 August 2018
19:00
Mali
 
141–49  
Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 37-6, 42-10, 28-20, 34-13
8 Pts: Mara 18
Rebs: Ba 14
Asts: Ba 3
24 August 2018
21:15
 Libya 38–115
Egypt
 
Scoring by quarter: 10-17, 9-21, 10-44, 9-33
1 Pts: Hussein 27
Rebs: Elmadawy 8
Asts: Elmadawy 3

25 August 2018
12:15
 
Guinea
61–111
Egypt
 
Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 5-28, 15-24, 24-33
2 Pts: Zakr 26
Rebs: Hussein 8
Asts: Morsy 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
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: Mara 23
Rebs: Bah 16
Asts: Bah
7
Pts: Kasereka 29
Rebs: Ngalamulume 13
Asts: Kasereka 8
26 August 2018
12:15
Uganda  57–60  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 12-17, 17-16, 12-14
3 Pts: Zeew 24
Rebs: Rizq 7
Asts: Alfaqiyah 3
26 August 2018
19:15
Mali
 
93–47  
Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 29-12, 23-7, 23-14
Coulibaly 12
Asts: Kanouté
5
Pts: Hassan 8
Rebs: Elkholefy 7
Asts: Elmadawy 3

28 August 2018
10:00
Uganda  64–43  
Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14-14, 17-13, 15-13, 18-3
6 Pts: Bah 13
Rebs: Bah 24
Asts: Camara 1
28 August 2018
16:45
Egypt
 
68–66  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 12-10, 13-17, 19-17, 24-22
10 Pts: Kasereka 24
Rebs: Ngalamulume 14
Asts: Kasereka 6
28 August 2018
19:00
 
Mali
110–48  Libya
8 Pts: Zeew 13
Rebs: Rizq 8
Asts: AlFaqiyah 4

29 August 2018
10:00
 
Egypt
83–66  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 21–16, 16–18, 26–21
4 Pts: Baale 26
Rebs: Kimambo 8
Asts: Kasobya 2
29 August 2018
12:15
 Libya 66–64  
Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 19–17, 17–16, 15–15
3 Pts: Kourouma 15
Rebs: A.F.Camara 14
Asts: A.M.Camara 5
29 August 2018
19:00
 DR Congo 57–107  
Mali
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 19–30, 13–27, 17–28
3 Pts: Kanouté 18
Rebs: Drame 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
4 Pts: Nkundwa 31
Rebs: Nkundwa 14
Asts: Irumwa 5

25 August 2018
13:00
Tunisia
 
58–62  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 8-9, 18-16, 13-12, 19-25
3 Pts: Umuhoza 19
Rebs: Ngoga 7
Asts: Nkundwa 3
25 August 2018
20:00
Angola
 
76–77  
Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 25-14, 15-24, 12-19
3 Pts: Faye 18
Rebs: Sylla 13
Asts: Diop 4

26 August 2018
20:00
Senegal
 
70–50  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 21-11, 14-13, 12-14, 23-12
Pts: Faye 14
Rebs: Faye 20
Asts: Boissy
4
Pts: Benzidoum 11
Rebs: Bouzidi 7
Asts: Bouzidi 3
26 August 2018
13:00
Rwanda  79–80  
Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 18-25, 18-14, 30-27
4 Pts: Miguel 13
Rebs: Kibinga 13
Asts: Miguel 4

27 August 2018
16:45
Angola
 
73–68  
Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 12-19, 18-17, 19-13
6 Pts: Mahemly 16
Rebs: Mili 8
Asts: Yahyaoui 6

28 August 2018
12:15
Angola
 
86–50  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 32-20, 15–5, 19–12, 20–13
2 Pts: Yazizain 15
Rebs: Yazizain 8
Asts: Mouffok 2
28 August 2018
14:30
Senegal
 
81–38  
Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 18-4, 28-9, 18-9
Pts: Faye 28
Rebs: Faye 17
Asts: Boissy
8
Pts: Toumi 9
Rebs: Zaghouani 8
Asts: Mahemley 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
7 Pts: Mahemly, Toumi 18
Rebs: Yahyaoui 12
Asts: Ben Taher 6
29 August 2018
16:45
Rwanda  70–99  
Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 18-26, 22–23, 21–23
4 Pts: Faye 26
Rebs: Faye 17
Asts: Boissy, Sylla 5

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fri 31 Aug 2018 – 12:15
 
 
 
Senegal
87
 
 
Egypt
82
 
 
Angola
62
 
 
Senegal
76
 
 
Egypt
89
 
 
Angola
59 Third place
 
 
Mali
105
 
 
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
 
 
 
Guinea
65
 
 
Guinea
77
 
 
 Algeria70
 

Quarter finals

31 August 2018
12:15
Libya  52–87  
Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 16-19, 10-17, 15–29
2 Pts: Faye 25
Rebs: Faye 16
Asts: Faye 5
31 August 2018
14:30
DR Congo  44–62  
Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 19–11, 7–19, 6–17
6 Pts: Konde, Miguel 16
Rebs: Alexandre 12
Asts: Sebastiao 3
31 August 2018
16:45
Rwanda  66–89  
Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 18–22, 17–26, 18–22
2 Pts: Ibrahim 23
Rebs: Ibrahim 10
Asts: Abdelmaged, Hassan 3
31 August 2018
19:00
Tunisia
 
54–105  
Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 12-29, 17-29, 14-26
4 Pts:
Coulibaly 12
Asts: Fofana
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: Camara 31
Rebs: Bah 11
Asts: Mara
4
Pts: Mouffok 20
Rebs: Bouteldja, Chenieff 9
Asts: Bouteldja 5

9th place match

1 September 2018
10:00
Uganda  60–65  
Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 22-12, 14–11, 10-21
5 Pts: Camara 31
Rebs: Bah 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
3 Pts: Nkundwa 19
Rebs: Kazeneza 15
Asts: Kazeneza 4
1 September 2018
14:30
Tunisia
 
57–69  DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 13–22, 20-13, 13-14
3 Pts: Kasereka 27
Rebs: Keliki 12
Asts: Elande 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: Faye 24
Rebs: Faye 19
Asts: Boissy
8
Pts: Hassan 22
Rebs: Ibrahim 10
Asts: Ibrahim 6
1 September 2018
19:00
Mali
 
84–59  
Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 21-13, 26-17, 14-11
Coulibaly, Diakite
4
Pts: Gomes, Miguel 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
: three players 3 Pts: Zeew 28
Rebs: Zeew 11
Asts: Omar 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
7 Pts: Ngoga 14
Rebs: Kazeneza 10
Asts: Turatsinze 6

Bronze medal match

2 September 2018
16:45
Angola
 
78–89  
Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 25-24, 9-21, 27-25
4 Pts: Hassan 24
Rebs: Ibrahim 15
Asts: Abdelmaged 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
 
Mali
8–0
 
Senegal
6–1
 
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 U18 African Championship Winner

Mali
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.