2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship

The 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 26 August to 4 September 2016 in Cairo, Egypt and contested by 8 national teams.[1]

2016 FIBA U18
 Women's AfroBasket
13th FIBA Under-18 Women's African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates26 August – 4 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mali (6th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPEgypt Abdelgawad
Top scorerMozambique Veloso 16.3
Top reboundsUganda Akullu 12.3
Top assistsMali Doumbia 3.2
PPG (Team) Mali 89.0
RPG (Team) Mali 59.0
APG (Team) Mali 20.2
Official website
2016 FIBA Africa Championship for Women U-18
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The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Venue

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Draw

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Group A Group B

 Egypt
 Algeria
 Madagascar
 Angola

 Mali
 Mozambique
 Tunisia
 Ivory Coast
 Uganda

Squads

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Format

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The Preliminary Phase of the tournament will be played in a round robin format with each team taking over its opponent respectively. The top four teams from each group will advance to the Final Phase, played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals onwards (Semi-Finals and Final).[2]

Preliminary round

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The draw for the tournament was held on 25 August 2016 at the Le Passage Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.[3] All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Egypt 3 3 0 226 131 +95 6
2  Angola 3 2 1 141 109 +32 5
3  Madagascar 3 1 2 136 158 22 4
4  Algeria 3 0 3 91 196 105 3
26 August
19:00
Egypt  9243  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 30–9, 22–3, 14–22, 26–9
Pts: Radwa Sherif 21
Rebs: Radwa Sherif 13
Asts: Radwa Oweis 9
Pts: Soulef Malkia 14
Rebs: Esma Bouhafs 8
Asts: Myriam Zaidi 6
27 August
15:30
Madagascar  3253  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 10–7, 7–21, 4–8
Pts: H. Muriel Hajanirina 8
Rebs: Jessica A. Vavisoa 7
Asts: three players 2
Pts: Neuma Vunge Ambriz Avelino 12
Rebs: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 10
Asts: Irene Cavemba Cafumo 2

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Mali 3 3 0 302 85 +217 6
2  Mozambique 3 2 1 173 149 +24 5
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 125 175 50 4
4  Uganda 3 0 3 93 284 191 3
Source: Standings
27 August
13:15
Mali  6542  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 15–8, 22–13, 19–8
Pts: Adama Coulibaly 19
Rebs: Adama Coulibaly, Salimatou Kourouma 14
Asts: Assetou Diakite 9
Pts: Silvia Amadeu Veloso 13
Rebs: Iolanda Pedro Francisco 10
Asts: Madina Camara 4
27 August
18:00
Uganda  2665  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 7–30, 12–16, 0–14, 7–5
Pts: Brenda Edith Ayere 10
Rebs: three players 8
Asts: Hajara Najjuko 2
Pts: Marwa Shili 32
Rebs: Amira Rebhi, Dorsf Tayaa 8
Asts: Eya Chbbouh 7
29 August
15:30
Uganda  19143  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 2–46, 6–38, 2–37, 9–22

Note: Ivory Coast withdrew form the 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.[4]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 September
 
 
 Uganda25
 
3 September
 
 Egypt67
 
 Egypt66
 
2 September
 
 Mozambique33
 
 Madagascar39
 
4 September
 
 Mozambique59
 
 Egypt61
 
2 September
 
 Mali84
 
 Algeria20
 
3 September
 
 Mali83
 
 Mali65
 
2 September
 
 Angola46 Third place
 
 Tunisia40
 
4 September
 
 Angola50
 
 Mozambique56
 
 
 Angola43
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 September
 
 
 Uganda38
 
4 September
 
 Madagascar65
 
 Madagascar59
 
3 September
 
 Tunisia45
 
 Algeria43
 
 
 Tunisia47
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 September
 
 
 Uganda43
 
 
 Algeria59

Quarterfinals

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2 September
13:30
Algeria  2083  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10-19, 2-30, 0-20, 8-14
2 September
15:45
Tunisia  4050  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 7-11, 10-14, 11-10
2 September
18:00
Uganda  2567  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 1-27, 4-15, 10-19, 10-6
2 September
20:15
Madagascar  3959  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 7-11, 13-12, 9-24

5–8th place semifinals

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3 September
13:30
Algeria  4347  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 8-15, 7-8, 13-14, 15-10
3 September
15:45
Uganda  3865  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 8-20, 4-14, 16-15, 10-16

Semifinals

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3 September
18:00
Egypt  6633  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 12-5, 18-10, 24-6
3 September
20:15
Mali  6546  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 16-6, 12-14, 15-15

Final classification games

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Seventh place match

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4 September
11:15
Uganda  4359  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 5-16, 19-17, 9-12

Fifth place match

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4 September
13:30
Madagascar  5945  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 14-9, 14-6, 18-14, 13-16

Third place match

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4 September
15:45
Mozambique  5643  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-7, 14-9, 10-11, 19-16

Final

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4 September
18:00
Egypt  6184  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 4-15, 19-20, 21-23, 17-26

Awards

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 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women winner 

Mali
Sixth title
Most Valuable Player
Egypt Meral Abdelgawad

All-Tournament Team

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Final standings

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Qualified for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Women's Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Mali6-0
 Egypt5-1
 Mozambique4-2
4.  Angola3-3
5.  Madagascar2-4
6.  Tunisia2-4
7.  Algeria1-5
8.  Uganda0-6

References

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  1. "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  2. "Draw result in for the 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship". Archived from the original on August 30, 2016.
  3. "Draw result in for 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship". FIBA. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. "Cote d'Ivoire withdraw from FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship". Archived from the original on September 10, 2016.
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