2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship

The 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, alternatively the 5th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius[1][2] from 13–22 July 2017. It served as the qualifier for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

For the women's tournament, see 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women.
2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Mauritius
DatesJuly 13–22
Teams8
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Mali
(1st title)
MVP Siriman Kanouté
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Kanouté (24.8)  Mali (95.4)
Rebounds Elmadawy (8.8)  Mali (64.5)
Assists Tsarafeno (5.5)  Egypt (17.3)
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Mali claimed their first-ever under-16 continental title by dethroning the defending champions Egypt in the final, 76–65. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the Under-17 Basketball World Cup next year.[3]

Hosts selection

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mauritius will be the organising country of the tournament.[4]

Venue
Vacoas-Phoenix

Qualification
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 1 Cancelled[notes 1] NA 2  Tunisia
 Algeria
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 2 Cancelled[notes 2] NA 1  Mali
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 3 Cancelled[notes 3] NA 1 NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 4 Cancelled[notes 4] NA 1 NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 5 1–6 June 2017[notes 5] Mombasa 2  Rwanda
 Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 6 Cancelled[notes 6] NA 1  Mozambique
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 7 Cancelled[notes 7] NA 1  Mauritius
 Madagascar
Total8

Participating teams

On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:[12]

Format

The eight teams will be divided into two groups. The Group Phase consists of two legs: for each of the teams per group, they will face each other twice. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Semifinals, and the bottom two teams of each group will move on to the Classification Round, both will be played in a knockout format.[13]

Draw

The draw for the main tournament was held on 12 July 2017 at Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius.[14]

Group phase

All times are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4:00)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 6 6 0 615 238 +377 12 Advance to Semifinals
2  Tunisia 6 4 2 381 265 +116 10
3  Mozambique 6 2 4 358 383 −25 8 Advance to Classification 5-8
4  Mauritius (H) 6 0 6 164 632 −468 6
Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Host.
13 July
11:15
Tunisia  40–61  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–17, 9–7, 3–17
Pts: Ghomrassi 14
Rebs: Tebai 7
Asts: Ghomrassi 2		 Pts: Kanouté 21
Rebs: Ballo 16
Asts: A. Traore 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH)
13 July
20:00
Mauritius  28–94  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 3–20, 7–29, 8–23, 10–22
Pts: Camal Boudou, Doorghen 8
Rebs: Camal Boudou 6
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 2		 Pts: Ricotso 15
Rebs: Nhamussua 10
Asts: Chauque, Nhamussua 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
17:45
Mali  108–51  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 36–6, 22–10, 19–17, 31–18
Pts: Dieng 19
Rebs: F. Traore 10
Asts: Dieng 6		 Pts: Macie 9
Rebs: Buvana 8
Asts: 5 players 1
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
20:00
Tunisia  83–20  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter: 16–2, 19–4, 19–7, 29–7
Pts: Mnafedh 18
Rebs: Mehrez 8
Asts: Chebbi 4		 Pts: Doorghen 10
Rebs: Perrine 9
Asts: Crudo 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
15 July
17:45
Mozambique  60–67 (3OT)  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 13–15, 13–7, 6–6, Overtime: 6–6, 6–6, 7–14
Pts: Buvana 16
Rebs: Ricotso 16
Asts: 6 players 1		 Pts: Chebbi 15
Rebs: Rebai 14
Asts: Chebbi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
20:00
Mauritius  23–165  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 2–49, 13–36, 6–31, 2–49
Pts: Sandian 5
Rebs: Perrine 7
Asts: 4 players 1		 Pts: Kanouté 50
Rebs: Diarra 19
Asts: Kanouté 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
15:30
Tunisia  46–30  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 13–7, 10–10, 9–6
Pts: Mehrez 10
Rebs: Mehrez 10
Asts: Chebbi 4		 Pts: Buvana 10
Rebs: Buvana 11
Asts: Macie 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
17 July
20:00
Mali  108–38  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter: 36–4, 27–0, 27–21, 18–13
Pts: Kanouté 27
Rebs: Sidibe 17
Asts: Kanouté, A. Traore, B. Coulibaly 4		 Pts: Camal Boudou 11
Rebs: Armand 5
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA)
18 July
15:30
Mozambique  40–103  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 11–25, 17–26, 5–27
Pts: Buvana 12
Rebs: Buvana 5
Asts: Ussivane 3		 Pts: Kanouté 26
Rebs: Ballo, Diarra 10
Asts: Kanouté 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
18 July
20:00
Mauritius  24–99  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 1–20, 6–23, 10–26, 7–30
Pts: Crudo 10
Rebs: Coopen 5
Asts: Camal Boudou 2		 Pts: Ben Amor 18
Rebs: Kacem, Chebbi 12
Asts: Gara, Chebbi, Tebai 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
20 July
17:45
Mali  70–46  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 26–12, 11–9, 14–15
Pts: Kanouté 23
Rebs: Sanogo 11
Asts: Dieng 2		 Pts: Rebai 12
Rebs: Zaghouani 8
Asts: Rebai, Ghomrassi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
20:00
Mozambique  83–31  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–5, 27–6, 19–9
Pts: Ricotso 22
Rebs: Macie 12
Asts: 4 players 2		 Pts: Wong Moi Sang, Doorghen 8
Rebs: Wong Moi Sang, Doorghen 6
Asts: Crudo 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 6 6 0 547 335 +212 12 Advance to Semifinals
2  Algeria 6 2 4 357 382 −25 8
3  Madagascar 6 2 4 440 506 −66 8 Advance to Classification 5-8
4  Rwanda 6 2 4 343 464 −121 8
Source: FIBA Africa
13 July
13:30
Rwanda  39–61  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 2–20, 9–11, 15–12, 13–18
Pts: Nkundwa 19
Rebs: Nkundwa 9
Asts: Umuhoza, Mudenge 1		 Pts: Bouzidi 16
Rebs: Gadaoui 8
Asts: Hifi, Gadaoui, Zitouni 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
13 July
15:45
Egypt  117–63  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 31–9, 22–17, 39–21
Pts: Hassan 19
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Sakr 5		 Pts: Rakotovao 18
Rebs: Rakotovao 7
Asts: Andrilova 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
14 July
13:15
Rwanda  45–101  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–31, 15–20, 6–25, 15–25
Pts: Umuhoza 13
Rebs: Nkundwa 9
Asts: 4 players 1		 Pts: Hassan 17
Rebs: Elmadawy 11
Asts: Elmadawy, Mohamed, Khalifa 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
14 July
15:30
Algeria  60–59  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 16–9, 14–17, 17–20
Pts: Bouzidi 14
Rebs: Bouzidi 9
Asts: Benzidoun 3		 Pts: Jaoravo, Rakotovao 12
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 17
Asts: Tsarafeno 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Youssouf Maiga (MLI)
15 July
13:15
Madagascar  95–87  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 18–21, 26–13, 27–27
Pts: Rakotovao 34
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 7
Asts: Tsarafeno 8		 Pts: Nkundwa 30
Rebs: Nkundwa 15
Asts: Nkundwa 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
17:45
Egypt  84–61  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 14–14, 21–16, 27–17
Pts: Ibrahim 24
Rebs: Elmadawy 12
Asts: Morsy 6		 Pts: Gadaoui 17
Rebs: Bouzidi 8
Asts: Gadaoui, Bouzidi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
13:15
Rwanda  73–70  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–9, 20–19, 17–25
Pts: Ngoga 24
Rebs: Murengezi 19
Asts: Murengezi 4		 Pts: Jaoravo 19
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 9
Asts: Tsarafeno 7
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
17 July
17:45
Algeria  49–65  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 13–11, 16–11, 10–21
Pts: Bouzidi 14
Rebs: Gadaoui, Hadji 7
Asts: Zitouni 3		 Pts: Hassan 19
Rebs: Khalifa 9
Asts: Morsy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
18 July
13:15
Madagascar  78–71  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 12–11, 17–17, 33–21
Pts: Raharimanantoanina 23
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 15
Asts: Rakotovao 4		 Pts: Bouzidi 24
Rebs: Chenieff 8
Asts: Gadaoui 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
18 July
17:45
Egypt  82–42  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 32–13, 10–11, 17–10, 23–8
Pts: Elmadawy 18
Rebs: Khalifa 12
Asts: Elmadawy, Mohamed 4		 Pts: Nkundwa 22
Rebs: Murengezi 10
Asts: Murengezi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
20 July
13:15
Madagascar  75–98  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 15–21, 14–21, 22–33
Pts: Tsarafeno 18
Rebs: Tsarafeno 10
Asts: Andrilova, Tsarafeno 4		 Pts: Khalifa 18
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Elmadawy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
15:30
Algeria  55–57  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 17–11, 13–19, 12–17
Pts: Gadaoui 15
Rebs: Chenieff 14
Asts: Gadaoui, Benzidoun 3		 Pts: Umuhoza 16
Rebs: Nkundwa 16
Asts: Umuhoza 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Classification round
 
Classification 5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 Mauritius13
 
22 July
 
 Madagascar125
 
 Madagascar80
 
21 July
 
 Rwanda74
 
 Rwanda67
 
 
 Mozambique33
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 July
 
 
 Mauritius56
 
 
 Mozambique121

Classification 5–8
21 July
13:15
Rwanda  67–33  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 16–7, 23–15, 15–3
Pts: Nkundwa 22
Rebs: Nkundwa, Ngoga 15
Asts: Umuhoza, Nkundwa 5		 Pts: Buvana 8
Rebs: Macie 6
Asts: Ussivane 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
21 July
15:30
Mauritius  13–125  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 0–31, 5–32, 8–33, 0–29
Pts: Perrine 4
Rebs: Camal Boudou 5
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 1		 Pts: Rakotovao 33
Rebs: Andrilova, Andrianjafinoarivony 11
Asts: Raheriarison 8
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Riadh Khalladi (TUN)

Seventh place game
22 July
13:00
Mauritius  56–121  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 11–28, 12–42, 15–24
Pts: Crudo 18
Rebs: Jhungur 6
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 4		 Pts: Ricotso 36
Rebs: Ricotso 13
Asts: Clemente 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Fifth place game
22 July
15:15
Madagascar  80–74  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–20, 20–22, 27–17
Pts: Tsarafeno 20
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 9
Asts: Tsarafeno 8		 Pts: Nkundwa 24
Rebs: Ngoga 18
Asts: Umuhoza 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 Mali72
 
22 July
 
 Algeria62
 
 Mali76
 
21 July
 
 Egypt65
 
 Egypt86
 
 
 Tunisia45
 
Third place
 
 
22 July
 
 
 Algeria57
 
 
 Tunisia54

Semifinals
21 July
17:45
Mali  72–62  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 16–13, 18–10, 20–27
Pts: Kanouté 19
Rebs: Ballo 19
Asts: Kanouté 4		 Pts: Gadaoui 17
Rebs: Dahman 7
Asts: Benzidoun 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
21 July
20:00
Egypt  86–45  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 19–11, 27–6, 16–21
Pts: Morsy 18
Rebs: Elmadawy, Noureldin 8
Asts: Elmadawy 5		 Pts: Zaghouani 18
Rebs: Zaghouani 10
Asts: Gara, Chebbi 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)

Third place game
22 July
17:30
Algeria  57–54  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 18–0, 13–16, 11–33
Pts: Hifi, Gadaoui 15
Rebs: Chenieff 17
Asts: Gadaoui, Benzidoun 3		 Pts: Rebai, Ghomrassi 15
Rebs: Ghomrassi 8
Asts: Mnafedh 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final
22 July
20:00
Mali  76–65  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 17–16, 21–15, 16–15
Pts: Kanouté 17
Rebs: Ballo 22
Asts: Kanouté 9		 Pts: Hassan 22
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Morsy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final ranking
Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
 Mali 8–0
 Egypt 7–1
 Algeria 3–5
4  Tunisia 4–4
5  Madagascar 4–4
6  Rwanda 3–5
7  Mozambique 3–5
8  Mauritius 0–8

Awards
 2017 FIBA Under-16 African Champions 

Mali
1st title
Most Valuable Player
Siriman Kanouté

All-Tournament Team

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Notes
  1. Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later.[5]
  2. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.[6]
  3. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Ghana initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew.[7]
  4. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[8]
  5. Three countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Egypt was added later.[9]
  6. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Zimbabwe initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew.[10]
  7. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mauritius qualified as the tournament hosts. Madagascar was added later.[11]

References
  1. "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. FIBA Calendar
  3. "History made as Mali win their first-ever FIBA U16 African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  11. "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. "Roster confirmed on the eve of FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  13. "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  14. "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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