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AfroBasket 2021

Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
City	Kigali
Dates	24 August – 5 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Games played	35
Attendance	48,748 (1,393 per game)
MVP	Makrem Ben Romdhane
Top scorer	Gorgui Dieng (20.0 points per game)
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FIBA AfroBasket 2021 was the 30th edition of the FIBA AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was hosted by Rwanda for the first time. It was originally scheduled to take place between 17 and 29 August 2021, but it was moved back a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 24 August to 5 September 2021.

The tournament featured 16 teams, with South Sudan debuting at the AfroBasket stage. Tunisia was the defending champion, having won the 2017 tournament and they defended their title with a final win over Ivory Coast, while Senegal won the bronze medal.

Host selection

In June 2019, FIBA Africa announced that Rwanda hosts the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket outbesting the bids of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and DR Congo.

Venue

The entire tournament was hosted at the Kigali Arena, which was opened in August 2019. It is also the biggest indoor arena in East Africa.

Kigali	Kigali
Kigali Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

The qualification started in 2020, with nine teams participating in the pre-qualifiers, including the four eliminated teams from the 2019 World Cup African Qualifiers. The hosts Rwanda qualified directly to the AfroBasket 2021.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	App	Last	Best placement in tournament
Rwanda	Host nation	23 June 2019	6th	2017	Ninth place (2009)
Nigeria	Group D top three	17 February 2021	19th		Champions (2015)
South Sudan		18 February 2021	1st	Debut
Mali			20th	2017	Third place (1972)
Senegal	Group B top three	19 February 2021	29th		Champions (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997)
Ivory Coast	Group C top three		24th		Champions (1981, 1985)
Tunisia	Group A top three		23rd		Champions (2011, 2017)
Angola	Group B top three		21st		Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Egypt	Group E top three	20 February 2021	24th		Champions (1962, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983)
Cameroon	Group C top three		10th		Runners-up (2007)
Central African Republic	Group A top three		20th		Champions (1974, 1987)
DR Congo			7th		Fourth place (1975)
Kenya	Group B top three		4th	1993	Fourth place (1993)
Guinea	Group C top three	2 March 2021	6th	2017	Fourth place (1962)
Cape Verde	Group E top three	8 July 2021	7th	2015	Third place (2007)
Uganda			3rd	2017	13th place (2017)

Draw

The draw was held on 28 May 2021.

Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 8 June 2021.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cape Verde	3	2	1	225	215	+10	5	Quarterfinals
2	Rwanda (H)	3	2	1	227	218	+9	5	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Angola	3	1	2	212	206	+6	4
4	DR Congo	3	1	2	196	221	−25	4

1. ^ Rwanda 74–82 Cape Verde
2. ^ DR Congo 58–73 Angola

Rwanda	82–68	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 19–19, 14–21, 25–13
Pts: Robeyns 23 Rebs: Kaje 9 Asts: Gasana 9		Pts: Munanga 22 Rebs: Sakho 9 Asts: Munanga 7

Angola	71–77 (OT)	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 20–12, 21–23, 11–17, Overtime: 5–11
Pts: Morais 21 Rebs: Bango 10 Asts: Ndoniema 4		Pts: Tavares 20 Rebs: Tavares 18 Asts: I. Almeida 7

Cape Verde	66–70	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 22–18, 13–21, 19–14
Pts: Almeida 18 Rebs: Tavares 10 Asts: Xavier 6		Pts: Pwono 19 Rebs: Pwono 9 Asts: Munanga 8

Angola	68–71	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–15, 23–20, 7–16
Pts: Bango 14 Rebs: Bango 16 Asts: Ndoniema 5		Pts: Gasana 18 Rebs: Mpoyo 6 Asts: Robeyns 9

DR Congo	58–73	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–13, 13–19, 8–17
Pts: Pwono, Sakho 17 Rebs: Sakho 11 Asts: Munanga 5		Pts: Morais 16 Rebs: Dò 8 Asts: Dundao 5

Rwanda	74–82	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 12–17, 17–22, 31–14
Pts: Kazeneza 18 Rebs: Ibeh 7 Asts: Gasana 6		Pts: Almeida, Mendonça 16 Rebs: Tavares 14 Asts: Xavier 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	237	178	+59	6	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	3	1	2	231	229	+2	4	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Guinea	3	1	2	192	221	−29	4
4	Central African Republic	3	1	2	168	200	−32	4

1. ^ Egypt 1–1, +8 PD; Guinea 1–1, + 7 PD; Central African Republic 1–1 −15 PD

Tunisia	82–46	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 24–11, 21–14, 20–12
Pts: Mejri 17 Rebs: Ben Romdhane, Ghyaza 8 Asts: Roll 5		Pts: C. Conde 9 Rebs: C. Conde 6 Asts: Sy 5

Central African Republic	56–72	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 16–20, 18–17, 13–22
Pts: Hayes 15 Rebs: Grebongo, Hayes 9 Asts: Kouguere 4		Pts: Saleh 22 Rebs: Mahmoud 6 Asts: Gendy 4

Guinea	60–61	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 18–19, 10–9
Pts: Mansaré 19 Rebs: Sy 12 Asts: Mansaré 4		Pts: Djimrabaye, Kouguere 16 Rebs: Hayes 7 Asts: Wegscheider 4

Egypt	81–87	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 18–28, 21–30, 15–19
Pts: Amin 17 Rebs: Ahmed 6 Asts: Metwaly, Shehata 4		Pts: Roll 25 Rebs: Mejri 8 Asts: Abada 8

Egypt	78–86	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 20–20, 21–17, 22–21
Pts: Amin 21 Rebs: Saleh 6 Asts: Farag 5		Pts: Mansaré 25 Rebs: Queta 8 Asts: Sy 8

Tunisia	68–51	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–13, 14–7, 18–14
Pts: Ben Romdhane 21 Rebs: Mejri 6 Asts: El Mabrouk 5		Pts: Kouguere 14 Rebs: Kouguere, Wegscheider 6 Asts: Mokongo 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	255	205	+50	6	Quarterfinals
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	220	205	+15	5	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Kenya	3	1	2	197	225	−28	4
4	Mali	3	0	3	206	243	−37	3

Nigeria	81–73	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–31, 27–10, 10–20
Pts: Emelogu 18 Rebs: Edogi 12 Asts: Ndugba 9		Pts: Djambo 18 Rebs: Diarouma 11 Asts: Kante 7

Ivory Coast	88–70	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 13–15, 21–15, 28–16
Pts: Costello 20 Rebs: Costello 8 Asts: Diabate 9		Pts: Ongwae 25 Rebs: Wamukota 11 Asts: Khaemba 6

Kenya	55–71	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 18–14, 13–15, 16–22
Pts: Odero 23 Rebs: Odero 8 Asts: Ongwae 2		Pts: Utomi 17 Rebs: Domingo 8 Asts: Domingo 6

Mali	67–90	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 14–22, 14–19, 25–22
Pts: Kanouté 19 Rebs: Diarouma 8 Asts: Kanouté 5		Pts: Costello 25 Rebs: Costello 12 Asts: Diabate, Kebe 6

Kenya	72–66	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 11–11, 22–16, 17–21
Pts: Ongwae 16 Rebs: Ongwae 11 Asts: Ongwae 7		Pts: Djambo 19 Rebs: Diarouma 9 Asts: Kanouté, Kanté 4

Nigeria	68–77	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 23–19, 13–15, 21–23
Pts: Emelogu 13 Rebs: Agu, Emelogu 5 Asts: Ndugba 6		Pts: Zouzoua 17 Rebs: Costello 6 Asts: four players 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	3	0	295	195	+100	6	Quarterfinals
2	South Sudan	3	2	1	183	190	−7	5	Qualification to quarterfinals
3	Uganda	3	1	2	221	247	−26	4
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	131	198	−67	2

Cameroon

0–20

South Sudan

Senegal	93–55	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 19–17, 28–9, 25–15
Pts: Dieng 19 Rebs: Dieng, Henry 8 Asts: Henry 8		Pts: Seiko 12 Rebs: Kaluma 11 Asts: Drileba 5

Uganda	80–66	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 17–11, 18–14, 18–19
Pts: Seiko 20 Rebs: Wainright 12 Asts: Wainright 11		Pts: Strawberry 17 Rebs: Narace 9 Asts: Strawberry 5

South Sudan	75–104	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 19–24, 21–26, 22–29
Pts: Deing, Kuany 17 Rebs: Kuany 9 Asts: Puot 7		Pts: Badio 22 Rebs: Faye 10 Asts: Badio 7

South Sudan	88–86	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 24–21, 15–21, 23–21
Pts: Deing 22 Rebs: Acuoth 18 Asts: Deing 5		Pts: Wainright 22 Rebs: Wainright 12 Asts: Wainright 10

Senegal	98–65	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 20–8, 31–15, 20–19
Pts: Dieng 17 Rebs: Dieng 10 Asts: Badio 6		Pts: Bayehe 14 Rebs: Tha 7 Asts: Pitard 6

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1 September

Ivory Coast

98

30 August

Guinea

50

Rwanda

68

4 September

Guinea

72

Ivory Coast

75

Senegal

65

1 September

Senegal

79

30 August

Angola

74

Egypt

62

5 September

Angola

70

Ivory Coast

75

Tunisia

78

2 September

Cape Verde

79

31 August

Uganda

71

Nigeria

68

4 September

Uganda

80

Cape Verde

65

Tunisia

75

Third place

2 September

5 September

Tunisia

80

Senegal

86

31 August

South Sudan

65

Cape Verde

73

South Sudan

60

Kenya

58

Qualification to quarterfinals

Egypt	62–70	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 10–17, 16–19, 21–18
Pts: Farag 11 Rebs: Khalaf 6 Asts: Khalaf 3		Pts: Morais 16 Rebs: Bango 8 Asts: Gonçalves 4

Rwanda	68–72	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 15–18, 24–13, 14–28
Pts: Gasana 28 Rebs: Kazeneza 13 Asts: Robeyns 4		Pts: Mansaré 16 Rebs: Queta 7 Asts: Sy 6

Nigeria	68–80	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 19–20, 18–23, 19–13
Pts: Utomi 23 Rebs: Edogi 7 Asts: Ndugba 6		Pts: Opong 19 Rebs: Wainright 11 Asts: Wainright 6

South Sudan	60–58	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–13, 12–17, 9–17
Pts: Kuany 14 Rebs: Muo 10 Asts: Makoi 6		Pts: Odero 18 Rebs: Ongwae 10 Asts: Ongwae 5

Quarterfinals

Senegal	79–74	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 27–11, 17–22, 18–19
Pts: Badio 14 Rebs: Dieng 15 Asts: Henry 9		Pts: Morais 28 Rebs: Bango 10 Asts: three players 3

Ivory Coast	98–50	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 32–11, 26–13, 17–13
Pts: Costello, Konaté 14 Rebs: Costello 9 Asts: Diabate 6		Pts: Sy 13 Rebs: Sy 7 Asts: Conde, Doumbouya 3

Tunisia	80–65	South Sudan
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 26–25, 23–11, 17–14
Pts: Mejri 20 Rebs: Romdhane 12 Asts: Abada 8		Pts: Ring 14 Rebs: Acuoth 6 Asts: Gatkuoth 6

Cape Verde	79–71	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 19–15, 18–16, 18–20
Pts: Tavares 23 Rebs: Tavares 15 Asts: Xavier 8		Pts: Kaluma 21 Rebs: Geu, Wainright 8 Asts: Seiko 6

Semifinals

Cape Verde	65–75	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–23, 15–20, 21–18
Pts: Tavares 16 Rebs: Tavares 8 Asts: Xavier 7		Pts: Ben Romdhane 16 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 10 Asts: Roll 10

Ivory Coast	75–65	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 19–16, 17–19, 22–17
Pts: Costello 17 Rebs: Edi 14 Asts: Diabate, Kebe 3		Pts: Dieng 24 Rebs: Dieng 11 Asts: Henry 8

Third place game

Senegal	86–73	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 23–21, 17–13, 25–21
Pts: Dieng 30 Rebs: Dieng 12 Asts: Henry 7		Pts: Tavares 18 Rebs: Tavares 14 Asts: Xavier 9

Final

Ivory Coast	75–78	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 16–22, 25–18, 16–13
Pts: Diabate 20 Rebs: Costello 8 Asts: Kebe 4		Pts: Mejri 22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 10 Asts: Roll 9

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	FIBA World Ranking
			Before	After	Change
	Tunisia	6–0	34	30	4
	Ivory Coast	5–1	50	46	4
	Senegal	5–1	35	36	-1
4	Cape Verde	3–3	95	100	-5
5	Angola	2–3	33	33	0
6	Uganda	2–3	98	90	8
7	South Sudan	3–2	97	94	3
8	Guinea	2–3	122	118	4
9	Kenya	1–3	112	111	1
10	Rwanda	2–2	91	95	-4
11	Egypt	1–3	60	62	-2
12	Nigeria	2–2	22	23	-1
13	DR Congo	1–2	81	81	0
14	Central African Republic	1–2	78	76	2
15	Mali	0–3	77	75	2
16	Cameroon	0–3	65	63	2

Source:

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points Name PPG Gorgui Dieng 20.0 Ehab Saleh 17.5 Carlos Morais 16.8 Edy Tavares Uzodinma Utomi 16.3

Rebounds Name RPG Edy Tavares 14.2 Gorgui Dieng 10.5 Jilson Bango 9.6 Ish Wainright 9.4 Benke Diarouma 9.3

Assists Name APG Pierriá Henry 7.4 Maxi Munanga 6.7 Jeff Xavier 6.6 Ish Wainright 6.4 Ikenna Ndugba 6.0

Blocks Name BPG Edy Tavares 4.0 Prince Ibeh 3.0 Kevarrius Hayes Deng Geu 2.4 Deng Acuoth 2.3

Steals Name SPG Ehab Saleh 4.8 Siriman Kanouté 3.0 Kenny Gasana 2.8 Henry Pwono 2.7 Makram Ben Romdhane 2.6

Efficiency Name EFFPG Edy Tavares 31.0 Gorgui Dieng 25.0 Matt Costello 24.7 Salah Mejri 20.8 Ish Wainright 18.8

Teams

Points Team PPG  Senegal 87.5  Ivory Coast 83.8  Tunisia 78.3  Uganda 74.4  Rwanda 73.8

Rebounds Team RPG  Kenya 52.3  Senegal 49.2  Ivory Coast 48.7  Cape Verde 47.5  Angola 43.8

Assists Team APG  Senegal 22.5  Tunisia 21.7  Ivory Coast 21.5  Uganda 21.2  Rwanda 20.3

Blocks Team BPG  Senegal 6.0  Rwanda 5.3  Cape Verde 5.2  Tunisia 4.8  Kenya 4.5

Steals Team SPG  Egypt 13.3  Mali  Nigeria 11.8  DR Congo 11.0  Tunisia 10.2

Efficiency Team EFFPG  Senegal 107.0  Ivory Coast 99.7  Tunisia 94.5  Cape Verde 83.7  Rwanda 82.3

Awards

The awards were announced on 5 September 2021.

2021 FIBA Africa Championship winners
Tunisia Third title

All-Star team
Guards	Forwards	Center
Omar Abada	Matt Costello	Edy Tavares Gorgui Dieng Makrem Ben Romdhane
MVP: Makram Ben Romdhane

See also

• 2021 Women's Afrobasket

References

1. "Overview". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
2. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (24 June 2019). "Rwanda Wins Afrobasket 2021 Bid, Beating 3 Others". All Africa. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
3. "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
4. "Mejri and Roll spark Tunisia to FIBA AfroBasket 2021 title". FIBA. 5 September 2021.
5. "Draw results in for 2021 FIBA AfroBasket". FIBA. 28 May 2021.
6. "Everything you need to know about the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA. 23 August 2021.
7. "Cameroon team hit by Covid-19, lose to South Sudan by forfeiture". kawowo.com. 25 August 2021.
8. "Final standings". FIBA. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
9. "Player statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
10. "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
11. "MVP Ben Romdhane headlines FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team". FIBA. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament summary

• AfroBasket 2021
• AfroBasket
• 2021 in African basketball
• 2021 in Rwandan sport
• International basketball competitions hosted by Rwanda
• Sport in Kigali
• Basketball events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• August 2021 sports events in Africa
• September 2021 sports events in Africa