2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

The 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) will be the 14th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament will be held from August 26 – Septembre 4 in Cairo, Egypt and contested by 8 national teams.[1]

For the men's tournament, see 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.
2016 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
for Women
14th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Egypt
DatesAugust 26– Septembre 4
Teams8 
(from 1 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Mali
(6th title)
MVP Abdelgawad
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Veloso 16.3  Mali 89.0
Rebounds Akullu 12.3  Mali 59.0
Assists Doumbia 3.2  Mali 20.2
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The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women.

Venue

Draw
Group A Group B

 Egypt
 Algeria
 Madagascar
 Angola

 Mali
 Mozambique
 Tunisia
 Ivory Coast
 Uganda

Squads
Main article: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads

Format

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

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
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
27 August
15:30
Madagascar  32–53  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 10–7, 7–21, 4–8
28 August
18:00
Madagascar  49–78  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 9–21, 11–20, 17–20
29 August
18:00
Angola  49–21  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 6–7, 11–4, 12–6
30 August
18:00
Egypt  56–39  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8–9, 21–7, 17–12, 10–11
31 August
15:30
Algeria  27–55  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 6–3, 7–14, 6–19

Group B
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
27 August
18:00
Uganda  26–65  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 7–30, 12–16, 0–14, 7–5
28 August
15:30
Mozambique  55–36  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 13–9, 13–7, 20–6
29 August
15:30
Uganda  19–143  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 2–46, 6–38, 2–37, 9–22
30 August
13:15
Mozambique  76–48  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 21–6, 17–19, 6–14

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

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
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
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
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
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

Seventh place match
4 September
11:15
Uganda  43–59  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 5-16, 19-17, 9-12

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

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

Final
4 September
18:00
Egypt  61–84  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 4-15, 19-20, 21-23, 17-26

Awards
 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women Winner 

Mali
Sixth title
Most Valuable Player
Meral Abdelgawad

All-Tournament Team
  • Silvia Veloso
  • Nesma Khalifa
  • Meral Abdelgawad
  • Adama Coulibaly
  • Aminata Diakite

Final standings
Qualified for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Women's Championship
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