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.
| 2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship | |||||||||||||
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| 5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation |  Mauritius | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 13–22 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |  Mali (1st title) | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Siriman Kanouté | ||||||||||||
| Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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| 2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship | |||||||||||||
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]
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 |
| Total | 8 | |||
Participating teams
On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:[12]
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Tunisia
- Mali
- Egypt
- Madagascar
- Rwanda
- Algeria
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 |
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 |
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| 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–8th | Fifth place | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| Mauritius | 13 | |||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| Madagascar | 125 | |||||
| Madagascar | 80 | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| Rwanda | 74 | |||||
| Rwanda | 67 | |||||
| Mozambique | 33 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| Mauritius | 56 | |||||
| Mozambique | 121 | |||||
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
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| Mali | 72 | |||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| Algeria | 62 | |||||
| Mali | 76 | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| Egypt | 65 | |||||
| Egypt | 86 | |||||
| Tunisia | 45 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| Algeria | 57 | |||||
| Tunisia | 54 | |||||
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
Final ranking
| Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. |
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Mali |
8–0 |
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Egypt |
7–1 |
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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 |
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Mali 1st title |
| Most Valuable Player |
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| Siriman Kanouté |
All-Tournament Team
- Siriman Kanouté (MVP)
- Faiez Ghomrassi
- Aly Khalifa
- Thierry Nkundwa
- Oumar Ballo
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
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Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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External links
Notes
- Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later.[5]
- Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.[6]
- 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]
- Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[8]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
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