2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket

The 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Pretoria, South Africa from 3 to 14 September 2024.[1][2][3]

2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
21st FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
CityPretoria
Dates3−14 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mali
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Senegal
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2022
2026

The tournament, which was also the 21st edition of the biennial competition, qualified the top two teams to represent FIBA Africa in the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland. This was the second time South Africa has hosted the tournament; the previous one was in 2006.

Mali won this event for the third time.

Qualification

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Means of qualification[4] Dates Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host nation N/A N/A 1   South Africa
2022 FIBA U18 African Championship Top Four 4–14 December 2022   Antananarivo 3   Egypt
  Madagascar
  Mali
  Angola
2024 Zone I U18 Qualifiers 11–14 July 2024   Tunis 1   Morocco
2024 Zone II U18 Qualifiers N/A N/A 1   Senegal
2024 Zone III U18 Qualifiers 31 July–4 August 2024   Abidjan 1   Nigeria
2024 Zone IV U18 Qualifiers N/A N/A 1   Cameroon
2024 Zone V U18 Qualifiers 9–14 June 2024   Kampala 1   Uganda
2024 Zone VI U18 Qualifiers 28–29 June 2024   Lusaka 1   Zambia
2024 Zone VII U18 Qualifiers N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wildcards 9 August 2024 N/A 2   Ivory Coast
  Rwanda
Total 12

Qualified teams

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Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).

Group phase

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The draw of the group phase took place on 25 August 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.[5]

In this round, the teams were drawn into three groups of four. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams will advance to the quarterfinals.

All times are local (South African Standard TimeUTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Mali 3 3 0 199 177 +22 6 Quarterfinals
2   Senegal 3 2 1 191 183 +8 5
3   Cameroon 3 1 2 181 196 −15 4
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 3 194 209 −15 3 9th–12th place playoffs
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
4 September 2024
12:30
Ivory Coast   62–67   Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 7–23, 12–14, 21–13
University of Pretoria
4 September 2024
17:30
Mali   64–50   Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 19–11, 17–18, 19–14
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
17:30
Senegal   69–63   Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–10, 10–16, 26–18
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
20:00
Cameroon   58–62   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 20–14, 13–12, 14–20
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
15:00
Cameroon   56–72   Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 9–14, 12–17, 18–28
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
17:30
Mali   73–69   Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–19, 24–16, 15–20
University of Pretoria

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 2 1 197 164 +33 5 Quarterfinals
2   Angola 3 2 1 211 197 +14 5
3   Nigeria 3 2 1 199 196 +3 5
4   Uganda 3 0 3 184 234 −50 3 9th–12th place playoffs
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
4 September 2024
15:00
Angola   89–73   Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–18, 22–6, 29–30
University of Pretoria
4 September 2024
20:00
Egypt   70–57   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 23–15, 15–16, 18–9
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
12:30
Uganda   50–73   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 15–18, 13–14, 11–26
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
15:00
Nigeria   70–65   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–6, 15–25, 23–16
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
12:30
Uganda   61–72   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–19, 15–17, 20–15
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
20:00
Egypt   54–57   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–15, 9–13, 15–15
University of Pretoria

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Rwanda 3 3 0 223 184 +39 6 Quarterfinals
2   Morocco 3 2 1 201 154 +47 5
3   Zambia 3 1 2 206 231 −25 4 9th–12th place playoffs
4   South Africa (H) 3 0 3 156 217 −61 3
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
3 September 2024
12:30
South Africa   64–81   Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 17–26, 15–13, 20–18
University of Pretoria
3 September 2024
17:30
Morocco   84–67   Zambia
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 21–17, 13–23, 27–15
Pts: Solhi 21
Rebs: El Baze 9
Asts: El Baze 5
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100
Referees: David Joao DOMINGOS MANUEL (ANG), Mohamed ELMENSHAWY (EGY), Emmanuel O.Paterne KPAWOGBO (BEN)
6 September 2024
15:00
Zambia   70–61   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 15–23, 13–13, 19–13
University of Pretoria
6 September 2024
17:30
Rwanda   56–51   Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 24–17, 11–9, 13–12
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: Karem 26
Rebs: Solhi 11
Asts: Solhi 5
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100
9 September 2024
15:00
South Africa   31–66   Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 9–15, 6–8, 6–19
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: Solhi 13
Rebs: El Baze / Bahmad 9
Asts: El Baze 6
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 50
9 September 2024
20:00
Zambia   69–86   Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 27–18, 13–29, 14–16
University of Pretoria

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B   Nigeria 3 2 1 199 196 +3 5 Quarterfinals
2 A   Cameroon 3 1 2 181 196 −15 4
3 C   Zambia 3 1 2 206 231 −25 4 9th–12th place playoffs
Source: FIBA Africa

9th–12th place playoffs

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9th–12th place semifinals9th place game
 
      
 
11 September
 
 
  Zambia 47
 
12 September
 
  South Africa 53
 
  South Africa 55
 
11 September
 
  Ivory Coast 84
 
  Ivory Coast 77
 
 
  Uganda 66
 
11th place game
 
 
12 September
 
 
  Zambia 61
 
 
  Uganda 54

9th–12th place semifinals

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11 September 2024
17:00
Zambia   47–53   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 7–6, 16–11, 14–17, 10–19
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
11 September 2024
19:30
Ivory Coast   77–66   Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 7–16, 30–15, 16–16
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

11th place game

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12 September 2024
17:00
Zambia   61–54   Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–19, 10–12, 16–7
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

9th place game

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12 September 2024
19:30
South Africa   55–84   Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–21, 19–22, 9–24
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Championship playoffs

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5th place game5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
12 September
C1  Rwanda53
13 SeptemberA3  Cameroon6713 September
  Rwanda56  Cameroon67
  Angola6812 September  Morocco47
C2  Morocco61
14 SeptemberB2  Angola4514 September
  Angola69  Cameroon51
  Egypt7212 September  Mali60
A1  Mali81
13 SeptemberB3  Nigeria7013 September
7th place game  Nigeria63  Mali683rd place game
14 September  Egypt8212 September  Senegal6014 September
  Rwanda61B1  Egypt61  Morocco71
  Nigeria78A2  Senegal68  Senegal72

Quarterfinals

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12 September 2024
12:30
Morocco   61–45   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–11, 12–13, 12–7
Pts: Solhi 22
Rebs: Bahmad 11
Asts: karem 5
Pts: Neto 12
Rebs: Neto 9
Asts: Neto 4
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
15:00
Rwanda   53–67   Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–22, 17–15, 4–16
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
17:30
Egypt   61–68   Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–13, 15–15, 18–21
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
20:00
Mali   81–70   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–15, 14–15, 27–17
University of Pretoria

5th–8th place semifinals

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13 September 2024
17:00
Rwanda   56–68   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–16, 11–17, 24–19
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
13 September 2024
19:30
Nigeria   63–82   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 16–30, 22–15, 9–12
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

7th place game

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14 September 2024
14:00
Rwanda   61–78   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 14–19, 20–22
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

5th place game

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14 September 2024
16:30
Angola   69–72   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 24–32, 18–6, 13–7
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Semifinals

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13 September 2024
17:30
Cameroon   67–47   Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 19–10, 16–13, 19–5
University of Pretoria
13 September 2024
20:00
Mali   68–60   Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–28, 24–7, 13–9
University of Pretoria

3rd place game

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14 September 2024
14:30
Morocco   71–72   Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–17, 16–17, 22–18
University of Pretoria

Final

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14 September 2024
20:30
Cameroon   51–60   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 11–17, 15–15, 15–18
University of Pretoria

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
    Mali
    Cameroon
    Senegal
4   Morocco
5   Egypt
6   Angola
7   Nigeria
8   Rwanda
9   Ivory Coast
10   South Africa
11   Zambia
12   Uganda
Qualified for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

References

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  1. ^ "One month to the FIBA U18 African Championship". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ Tournament official website
  3. ^ "FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 tournaments rescheduled". www.newtimes.co.rw.
  4. ^ 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket qualification results, reports.fiba.basketball
  5. ^ "Draw complete for the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024". FIBA Africa. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.