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2017 FIBA U16 AfroBasket

5th FIBA Under-16 African Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mauritius
City	Vacoas-Phoenix
Dates	13–22 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mali (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Siriman Kanouté
Top scorer	Kanouté (24.8)
Top rebounds	Elmadawy (8.8)
Top assists	Tsarafeno (5.5)
PPG (Team)	Mali (95.4)
RPG (Team)	Mali (64.5)
APG (Team)	Egypt (17.3)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2017 FIBA U16 African Championship, alternatively the 5th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius from 13–22 July 2017. It served as the qualifier for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

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.

Hosts selection

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

Venue

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Vacoas-Phoenix	Vacoas-Phoenix

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 1	Cancelled	NA	2	Tunisia  Algeria
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 2	Cancelled	NA	1	Mali
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 3	Cancelled	NA	1	NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 4	Cancelled	NA	1	NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 5	1–6 June 2017	Mombasa	2	Rwanda  Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 6	Cancelled	NA	1	Mozambique
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 7	Cancelled	NA	1	Mauritius  Madagascar
Total			8

Participating teams

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

•  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.

Draw

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

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

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

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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

• Siriman Kanouté (MVP)
• Faiez Ghomrassi
• Aly Khalifa
• Thierry Nkundwa
• Oumar Ballo

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Points Rank Name G Pts PPG 1 Siriman Kanouté 8 198 24.8 2 Thierry Nkundwa 8 163 20.4 3 Marco Rakotovao 8 138 17.3 4 Momen Hassan 8 125 15.6 5 Amir Bouzidi 6 87 14.5 6 Oumar Ballo 8 115 14.4 7 Sitraka Raharimanantoanina 8 114 14.3 8 Ouail Gadaoui 8 111 13.9 9 Edito Tsarafeno 8 109 13.6 10 Aly Khalifa 8 106 13.3

Rebounds Rank Name G Rebs RPG 1 Oumar Ballo 8 102 12.2 2 Thierry Nkundwa 8 93 11.6 3 Brown Murengezi 8 86 10.8 4 Elias Ngoga 8 84 10.5 5 Youssef Elmadawy 8 70 8.8 6 Sitraka Raharimanantoanina 8 69 8.6 7 Bryan Ricotso 8 66 8.3 8 Adama Sanogo 8 64 8.0 9 N'Tio Diarra 8 63 7.9 10 Aly Khalifa 8 61 7.6

Assists Rank Name G Asts APG 1 Edito Tsarafeno 8 44 5.5 2 Siriman Kanouté 8 34 4.3 3 Omar Morsy 7 26 3.7 4 Youssef Elmadawy 8 27 3.4 5 Ouail Gadaoui 8 21 2.6 6 Fousseny Dieng 8 20 2.5 7 Wajih Chebbi 8 19 2.4 8 Abdelmalek Benzidoun 8 18 2.3 Marco Rakotovao 8 18 2.3 Jean Umuhoza 8 18 2.3 Samuel Raheriarison 4 9 2.3

External links

• Official Website

Notes

1. Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later.
2. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.
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.
4. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.
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.
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.
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.

References

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