AfroBasket 2017 qualification

AfroBasket 2017 qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1][2]

Qualified Teams

Two teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round will take place. Fourteen more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1 TBA
AfroBasket 2015 Champions Tunisia Tunis 1  Nigeria
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 1 16–18 March 2017
24–26 March 2017
Algeria Algiers
Tunisia Tunis
2  Tunisia
 Morocco
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 2 19 March 2017
26 March 2017
Mali Bamako
Senegal Dakar
2  Senegal
 Mali
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 3 14–18 March 2017
22–26 March 2017
Benin Cotonou
Ivory Coast Abidjan
1  Ivory Coast
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 4 24–29 March 2017
19–20 March 2017
Cameroon Yaoundé
Central African Republic Bangui
2  Cameroon
 DR Congo
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 5 12–18 March 2017 Egypt Cairo 2  Uganda
 Egypt
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 6 and Zone 7 25–30 March 2017
19–25 March 2017
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare
3  Angola
 Mozambique
 South Africa
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Wildcard 18 April 2017 2  Rwanda
 Guinea
Qualifying tournament 19–21 May 2017 Mali Bamako 1  Central African Republic
Total16

Zones

Zone 1

Zone 1 was played from March 16 to April 1, 2017, in Algeria and Tunisia.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 4 4 0 311 257 +54 8 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Morocco 4 2 2 277 292 15 6
3  Algeria 4 0 4 275 314 39 4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First leg

March 16
Algeria  7176  Morocco
March 17
Morocco  6779  Tunisia
March 18
Algeria  7787  Tunisia

Second leg

March 24
Tunisia  7157  Morocco
March 25
Morocco  7771  Algeria
March 26
Tunisia  7456  Algeria

Zone 2

The qualifiers were played in a tournament played over two legs with the two top teams qualified. The first leg of the qualifier was played in Bamako on 19 March with the return game following in Dakar a week later.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 6 4 2 392 401 9 10 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Mali 6 3 3 395 339 +56 9
3  Guinea 6 3 3 345 366 21 9
4  Cape Verde 6 2 4 370 396 26 8
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First leg

March 17
Senegal  7864  Cape Verde
March 17
Mali  5862  Guinea
March 18
Guinea  6855  Senegal
March 18
Cape Verde  5461  Mali
March 19
Cape Verde  6256  Guinea
March 19
Mali  8237  Senegal

Second leg

March 24
Mali  5864  Cape Verde
March 24
Senegal  6749  Guinea
March 25
Cape Verde  6676  Senegal
March 25
Guinea  4364  Mali
March 26
Guinea  6760  Cape Verde
March 26
Senegal  7972 (OT)  Mali

Zone 3

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 4 4 0 273 212 +61 8 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Burkina Faso 4 1 3 222 254 32 5
3  Benin 4 1 3 219 248 29 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First leg

March 16
Benin  6961  Burkina Faso
March 17
Burkina Faso  4871  Ivory Coast
March 18
Benin  5569  Ivory Coast

Second leg

March 24
Ivory Coast  6252  Benin
March 25
Burkina Faso  5643  Benin

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 4 4 0 290 229 +61 8 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Chad 4 2 2 273 247 +26 6
3  Gabon 4 0 4 210 297 87 4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
March 25
Cameroon  7562  Chad
March 26
Chad  7142  Gabon
March 27
Cameroon  6865  Gabon
March 28
Gabon  6081  Chad
March 29
Gabon  4377  Cameroon
March 30
Chad  5970  Cameroon

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  DR Congo 2 1 1 161 144 +17 3 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Central African Republic 2 1 1 144 161 17 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

Zone 5

Eight teams will play a round-robin format tournament - from 12 to 18 March in Cairo, Egypt - to secure the two places for the Final Round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 256 194 +62 6 Advance to Semi Final
2  Rwanda 3 2 1 237 223 +14 5
3  South Sudan 3 1 2 224 243 19 4 Advance to Classification Game
4  Kenya 3 0 3 173 230 57 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
March 12
Egypt  8776  South Sudan
March 13
Rwanda  7660  Kenya
March 14
South Sudan  6866  Kenya
March 14
Egypt  8371  Rwanda
March 15
South Sudan  8090  Rwanda
March 15
Kenya  4789  Egypt

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Uganda 2 2 0 193 126 +67 4 Advance to Semi Final
2  Burundi 2 1 1 150 172 22 3
3  Somalia 2 0 2 155 190 35 2 Advance to Classification Game
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
March 13
Uganda  9472  Somalia
March 14
Somalia  8396  Burundi
March 15
Burundi  5499  Uganda

Classification Games

March 16
Kenya  9087  Somalia
March 17
Kenya  8489 (OT)  South Sudan

Semi-final

March 17
Uganda  7763  Rwanda
March 17
Egypt  13571  Burundi

Third-place game

March 18
Rwanda  8975  Burundi

Final

March 18
Uganda  7295  Egypt

Zone 6 and Zone 7

The winner of each group will secure automatic qualification for Africa's flagship competition taking place in Brazzaville, while the teams that finish second in Groups G and H will face each other for the remaining qualification spot.

Group 1

Group 1 will be played from 25 to 30 March in Lusaka, Zambia to secure one place for the Final Round.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 4 4 0 340 207 +133 8 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  South Africa 4 1 3 271 315 44 5 Advance to Playoff Game
3  Zambia 4 1 3 236 325 89 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
Sat, 25 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Zambia  5592  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 12–20, 26–18, 0–30
Pts: Chona 13
Rebs: Mwansa 7
Asts: Lubinda 4
Pts: Mothiba 20
Rebs: Mothiba 9
Asts: Ngobeni, Sithole 3
Sun, 26 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
South Africa  5187  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 4–20, 11–25, 24–19
Pts: Van Der Bijl 11
Rebs: Van Der Bijl 4
Asts: Ngobeni 3
Pts: Leonel 14
Rebs: Vander 10
Asts: Armando 5
Mon, 27 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Zambia  5479  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 10–17, 14–19, 20–11
Pts: Zulu 13
Rebs: Mwansa 7
Asts: Mwansa 5
Pts: Miller 15
Rebs: Vander, Lukeny 4
Asts: Olímpio 6
Tue, 28 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
[ Boxscore]
South Africa  7182  Zambia
Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 20–9, 14–22, 27–31
Pts: Van Der Bijl 17
Rebs: Mothiba 10
Asts: Mothiba, Ngoetjana 2
Pts: Chona 20
Rebs: Chona, Mwansa 8
Asts: Zulu, Hamudulu 5
Wed, 29 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Angola  9157  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 25–6, 27–18, 19–16
Pts: Mingas 15
Rebs: Moore 7
Asts: Lukeny 7
Pts: Ngoetjana 14
Rebs: Ngoetjana, MacLean 5
Asts: MacLean 3
Thu, 30 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Angola  8345  Zambia
Scoring by quarter: 28–2, 14–12, 24–12, 17–19
Pts: Olímpio 20
Rebs: Moore, Mingas 7
Asts: Olímpio, Armando 4
Pts: Chipili, Daka 8
Rebs: Kashishi 8
Asts: Lubinda 3

Group 2

Group 2 will be played from 19 to 25 March in Harare, Zimbabwe to secure one place for the Final Round.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 1 1 0 165 133 +32 2 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Zimbabwe 1 0 1 133 165 32 1 Advance to Playoff Game
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
March 18
Zimbabwe  6880  Mozambique
March 19
Mozambique  8565  Zimbabwe

Playoff game

Wildcard

FIBA Africa's executive committee on Tuesday, 18 April awarded the two wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 to Guinea and Rwanda.[3]

Qualifying tournament

Chad, the Central African Republic and Zimbabwe faced off in Bamako, Mali from 19 to 21 May, with the winner of this additional qualifier filling the void left by the Republic of Congo.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Central African Republic 2 2 0 146 119 +27 4 Advance to AfroBasket 2017
2  Chad 2 1 1 121 112 +9 3
3  Zimbabwe 2 0 2 100 136 36 2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings
19 May 2017
Zimbabwe  5579  Central African Republic
20 May 2017
Chad  5745  Zimbabwe
21 May 2017
Central African Republic  6764  Chad

References

  1. "Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4". FIBA. January 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.
  2. "Zimbabwe and Zambia to host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers". FIBA. February 9, 2017. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022.
  3. "Guinea and Rwanda awarded wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.
  4. "Chad, Central African Republic and Zimbabwe set to compete for last qualifying slot for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018.
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