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)
Venue(s)1 (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
Source: Standings
26 August
19:00
Egypt   92–43   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   32–53   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
29 August
18:00
Angola   49–21   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 6–7, 11–4, 12–6
Pts: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 18
Rebs: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 7
Asts: Regina Maria Pequeno 5
Pts: Myriam Zaidi 9
Rebs: Soulef Malkia 8
Asts: Myriam Zaidi, Soulef Malkia 3

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   65–42   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   26–65   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
28 August
15:30
Mozambique   55–36   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 13–9, 13–7, 20–6
Pts: Silvia Amadeu Veloso 28
Rebs: Veronica Luis Salifu, Iolanda Pedro Francisco 12
Asts: Bruna da Victoria Argelio 3
Pts: Fatma Aouinet 12
Rebs: Marwa Shili 7
Asts: Marwa Shili 3
29 August
15:30
Uganda   19–143   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 2–46, 6–38, 2–37, 9–22
31 August
18:00
Tunisia   24–94   Mali

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   20–83   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10-19, 2-30, 0-20, 8-14
2 September
15:45
Tunisia   40–50   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 7-11, 10-14, 11-10
2 September
18:00
Uganda   25–67   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 1-27, 4-15, 10-19, 10-6
2 September
20:15
Madagascar   39–59   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   43–47   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 8-15, 7-8, 13-14, 15-10
3 September
15:45
Uganda   38–65   Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 8-20, 4-14, 16-15, 10-16

Semifinals

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3 September
18:00
Egypt   66–33   Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 12-5, 18-10, 24-6
3 September
20:15
Mali   65–46   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   43–59   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 5-16, 19-17, 9-12

Fifth place match

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4 September
13:30
Madagascar   59–45   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 14-9, 14-6, 18-14, 13-16

Third place match

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4 September
15:45
Mozambique   56–43   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-7, 14-9, 10-11, 19-16

Final

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4 September
18:00
Egypt   61–84   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
  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
Rank Team Record
    Mali 6-0
    Egypt 5-1
    Mozambique 4-2
4.   Angola 3-3
5.   Madagascar 2-4
6.   Tunisia 2-4
7.   Algeria 1-5
8.   Uganda 0-6

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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