2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 4th U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held from July 30 to August 8 at the Palais des sports à l’ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 11 national teams and won by Egypt.[1]

For the women's tournament, see 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women.
2015 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
4th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nationMali
DatesJuly 30–August 8
Teams12
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt
(3rd title)
MVP Ahmed Khalaf
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Tafere 18.5  Egypt (94.1)
Rebounds Khalaf 12.2  Egypt (59)
Assists Youssef 3.3  Egypt (16.3)
Official website
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Squads
Main article: 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship squads

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Format
  • The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw
Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Egypt
 Equatorial Guinea
 Mali
 Nigeria
 Rwanda

 Angola
 Ethiopia
 Morocco
 South Africa
 Tunisia

Preliminary round
Times given below are in UTC.

Group A
Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mali 550402245+1576
 Egypt 541522263+2596
 Algeria 532317316+15
 Nigeria 523300367-674
 Rwanda 514271360-894
 Equatorial Guinea 505224483-2593
30 July 2015
14:00
Algeria  57–52  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 17-16, 14-14, 10-8
Pts: Braik 15
Rebs: Oulahcene, Houari 6
Asts: Oulahcene 4		 Pts: Ibrahim 16
Rebs: Ibrahim 13
Asts: Ajadi, Banire 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

19:00
Mali  75–40  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 12-8, 24-11, 19-13
Pts: Sissoko 15
Rebs: Sissoko 11
Asts: Coulibaly, Haidara 5		 Pts: Sano 12
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Sano, Kazeneza 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)
2 August 2015
16:00
[ Report]
Egypt  145–48  Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 27-17, 37-2, 42-12, 39-17
Pts: Khalaf 25
Rebs: Khalaf 18
Asts: Karkoura 7		 Pts: Mansogo 16
Rebs: Esono 5
Asts: three players 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)
31 July 2015
16:00
Egypt  95–36  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 10-17, 27-6, 30-8, 28-5
Pts: Abdrabou 18
Rebs: Abdrabou 10
Asts: Eesa 3		 Pts: Sano 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: four players 1
Palais des Sports, Bamako

18:00
Mali  73–47  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 17-17, 15-4, 24-12
Pts: Coulibaly 16
Rebs: Sissoko 17
Asts: Maiga 4		 Pts: Sahbi 16
Rebs: Oulahcene 6
Asts: Sahbi 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako

20:00
Equatorial Guinea  47–76  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15-22, 12-4, 11-22, 9-28
Pts: Ntutumu 13
Rebs: Esono, Asumu 7
Asts: three players 1		 Pts: Ibrahim 19
Rebs: Ibrahim 16
Asts: Ibrahim, Oriakhi 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Alioune Fall (SEN)
1 August 2015
12:00
Algeria  56–100  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 8-22, 14-18, 21-36
Pts: Ramoul, Sahbi 12
Rebs: Taleb 6
Asts: Cheblaoui 2		 Pts: Ramadan 15
Rebs: Mostafa 18
Asts: Mostafa 5
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Alioune Fall (SEN)

:1400
Rwanda  83–52  Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 21-14, 13-10, 28-11, 21-17
Pts: Kazeneza 25
Rebs: Kisa 11
Asts: Sano 7		 Pts: Mansogo 13
Rebs: Eyambe 7
Asts: Angono 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako

18:00
Mali  88–54  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 12-21, 26-5, 27-17
Pts: Sissoko 22
Rebs: Sissoko 20
Asts: Keita 6		 Pts: Ishau 12
Rebs: Ibrahim 7
Asts: Banire 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)
3 August 2015
12:00
[ Report]
Rwanda  44–66  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 9-20, 10-11, 9-17, 16-18
Pts: Rubaduka 10
Rebs: Kisa 9
Asts: Sano 2		 Pts: Sahbi 16
Rebs: Cheblaoui 9
Asts: Oulahcene 5
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)

16:00
Nigeria  46–107  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 11-30, 17-26, 10-23
Pts: Ibrahim 13
Rebs: Nwigwe 7
Asts: Ajadi 2		 Pts: Khalaf 22
Rebs: Mostafa 11
Asts: Mostafa 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako

18:00
[ Report]
Equatorial Guinea  29–89  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 4-28, 6-27, 14-22, 5-12
Pts: Angono 8
Rebs: Esono 12
Asts: Angono 3		 Pts: Doumbia 13
Rebs: Diawara 10
Asts: Djire 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)
4 August 2015
12:00
Nigeria  72–68  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13-10, 15-22, 22-23, 22-13
Pts: Ajadi 25
Rebs: Nwigwe 11
Asts: Banire 6		 Pts: Nshizirungu 16
Rebs: Kisa 13
Asts: Niyonshuti 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

14:00
Equatorial Guinea  48–90  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 4-28, 8-21, 15-18, 21-23
Pts: Angono 13
Rebs: Bile 7
Asts: five players 1		 Pts: Braik, Houari 24
Rebs: Braik 12
Asts: Belaouel 5
Palais des Sports, Bamako

18:00
Mali  77–75  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 23-21, 18-9, 21-24
Pts: Haidara 20
Rebs: Coulibaly 10
Asts: Keita 5		 Pts: Raafat 17
Rebs: Khalaf 13
Asts: Youssef 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)

Group B
Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Angola 440293232+618
 South Africa 42224324307
 Tunisia 422268228+406
 Morocco 413180242-625
 Ethiopia 413187243-564
30 July 2015
12:00
Morocco  52–58  Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-12, 14-12, 9-20, 22-8
Pts: Mankour 20
Rebs: Laghouizi 13
Asts: Al Uariachi, Marroun 2		 Pts: Tafere 22
Rebs: Nyach, Tut 8
Asts: Gezahegn 8
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Didier Gaga (RWA)

16:00
South Africa  46–54  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 11-8, 12-18, 8-18
Pts: Meela 12
Rebs: Geldenhuys 12
Asts: five players 1		 Pts: Artur 13
Rebs: Glofate 10
Asts: Hélder, Edvaldo 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
31 July 2015
12:00
Tunisia  49–54  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 15-10, 12-11, 9-13
Pts: Sohail 14
Rebs: Sohail, Ben Salah 10
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Meela, Geldenhuys 13
Rebs: Westermeyer 10
Asts: three players 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako

14:00
Angola  79–61  Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 10-9, 20-22, 26-19
Pts: Glofate 18
Rebs: Glofate 13
Asts: Dideltino 4		 Pts: Tafere 24
Rebs: Alemu 11
Asts: Tafere, Robi 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Wael Mostafa (EGY)
1 August 2015
10:00
Ethiopia  53–81  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 8-20, 9-18, 19-24, 17-19
Pts: Tafere 16
Rebs: Tut 7
Asts: Berhe 3		 Pts: Marnaoui 16
Rebs: Ben Salah 8
Asts: Sohail, Khallala 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako

16:00
Angola  81–53  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 29-8, 22-13, 13-11, 17-21
Pts: Hélder 15
Rebs: Glofate 15
Asts: Dideltino 3		 Pts: Mankour 23
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: El Kalma 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
3 August 2015
14:00
Morocco  40–61  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 12-16, 10-19, 8-12
Pts: El Kalma 13
Rebs: Kouraichi 7
Asts: Akouass 1		 Pts: Jammali 13
Rebs: Ben Salah 13
Asts: four players 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Didier Gaga (RWA)

21:00
South Africa  vs.  Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 10-20, -, -
Pts: Meela 25
Rebs: Westermeyer 11
Asts: Meela 3		 Pts: Tafere 22
Rebs: Tut 13
Asts: Gezahegn 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Youssouf Maiga (MLI)
4 August 2015
16:00
Morocco  68–73  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 13-12, 27-21, 13-20
Pts: Al Uariachi 20
Rebs: Mankour 6
Asts: El Kalma 5		 Pts: Ter Mors 19
Rebs: Westermeyer 10
Asts: Ntshele 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Fethi Chaib (ALG)

20:00
Angola  84–69  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 22-13, 28-14, 16-25
Pts: Glofate 30
Rebs: Glofate, Benedito 8
Asts: Dideltino 4		 Pts: Sohail 23
Rebs: Sohail 10
Asts: Amiri 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

Knockout stage
All matches were played in: Palais des Sports à l’ACI 2000, Bamako
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 August 2015
 
 
 Nigeria48
 
7 August 2015
 
 Angola79
 
 Angola51
 
6 August 2015
 
 Egypt74
 
 Tunisia85
 
 August 2015
 
 Egypt93
 
 Mali63
 
6 August 2015
 
 Egypt64
 
 Algeria62
 
7 August 2015
 
 South Africa41
 
 Mali65
 
6 August 2015
 
 Algeria39 Third place
 
 Morocco34
 
 August 2015
 
 Mali76
 
 Algeria45
 
 
 Angola37
 
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 August 2015
 
 
 Morocco60
 
 August 2015
 
 South Africa49
 
 Morocco53
 
7 August 2015
 
 Nigeria65
 
 Nigeria56
 
 
 Tunisia49
 
Seventh place
 
 
 August 2015
 
 
 South Africa67
 
 
 Tunisia76

Classification 9-11
6 August 2015
10:00
Equatorial Guinea  58–53  Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 13-7, 10-15, 22-17
Pts: Mansogo 16
Rebs: Esono 20
Asts: Mansogo 3		 Pts: Gebregiorgies 14
Rebs: Tut, Alemu 14
Asts: Tut, Haile 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG), Hussaini Gumel (NGR)

Quarterfinals
6 August 2015
12:00
[ Report]
Nigeria  48–79  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8-19, 12-18, 15-25, 13-17
Pts: Ajadi, Banire 7
Rebs: Nwigwe 15
Asts: Ishau 4		 Pts: Hélder 15
Rebs: Rifen 10
Asts: Délcio, Selton 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Alioune Fall (SEN), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

14:00
Tunisia  85–93  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 17-22, 20-27, 23-26
Pts: Sohail 25
Rebs: Sohail 7
Asts: Amiri 3		 Pts: Ramadan 16
Rebs: Mostafa 10
Asts: Youssef 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Abdoul Kader (NGR), Fethi Chaib (ALG)

16:00
Algeria  62–41  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 16-6, 15-13, 14-8
Pts: Braik 22
Rebs: Taleb 7
Asts: Oulahcene 4		 Pts: Meela, Beukes 8
Rebs: Geldenhuys 6
Asts: Ter Mors 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako

18:00
Morocco  34–76  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 11-14, 9-20, 7-18
Pts: Mankour 10
Rebs: Mankour 13
Asts: Al Uariachi 3		 Pts: Coulibaly 16
Rebs: Diawara 10
Asts: Diallo 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

Classification 5–8
7 August 2015
12:00
Morocco  60–49  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 12-13, 13-14, 18-14, 17-8
Pts: Al Uariachi 29
Rebs: Al Uariachi, Froud 6
Asts: El Kalma, Eddine 3		 Pts: Ntshele 14
Rebs: Ntshele, Geldenhuys 6
Asts: Geldenhuys, Meela 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Didier Gaga (RWA)

14:00
Nigeria  56–49  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 10-14, 13-15, 17-8
Pts: Ajadi 16
Rebs: Nwigwe 10
Asts: Ajadi 5		 Pts: Jammali 10
Rebs: Sohail 10
Asts: Amiri 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

Semifinals
7 August 2015
16:00
Angola  51–74  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 13-26, 19-16, 4-12
Pts: Rifen 19
Rebs: Glofate 10
Asts: Artur, Délcio 3		 Pts: Khalaf, Raafat 17
Rebs: Khalaf 17
Asts: Raafat 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Alioune Fall (SEN)
August
18:00
Mali  65–39  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 26-3, 15-13, 17-13, 7-10
Pts: Coulibaly 11
Rebs: Coulibaly 11
Asts: Haidara 4		 Pts: Braik 9
Rebs: Braik 5
Asts: Oulahcene 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Abdoul Kader (NGR), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR)

Ninth place game
7 August 2015
10:00
Rwanda  73–56  Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 20-7, 12-15, 10-13, 31-21
Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Nshizirungu 13
Asts: Niyonshuti 5		 Pts: Esono 18
Rebs: Esono 12
Asts: Ntutumu 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Hussaini Gumel (NGR)

Seventh place game
8 August 2015
10:00
South Africa  67–76  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 17-14, 13-24, 24-14
Pts: Meela 21
Rebs: Meela 8
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Jammali, Marnaoui 22
Rebs: Sohail 21
Asts: Berrached 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

Fifth place game
8 August 2015
12:00
Morocco  53–65  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-13, 9-13, 18-21, 16-18
Pts: Al Uariachi 20
Rebs: Laghouizi, Eddine 7
Asts: Al Uariachi 3		 Pts: Oriakhi 18
Rebs: Nwigwe 13
Asts: three players 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

Bronze Medal game
8 August 2015
14:00
Algeria  45–37  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16-5, 10-15, 8-11, 11-6
Pts: Braik 19
Rebs: Taleb 8
Asts: Cheblaoui 3		 Pts: Rifen 15
Rebs: Glofate 16
Asts: Selton 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Djeri Nourou (TOG), Abdoul Kader (NGR)

Gold Medal game
August
16:00
Mali  63–64  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 6-12, 13-11, 15-15, 29-26
Pts: Sissoko 16
Rebs: Sissoko 16
Asts: Sissoko, Maiga 2		 Pts: Khalaf 16
Rebs: Khalaf 16
Asts: Youssef 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Alioune Fall (SEN)

Final standings
Qualified for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship

Awards
 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship Winner 

Egypt
Third title
Most Valuable Player
Ahmed Khalaf

All-Tournament Team
  • Sami Al Uariachi
  • Ahmed Khalaf MVP
  • Mostefa Braik
  • Abdoulkarim Coulibaly
  • Esam Mostafa

Statistical Leaders

[3]

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Glofate Buiamba30 Tunisia
Rebounds Tarek Sohail21 South Africa
Assists Omar Karkoura
Gasana Sano		7 Equatorial Guinea
Steals Mostafa Braik9 Equatorial Guinea
Blocks Reat Tut7 Equatorial Guinea
2-point field goal percentage Emile Kazeneza88.9% (8/9) Equatorial Guinea
3-point field goal percentage Glofate Buiamba100% (3/3) Tunisia
Free throw percentage Owen Oriakhi100% (8/8) Equatorial Guinea
Turnovers Vicente Angono
Gasana Sano		18 Rwanda
 Egypt

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs
DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Egypt145 Equatorial Guinea
Rebounds Egypt83 Equatorial Guinea
Assists Egypt27 Equatorial Guinea
Steals Algeria30 Equatorial Guinea
Blocks Ethiopia15 Equatorial Guinea
2-point field goal percentage Egypt71.2% (57/80) Equatorial Guinea
3-point field goal percentage Rwanda72.7% (8/11) Equatorial Guinea
Free throw percentage Tunisia66.7% (22/33) Egypt
Turnovers Equatorial Guinea
 Ethiopia		41 Algeria
 Equatorial Guinea

See also

References
  1. "FINALE : L'Egypte sacré champion pour la troisième fois troisième de son histoire" (in French). FIBAAfrica.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.
  2. "Teams". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.
  3. "Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.
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