2014 African Youth Games in Gaborone was held between 28 and 31 May at the Botswana National Stadium. The competition served as the qualification for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics which took place in August in Nanjing, China.[1][2]
| Basketball at the 2014 African Youth Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Start date | 24 May |
| End date | 30 May |
| Venue | Botswana National Youth Centre (BNYC) |
| Events | Basketball |
← 2010 | |
Format edit
The boys' and girls' tournament will adopt a round robin group stage and a single-elimination medal round, where the 10 participating teams are split into 2 pools of 10. Each team will play once against the other teams in its pool, and the top 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.
Boys edit
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
 Botswana |
 Angola
|
 Kenya |
 Uganda
|
 Morocco |
 South Sudan
|
 Tunisia |
 Egypt
|
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 Algeria
|
Girls edit
Note: Guam entered a girls' basketball team into Group B of the competition; there was no Guam boys' team at the tournament
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Angola |
 Nigeria
|
| Botswana |
 Mali
|
 Zimbabwe |
 Rwanda
|
 Mauritius |
Algeria
|
| Egypt |
 Mozambique
|
Medal summary edit
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Botswana)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Angola (ANG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Results edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' tournament |
 Angola
|
 Egypt
|
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Girls' tournament |
Egypt
|
 Mali
|
 Algeria
|
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Basketball | Gaborone 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2020-02-11.